Halo Dev Tracker

Truth be told just a lot of work happening and a lot of pieces moving very quickly across the studio. Not to be a tease, but the team has been make huge progress even amidst these challenging times and we're certainly eager to jump back on the hype train as soon as we can. We just want to take the time needed and ensure the teams' best work is represented and we're able to showcase their vision for the game while also still working through updates and implications to our plans (both within 343 and across our partner teams at Xbox). Our goal is to get settled and re-aligned and then be able to pull back the curtain and maintain ongoing dialog and connection to launch. As soon as we feel all the pieces are in place, we'll jump back on the train.

Sure, that's fair and then it's our jobs along with all our partners to crank that back up to 11 as we march towards launch. We had to kind of start/stop obviously with our date shift, but the hype train will reload and return to the tracks in due time.

Thankfully I really enjoy the job, which is a good thing considering I've been working in Halo community management for something like 14+ years? Of course it's always MORE fun when we can tee up big reveals and share awesome information with the community - but we'll get back to that point eventually. Until then, MCC has been a great ride and I'm excited for H4 and upcoming features. I have certainly missed events though - traveling to HCS events or E3 or the like was always a chance to personally meet and interact with the community and I've found myself missing that connection and the invigoration that comes from that more and more. We always come back from in-person events rejuvinated and inspired by the passion and good peoples across the Halo community.

We've definitely heard the growing feedback around wanting H5 on PC. As I noted up above in a different reply, there are no current plans to do so but, who knows what the future may bring. Right now the studio is fully focused on existing MCC work and Halo Infinite.

For sure, I play all sorts of things. Lately I'd say my time outside of Halo has been largely spent on CoD/WZ, Fortnite, Avengers, THPS1&2, and I've recently gotten hooked on Hades. Pretty excited for Star Wars Squadrons!

I'm not aware of any talks yet regarding any crossovers between Halo and Zenimax properties but internally I know a lot of folks would love to see something at some point. Considering some of the past crossovers with Sea of Thieves, Minecraft, and Forza, I assume something will eventually materialize but no idea what/where/when.

Re: Mod support for MCC - more robust mod support is definitely on the team's list and something they've always had ambitions around but for now I believe that work is all a bit further out, once H4 is out the door and some of these other pending features are released.

And I'm not able to talk about Infinite right now.

Right! What a rollercoaster it's been. Basically a year of silence, intense build up, some toy "leaks", a Banished confirmation, first look at Campaign, the birth of Craig, confirmation of F2P MP, shifting our release to 2021, more collectibles, Monster Energy skins and 2xp promotions.... and now temporarily back into the shadows while teams are working through ramifications and updates to every plan and roadmap.

Great feedback! I'm not sure if this is on the team's list or not, but I'll relay the suggestion.

Great feedback! I don't have any new info to share around future accessibility updates, but it's always something the team is thinking about and I'll certainly pass along your note.
And I'm doing as well as can be expected given a pandemic, election year, social unrest, shifting development schedules, etc.. But hey, some amazing new games and a new console generation are just around the corner so I'm pretty stoked about that.

I hear you - I unfortuantely dont' really have visiblity into how these consumer products are managed but, I'll certainly poke my friends over there and echo your frustrations. It sounds like even in the U.S., a lot of folks are having a hard time tracking down the new collectibles.

Nothing I can officially comment on yet, but I do know the team has been looking at ways to tap into Series X for MCC owners. More to come!

Trust me, I have no secret info or insight. But I've been poking at this and trying to rile up the community off and on for years. I'd love to see it happen, but it's going to be way above my pay grade. We just need to politely keep reminding Phil and Doug why this would be a perfect move. :) Also, the announcement of Minecraft characters coming over seems to give us a bit more hope?

Heh, sorry about that, I actually intended to circle back yesterday and got busy. But we have mentioned the H5 requests off and on. We've heard some feedback but, as of now, no current plans to bring Halo 5 over to PC. Could it happen someday? Sure, at this point I wouldn't ever rule anything out, but it's not currently on a plan. At the moment the teams are just really heads down on MCC and Infinite.

I'm on to you... our favorite time of year is when-it's-done. :)

Great to hear! We are looking at exactly this type of info as perhaps a celebration/commemoration of the one year anniversary of this MCC/PC journey. It's been great to see the response to the MCC updates along with all the new players coming in via Steam and Game Pass.

You love to see it! Though the community's relentless feedback and push really did help get this project back to the forefront a few years ago so thanks to everyone for not giving up on MCC or 343. The publishing team and their partners have been crushing it and honestly each release just keeps getting better. It's amazing to think we'll soon have all the games on PC PLUS things like a custom game browser, server selection, and many more quality of life improvements (plus new unexpected content).

Me too! H4 came during my 'break' from Halo, post-Bungie and right as I had entered a totally different role at Xbox. I played the campaign once all the way through but haven't touched it since launch and don't even remember it that well so I'm really eager to re-experience it again in even greater glory! (not to mention super excited about some of the broader MCC improvements hopefully coming alongside H4)

You don't care for Infinite personally? Have you even played it yet? :) Keep the faith, let's see if we can win you over.