Surprise! With little warning, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary launched on PC right this moment. This is the remake of Bungie’s very first game within the first-person shooter collection, the one which began Master Ian Chief’s adventures on Xbox method again in 2001. I by no means performed it however my god, the issues I’ve heard about its highly effective pistol… perhaps I’ll lastly see for myself. It is simply £7, in any case. You can snook a glance within the launch trailer beneath.
If it seems a bit of outdated for a remake, that’ll be as a result of Anniversary was first revamped for Xbox 360 in 2011. Microsoft say the PC launch “looks and plays better than ever at 60 frames-per-second (or greater) with 4K UHD support, and players can fine-tune their experience with a vast array of options including variable framerate, native mouse/keyboard support and the ability to rebind controls, support for ultra-wide displays and different aspect rations, updated texture/shadow quality and more. Additionally, we’re happy to introduce community-requested features such as the option to use ‘classic’ audio in multiplayer and improvements to Spartan customisation.” And you’ll be able to nonetheless toggle between the unique Xbox look and the remade.
Ye olde Combat Evolved was truly launched on PC, in a 2003 port from Gearbox Software. It was lacking some options and had critical efficiency issues. And hasn’t been bought for yonks. Now that is right here!
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is out now for £7/€10/$10 on Steam and Microsoft’s Store. It’s additionally lined by Xbox Game Pass For PC subscription. Or comes with an enormous lump of extra Halo within the Master Chief Collection in the event you purchase that.
Microsoft are releasing games from the Master Chief Collection within the in-universe chronological order. That’s why the primary game from it was the fourth within the collection, the prequel Halo: Reach. Josh Fortune will let you know Reach is the best Halo so it’s simply gravy from right here. Following Microsoft’s good new coverage of truly releasing games on PC, the new-new Halo Infinite is coming later this 12 months. Weirdly, Microsoft nonetheless haven’t dedicated to releasing Halo 5 on PC so we’d have a niche?
