The ultimate Halo experience is arriving on Xbox One this November 11.

Announced during Microsoft’s E3 2014 press conference, here is everything you need to know about Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

All lists gathered from details provided by VentureBeat and TotalXbox.

What’s Included

• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition (Xbox)
• Halo 2 Anniversary Edition (Xbox)
• Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
• Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
• Halo: Nightfall (Digital Video Series)
• Halo 5: Guardians (Early Multiplayer Beta Access on Xbox One, runs December 27 – January 17)
• All DLC for all games, including Halo: CE PC maps
• Over 100 multiplayer maps

What’s Not Included

• Halo 3: ODST
• Halo Reach
• Any Halo game that does not star Master Chief

Performance Upgrades

• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition gets new lighting, now runs at 60FPS and 1080p
• Halo 2 gets revamped and upgraded “Anniversary” visuals, now runs at 60FPS and 1080p
• Halo 3 gets new lighting, now runs at 60FPS and 1080p.
• Halo 4 gets new lighting, now runs at 60FPS and 1080p.
• Halo: CE Anniversary and Halo 2 Anniversary offer “classic mode,” still 60FPS
• All multiplayer maps will appear in original form, except for the six Halo 2 Anniversary Edition multiplayer maps
• Original Halo 2 multiplayer designer Max Hoberman involved in Anniversary Edition redesigns
• Multiplayer will run on dedicated servers

Similarities / Differences – Campaign

• Other than visual improvements and the ability to play all four Halo campaigns on an Xbox One controller, everything is presented as is
• No story changes
• No gameplay tweaks
• No new modes
• No old modes taken out
• All unlockables in same place
• Will offer new Terminals in Halo 2 Anniversary Edition campaign
• Terminals will be easier to find
• Co-op playable in all campaigns
• All campaign missions and levels unlocked from start
• Special achievement for completing all campaigns
• New epilogue cinematic ties all four Halo titles together and helps set up Halo 5: Guardians
• 4000 Gamerscore made up of old and new Achievements

Similarities / Differences – Multiplayer

• Other than visual improvements and the ability to play all Halo titles on an Xbox One controller, all multiplayer suites are left as is
• No “universal” multiplayer that incorporates all gameplay elements and mechanics from all four games
• Halo: Combat Evolved multiplayer offered in its original form
• Halo 2 Anniversary Edition multiplayer is separate from Halo 2 multiplayer
• Players will have a single rank that spans across all Halo titles
• Forge returns in Halo 3 and 4 and is introduced to Halo 2 Anniversary
• Controls change from Halo to Halo, or you can pick a universal controller scheme
• Halo 3’s specific controller layouts will not be available as a universal controller scheme option

Maps

Halo: Combat Evolved

• Battle Creek
• Blood Gulch
• Boarding Action
• Chill Out
• Chiron TL-34
• Damnation
• Danger Canyon (PC)
• Death Island (PC)
• Derelict
• Gephyrophobia (PC)
• Hang ‘Em High
• Ice Fields (PC)
• Infinity (PC)
• Longest
• Prisoner
• Rat Race
• Sidewinder
• Timberland (PC)
• Wizard

Halo 2

• Ascension
• Backwash
• Beaver Creek
• Burial Mounds
• Coagulation
• Colossus
• Containment
• Desolation
• District (PC)
• Elongation
• Foundation
• Gemini
• Headlong
• Ivory Tower
• Lockout
• Midship
• Relic
• Sanctuary
• Terminal
• Tombstone
• Turf
• Uplift (PC)
• Warlock
• Waterworks
• Zanzibar

Halo 2 Remastered in “native” Xbox One engine

• Ascension
• Lockout
• Zanzibar
• ???
• ???
• ???

Halo 3

• Assembly
• Avalanche
• Blackout
• Boundless
• Citadel
• Cold Storage
• Construct
• Epilogue
• Epitaph
• Foundry
• Ghost Town
• Guardian
• Heretic
• High Ground
• Isolation
• Last Resort
• Longshore
• Onslaught
• Orbital
• Pit Stop
• Rat’s Nest
• Sandbox
• Sandtrap
• Snowbound
• Standoff
• The Pit
• Valhalla

Halo 4

• Abandon
• Adrift
• Ascent
• Complex
• Daybreak
• Erosion
• Exile
• Forge Island
• Grifball Court
• Harvest
• Haven
• Impact
• Landfall
• Longbow
• Meltdown
• Monolith
• Outcast
• Perdition
• Pitfall
• Ragnarok
• Ravine
• Relay
• Settler
• Shatter
• Skyline
• Solace
• Vertigo
• Vortex
• Wreckage

Playlists

• Will offer mixed themed campaign playlists across all Halo titles
• Will offer mixed themed multiplayer playlists across all Halo titles
• Will offer one giant mixed playlist including maps and modes across all Halo titles
• Examples:
  • “Vehicle Playground” – vehicle-oriented campaign levels from all four Halos titles
  • “Final Four” – final chapters from all four Halo titles
  • “Hogs” – campaign levels that feature the Warthog jeep
  • “Flood” – campaign levels that feature the Flood
  • “Capture the Flag Hopper” – CTF on all Halo maps

Other

• Halo Waypoint details to be announced soon
• No cross-platform play (Xbox 360 – Xbox One)
• Will retail for $60
• Microsoft is discussing discounts for owners of previous Halo titles, though it’s unlikely

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