Halo fans, mark December 27 down on your calendars as the very first day that you’ll be able to get a taste of what 343 Industries is offering in Halo 5: The Guardian’s multiplayer suite.
343 Industries head Bonnie Ross confirmed the date to Joystiq as the start of Halo 5’s official multiplayer beta, accessible to all who own a copy of the upcoming Halo: The Master Chief Collection, due out this November 11. Ross also confirmed that the beta will run for three weeks, ending on January 17. If that is the case, it looks like it won’t be very a long wait to try out some Halo 5 after the Collection’s release.
As stated in Microsoft’s E3 2014, presentation, The Master Chief collection will not only offer six iconic Halo 2 maps beautifully remastered for next-gen, but the package will also boast over 100 Halo multiplayer maps in total, spanning the list from Halo to Halo 4.
According to NeoGAF user Mr. Enigma, via TotalXbox, here is the full list of multiplayer maps in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, including original Halo and Halo 2 maps that were once only available on the PC.
Halo 1
- 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 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
Halo 2 remakes done in Halo 4’s Engine
- Ascension
- Lockout
- Zanzibar
- ???
- ???
- ???
Happy to see some of your favorites making it in?
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