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Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Steam does not currently have a release date other than 'later this year,' according to the announcement. Good news for fans and owners of the game on Xbox One, Reach multiplayer will be automatically added, but campaign and Firefight will be digital add-ons.
In a surprising announcement, 'Halo' game developer, 343 Studios, has revealed that 'Halo: The Master Chief Collection' will be making its way to the PC via Microsoft's Windows PC store and Valve's Steam service. I also want to share the five best free games on Steam.
According to a representative of 343 Studios, the plan is to release each title within the Halo: The Master Chief Collection, one by one, as opposed to a full collection, like it was on the Xbox One. The developer also plans to release the titles on Steam and they consider the PC gaming marketplace to be 'a new opportunity' for targeted consumers.
A future Steam release
'We're going to roll out each of the games in The MCC one by one,' said the studio representative. 'Steam for us is a new opportunity. We want to bring our games to players ... to the platforms of their choice.'
So much 'Halo'
'Halo: The Master Chief Collection' is a bundle that includes the majority of titles from the award-winning first-person shooter franchise that helped put the Xbox console brand on the map.
Initially released for the Xbox One in November 2014, the bundle included 'Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary,' 'Halo 2: Anniversary,' 'Halo 3,' and 'Halo 4.'
In May 2015, the developer added the campaign mode for 'Halo 3: ODST' to the collection. Additionally, the studio had already made plans to add 'Halo: Reach' to the collection, rounding the collection's list of titles to six. Besides the collection, Microsoft previous announced backward compatibility for all of the 'Halo' games on Xbox One. Microsoft also announced backward compatibility for 'Halo' gamers.
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Video GameThings weren't always peachy
Despite the overall success of the 'HMCC,' things didn't quite go according to 343 Studios' plan in the beginning. The launch for the video game collection was hindered by technical issues plaguing the multiplayer aspect of the games. While consumers may have arrived at the franchise, in droves, for its story and campaign, they typically stay for the multiplayer. Unfortunately, early adopters soon learned that the online matchmaking features were malfunctioning.
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The disaster had caused many setbacks for the studio, including the postponing of their very own eSport competition, the Halo Championship League. 343 Studios would issue a public apology for the issues and roll out many updates to patch the multiplayer for Xbox One users over the course of its first year.
Critical responses
'HMCC' received critical acclaim, amassing many positive reviews from critics.
The video game collection currently sits at a score of 80 out of 100 on the review aggregation site known as Meta Critic. However, the technical issues with the multiplayer had undoubtedly proved detrimental to its score.
A lot of the attention on Halo at E3 was understandably focused on Halo Infinite, but Halo: The Master Chief Collection is getting some attention as well. The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC, and as we've known, each title will be sold separately. Now, Microsoft has confirmed how much each one will cost. In an Xbox Wire post, the company confirmed Halo: Reach, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2 Anniversary, Halo 3, and Halo 4 will cost $10 USD each on both Steam and the Microsoft Store. Halo 3: ODST, meanwhile, will cost $5 for its campaign-only experience.
Titles will be released over time, beginning with a beta for Halo: Reach sometime in June (the full product release is coming later), and continuing chronologically from there at points in the future. Microsoft did not say if it will release a bundle with all of the titles when they're all eventually released.
Purchased individually, it will cost you $55 USD to buy all of the Halo games within The Master Chief Collection on PC. That's not exactly a very good deal, as the package currently sells for $30 USD on Xbox One (though this does not include Reach currently).
Alternatively, each game within Halo: The Master Chief Collection for PC will be available with Xbox Game Pass for PC. The service, which launched on June 9, normally costs $10 USD/month, but Microsoft is offering it for the introductory rate of $5 USD/month, a price that is discounted even further thanks to a sale that brings it down to $1/month for new subscribers.
Players can also subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which covers Xbox One and PC. This service normally goes for $15/month, but new subscribers can get in for only $1.
Halo: Reach is also coming to Xbox One. Everyone who owns The Master Chief Collection gets the game's multiplayer content for free, while the campaign and Firefight modes will become available to buy in an add-on. Game Pass subscribers, meanwhile, get everything without paying extra.
As for Halo Infinite, Microsoft premiered an extended single-player trailer during its Xbox E3 briefing that followed Master Chief waking up in a foreign place without Cortana. For more, check out GameSpot's thoughts on Infinite's E3 2019 showing in the video embedded above.
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