Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a compilation of first-person shooter games developed by 343 Industries, Certain Affinity, Saber Interactive and Bungie and published by Xbox Game Studios. It includes the first six main games in the Halo franchise released between 2001 and 2012, originally developed by Bungie and 343 Industries. It was released for Xbox One on November 11, 2014. At launch, the collection comprised Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (2011), Halo 2 (2004), Halo 3 (2007), and Halo 4 (2012) with their respective multiplayer suites, and boasting graphical and performance enhancements, including resolution and framerate improvements. Halo 2 was remastered as Halo 2 Anniversary, with new art, audio, a set of remade multiplayer maps, and new cinematic cutscenes produced by Blur Studio to commemorate the game's tenth anniversary. The single-player campaign of Halo 3: ODST (2009) was added in May 2015. The Master Chief Collection was released for Windows between December 2019 and November 2020, coinciding with the additions of Halo: Reach (2010) and the Firefight multiplayer for Halo 3: ODST. The Xbox One version includes access to the live-action series Halo: Nightfall, and hosted the Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta on Xbox One that ran in 2014–15.