Halo: Master Chief Collection Is Finally Confirmed For PC, Will Include Reach (arstechnica.com) 50
DarkRookie2 shares a report from Ars Technica: After a seemingly endless run of rumors, the news Halo fans have been waiting for is here: the series is finally coming back to PC, and in pretty big fashion. Halo: The Master Chief Collection will arrive on Windows PCs "later this year," according to the official Halo Waypoint site, and fans will be able to buy the collection either via Steam or the Windows Store. (Anybody who's dealt with Windows 10's UWP woes will appreciate this rare example of Microsoft launching one of its first-party games on Steam at the same time as Windows Store, as opposed to delaying a Steam version for a few months.)
The game's listing confirms that PC gamers can look forward to full mouse-and-keyboard control support, along with support for resolutions up to 4K and an HDR toggle. Whether this version will also include the kinds of tweaks that hardcore PC gamers crave -- including ultra-widescreen ratios, higher frame rates, and fully remappable controls -- remains to be seen. We highly doubt Microsoft will include official mod support beyond letting players use individual games' built-in "Forge" creation tools. Halo Reach will also join the MCC when it launches on PC. Unfortunately, there's no word on cross-platform play.
The game's listing confirms that PC gamers can look forward to full mouse-and-keyboard control support, along with support for resolutions up to 4K and an HDR toggle. Whether this version will also include the kinds of tweaks that hardcore PC gamers crave -- including ultra-widescreen ratios, higher frame rates, and fully remappable controls -- remains to be seen. We highly doubt Microsoft will include official mod support beyond letting players use individual games' built-in "Forge" creation tools. Halo Reach will also join the MCC when it launches on PC. Unfortunately, there's no word on cross-platform play.
Will you need Windows 10 for the Steam version? (Score:3)
Obviously you need Windows 10 for the Windows Store UWP version but I haven't seen anything out there specifying the minumum version of Windows that the Steam version will require.
Re: Will you need Windows 10 for the Steam ver (Score:2)
I know; counterintuitive.
Emulators (Score:2)
Very recently emulators have gotten good enough to play precisely these games.
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Coincidence?
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Yeah, I seriously doubt you can play through all of the above titles on emulation without:
a) Crashing in menus
b) Crashing during cutscenes
c) Graphics artifacts
I've seen the progress. It's not there yet.
I think it's just the PC market getting bigger (Score:2)
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Then maybe start listening, so people can stop repeating themselves?
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But then the PC master race will dominate the gamepad players. :D
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That alone would give me a reason to play this stupid game. Take those auto-aim lamers down from their ego pedestals.
Matchmaking (Score:1)
That's why we have matchmaking. This helps on PC where about half of Steam users play with controllers. Matchmaking is used in multiplayer games to match players of like skill and ability.
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Given the Xbone has support for keyboard and mouse, this should be much less of a problem.
VR? (Score:2)
I love cooking! (Score:2, Funny)
I've been looked forward to the Master Chef games!
Master Chef? (Score:2)
Isn't that a brand of low-cost kitchen appliances?
Oh, Master Chief. Excuse me while I go make coffee...
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Isn't that a brand of low-cost kitchen appliances?
Oh, Master Chief. Excuse me while I go make coffee...
While you are doing that, take a look at the name tag on your coffee maker and you'll realize you were thinking of Magic Chef. Master Chef is a TV show.
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No, I was not thinking about "Magic Chef". Master Chef microwave [amazon.ca].
Finally (Score:2)
Finally, something my computer can run.
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Does that include the 64-bit version of Windows 98SE?