Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

In case you missed it because you've been stuck in a cave on Reach – Halo: CE Anniversary has landed on PC! H:CEA was originally released for Xbox 360 in 2011, to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the game that started it all, Halo: Combat Evolved. H:CEA on PC features the original mutliplayer and the remastered campaign, which allows you to switch between both the classic and the remastered visuals whenever you like. With its journey to PC, it now also has many of the features and settings that you'd expect while playing on a computer. In fact, here's a list of some of the new features and content you can find in MCC after the CEA update:

Halo: CEA Enhancements

New Spartan customization 3D model viewer (Xbox One and PC)

Ability to toggle between H:CEA and H:CE Classic audio for multiplayer (Xbox One and PC)

Mouse + Keyboard input support

Customizable key bindings

Variable Frame Rate (VFR) support (experimental feature)

Adjustable FOV (experimental feature)

Ultrawide and alternate resolution support

Text chat

MCC PC UPDATES / NEW FEATURES:

Updated crouch/movement mechanic for mouse + keyboard (Halo: Reach)

Push-to-talk voice chat

Push-to-talk key binding

Separated key binding on a per-title basis

Datacenter ping values are now visible

Message of the Day added

Updated zoom controls (explanation HERE)

To see the complete list of updates, please visit the Patch Notes page on the Halo Support site.

As a reminder, even though our attention will now begin to shift towards H2A, it's important to note that we are still investigating, tracking, and working to resolve issues you find in Halo: Reach and CEA. If you see something out of the ordinary, please submit a ticket if you don't see it already listed on our Halo Support site's Known Issues lists.

In the meantime, we hope you enjoy going back to the beginning of the franchise for a bit. It's always a blast to revisit that Halo ring and play some Blood Gluch CTF.

Halo Insider & Halo 2 Flighting

The successful launch of Halo: CEA on PC was aided by our supportive Halo Insider community. Last month we had over 100K registered Halo Insiders participate in a flight which helped our team gather the data and feedback they were looking for before our March 3 launch. This critical partnership with all of you over the past year has been incredible and really helped make this game what it is today. Now, as you might have guessed, the next step on our great journey is to bring Halo 2 and Halo 2: Anniversary to our Halo Insider flighting rings.

While the exact dates and content of the next flight are still being determined and not final, we're currently planning for it to include Halo 2, Halo 2 Anniversary, and additional content from the ongoing work happening with Halo: Reach and CEA. That's obviously a lot of content so there's always a chance it scales down and focuses on one or two of those, but these are the areas we're looking to target next.

If you want to join us in helping bring the rest of MCC to PC, make sure you register for the Halo Insider program here on Waypoint. While registering does mean that you can get into flights, it doesn't guarantee that you will get into flights – even the ones you really want. Registering and including the information listed below on your profile is the only way to have a shot at early flights:

Register on HaloInsider.com

Verify the email address you've provided for communication

Opt-in to receive communications from us

Opt-in to PC flights

Link your Steam account

Upload/update your DxDiag

Please remember to opt-in for email communications. We can't send you your invitation if you don't let us. Finally, if you'd like to follow the team's progress between Community Updates, keep an eye on our dedicated Flighting Update thread, which Postums updates every week.

Playlist Updates

MCC's weekly playlists have held strong and recently benefited from the launch of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. Fiesta, the popular party mode, has made its first appearance in Halo: CE multiplayer, and is now the featured option in Social Games. I have to say, it's pretty cool that we're able to crack open this 19 year old game and put this fan-favorite mode into matchmaking.

Last, but certainly not least, to help make your increased time inside a little more enjoyable, we've turned on Double XP globally for MCC and Halo 5: Guardians. To learn more about the other recent MCC playlist updates, please visit the links below!