One of the consistent things every Halo game has had is co-op play. And while it simply started as clones of Master Chief running around in 2 player co-op Halo, the game progressed to integrate it into the story with Halo 2 as the Chief and Arbiter were the focus of that campaign. And with four player co-op being added in Halo 3, it changed the benchmark for the series.
I have fond memories of our Halo 3 Firefight nights on Xbox Live. We had huge community participation and hours upon hours and waves upon waves of Covenant to defeat. But when Halo: The Master Chief Collection finally added Halo 3: ODST to its assortment of games, it neglected to add the specific flavor of Firefight we loved.
PC owners of Halo: The Master Chief collection have been getting a steady drip of releases as the team works to bring all content from the Xbox One release onto PC with all the fixins' PC gamers expect. Halo 2 Anniversary is the 3rd full game available following Halo Reach and Halo: Anniversary.
Back in March, we reported that Halo: Reach would be added to the Halo: The Master Chief Collection sometime this year. With just a few weeks left, 343 Industries is fulfilling that promise and Halo: Reach will arrive on the PC and Xbox One on December 3, 2019. On the PC side, this marks the first Master Chief Collection title to arrive on that platform, with the other games in that bundle arriving over the course of the next year.
Despite a shaky start with technical issues aplenty, Halo: The Master Chief Collection has been hanging on on the Xbox One for over 4 years now and got a pretty big update this past summer. Last week, Microsoft and 343 Industries announced that they'll be bringing this bundle of games chronicling the adventures of Master Chief Petty Office John-117 to the PC via Windows 10 Store and... Steam!
343 Industries dropped a big update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection earlier this week that includes a number of enhancements and improvements, but it also adds perhaps one of the most requested features for certain folks: LAN play with no Internet connection required.
Microsoft is offering up some big discounts on a slew of co-op titles for the Xbox One and the Xbox 360. From now until May 9, you can snag Halo 5: Guardians for just $44.99, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for $27.99, and Ryse: Son of Rome for $17.99. If you're an Xbox Gold Member, you'll get an additional 10% off that price.
In the States, the end of November marks the occasion for two things: the consumption of way too much food, and SALES SALES SALES! There are some choice Cyber Monday deals underway right now, but Microsoft offered up a few deals of their own on the digital versions of games like Destiny, Evolve, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin, and Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime last week, and today is the last day you can enjoy them.
Summer is a great time to stay in doors and play video games, especially if you live in an area where it's in the 80s and it's humid all day every day. If you own an Xbox One, your chance to pick up a lot of co-op games for cheap starts tomorrow with Microsoft's "Ultimate Game Sale," with a fair number of titles being discounted up to 50% off.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection received a large patch today, fixing numerous issues with the game which has seen its shared of bugs since launch last November. You'll also find a new multiplayer map, over 100 new achievements to earn, and several tweaks for co-op players to provide a more stable experience.
Buying a new games console is always a great feeling, but in most cases you only get one colour to choose from. That is unless you buy Nintendo, or wait for a Special Edition such as the Xbox One Halo: The Master Chief Collection Bundle which brings the White One.
The Microsoft Store is clearing inventory it seems with plenty of deals on Xbox One games. We've spotted a few co-op deals you might want to consider. There might be more we missed buried, and most of the deals offer free shipping too. Borderlands: The Handsome Collection - You'll get Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel i...
