Microsoft unveils the Halo Master Chief Collection with a remastering all his Halo games

Halo 5: Guardians isn’t coming this year. But Microsoft will soften the blow by releasing the Halo Master Chief Collection for the Xbox One this fall. With this collection, players may re-experience the full series with better graphics and full multiplayer combat.

The high-definition remastering of all of the prior Halo titles will be available in a single $60 package, said Bonnie Ross, the general manager of Microsoft’s 343 Industries game studio, in a press briefing. Ross said that the collection will capture the journey of Master Chief, as it has been captured so far in the original Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 4. For the first time, a full decade of the Master Chief experience will be available on the same generation of console at the same time. It will debut on Nov. 11, the 10th anniversary of Halo 2’s release.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.