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Report: Future Halo Games To Be Released on Both Windows 10 & Xbox One

According to sources reported by Kotaku, all future Halo games will be released on both Windows 10 PC and Xbox One.

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crazychris41242892d ago

Would be great to have a crossplay OPTION.

Godmars2902892d ago

Would expect such would be a given. Especially because Halo is a flagship IP.

crxss2892d ago

One less reason to get an Xbox one now

KiwiViper852892d ago

@crxss

Seriously?... If you don't have an Xbox One by now, you were never gonna get one.

MRMagoo1232892d ago

@kiwi

so you mean to say no more Xbox ones will be sold now because if you don't have one now you won't ever get one.....

Liqu1d2892d ago

@Kiwi That's completely incorrect. There are people who don't own an Xbox that might get one when it has games that they find interesting. Not everyone wants Halo, Forza, Gears all the time.

freshslicepizza2892d ago

@crxss
"One less reason to get an Xbox one now"

so basically you only buy consoles for exclusives and play everything else on the pc. I guess you are in the minority around here.

darthv722892d ago

Would be nice to buy one version and have it be playable on both W10 machines and XB1 / Scorpio systems. It would fit with the whole unified windows platform aspect. Buy it in digital or physical and it works on both.

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rainslacker2892d ago

Thought it was tied to XBL accounts so it would be cross play by default using Win10 features???

_-EDMIX-_2892d ago

Nice.

Most don't need to hear my comment on this. Pretty sure I've said this for quite a while now. Ok folks, we can take our heads out of the sand now, its happening lol

I'm not going to go around and say anything like "I told you so" or "but you didn't listen" or "yet you said it wouldn't" etc.

Thus...I won't.

conanlifts2891d ago (Edited 2891d ago )

Definitely.

Is gears ultimate edition cross play do you know?

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OpieWinston2892d ago

I feel IF Cross Play was pushed on Halo... it'd be kept out of PvP and at the least kept out of MOST Playlists. Maybe having a few specific Social playlists for Cross Play PvP.

BUT If Halo 6 and future Halos had Firefight Forge like "Doom Snapmap" The Halos forge community being mixed with PC players would be unstoppable.

christocolus2892d ago (Edited 2892d ago )

Agreed. The forge community would be huge imagine the type of maps we'd get from those playing on windows PCs.it would be amazing and crossplay would be a great idea.This would help the mp player base. Maybe there'll be an option for cross platform mp i.e before entering a match you'll have the option to choose playing with pc gamers(windows 10) or strictly playing with fellow console gamers(Xbox One).

Intentions2892d ago

Yeah probably would have that option. Rocket League apparently has that option, I can't say for sure, but I remember reading that the developer said you could change to console only MM or cross-plat MM.

So I wouldn't be surprised if future games had it.

starchild2892d ago

This is exciting. I really enjoy Halo and it's one of the franchises I would love to play on my PC. The possibility to play with my Xbox-owning friends sounds great.

I mean, Halo and Halo 2 are already on PC, so it's not like we don't have a history with the franchise too.

Erik73572892d ago

You mean pc gamers? "window players" lol...

babadivad2891d ago

Forgot about forge!! That would be extra awesome on PC. To be honest, I didn't even beat Halo 5. Without local co-op it just wasn't fun. I want to see the story and MAY finally sit down and play it but it's looking less and less likely that I will. They seriously underestimated the impact of removing this feature from the game would have. I hope they've wised up. It was a ridiculous move from the beginning.

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annoyedgamer2892d ago

Id rather have a working remaster (unlike the broken pathetic mess that is MCC). 343 is totally inept and should be disbanded.

Nathan_Hale532892d ago

I wish they would. Hated 4 and 5 anyway.

Khaotic2892d ago

Bungie in their new form would do no better

Rookie_Monster2892d ago (Edited 2892d ago )

Xbox Scorpio is a windows 10 PC of sort as the code will be Windows 10 based. No surprise there. Next Halo game will be the one to showcase that and every game that MS produces from there on will be the case. The Windows 10 Xbox merger has begun.

Rookie approves as that is good news as the possibility of Halo running on high-end PC, the Scorpio and XB1 will open doors and more possibilities for MS going forward. One copy, can be played on MS Xbox/Windows 10 branded systems to people of different preferences (PC elitist, on the most powerful console - Scorpio, people on the go - Xbox Surface, and the affordable budget home console - XB1 Slim) with one account. That is the wave of the future folks.

ScorpiusX2892d ago (Edited 2892d ago )

Just as long that all version of the game are the Same no gimping from the studio bs .
The only thing that should cause them to be different are PC community Mods .
also for this to be profitable MS needs to control pricing and keep it in their store so to better it .

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The importance of audio: How music makes games better

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Ex-343 dev says there were “20-30” pitched Halo games we’ll never see

A former 343 developer has revealed that mountains of Halo pitches failed to be approved, including a return to ODSTs and a push for more intimate, dark themes.

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Kaii66d ago

Well, 4-Infinite dropped the ball massively so don't worry.

Sgt_Slaughter66d ago (Edited 66d ago )

Not really. 4, 5, MCC, and Infinite are only remembered for their shortcomings and failures when the franchise was purely known for being a system seller and an all-time great. There's a reason 1, 2, 3, and Reach are looked back on fondly, and it's not because of nostalgia.

FinalFantasyFanatic66d ago

I don't know of anyone that speaks fondly of the later Halo games, I would like to play 5, but I know it's not good, and I'm just waiting on Infinite to hit my strike price. I played MCC a lot later after it came out, so must of those bugs/issues were gone by the time I played it.

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PhillyDonJawn65d ago (Edited 65d ago )

To say it dropped the massively is just not true. Many in the community hold H5 as the best mp mechanics in the entire series and say its what 4 should've been. Its campaign was trash but the MP is Fantastic and many faces of the community still play today and it only made 500mill in the matter of months but sure it dropped the ball massively. 4 was hated due to all the changes at once. And CoD like feature and rightful get hate but it's campaign story was liked by a majority of ppl. 343 hasn't nailed ot 100% but they get 1 thing perfect but F up in other places. Infinite had a good campaign and design but the story was a mess. The MP improves upon what Halo 3 was and is what many ppl wanted to go back to but it lacked content severely. So massively aint the word. Dropping the ball massively is when it's pure trash and unplay/unenjoyable. Most ppl blind by nostalgia so soon as 1 thing aint the same its hated cause Halo set the bar so high
FYI reach was not that good.

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Vengeance113866d ago

Dead IP, time to invent something new.

kaos8966d ago

Maybe they can have ID or one of the COD studios help 343 with this series.

jznrpg66d ago

Halo-Pop like Gears Pop. Halo bowling. Halo Cooking Mama. There’s a reason why you won’t hear about them

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Why 343’s next Halo Xbox game needs to be a return to ODST

With its smooth jazz and iconic New Mombasa streets, we need Xbox's next Halo game to return to the remarkable world of Halo 3: ODST.

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