The Halo Master Chief Collection is coming to PC. The developers have now discussed transferring save data and crossplay between Xbox One and PC.
What exactly did the developers talk about? The Master Chief Collection was only announced for PC in March. It is a collection of Halo titles.
There hasn’t been a PC version since Halo 2, which is why many fans were excited about the announcement. However, many questions remained unanswered at first. For example, it was unclear whether players could transfer their save data between Xbox One and PC.
Many also wondered if there would be crossplay between the two platforms. Developer 343 Industries has now answered these questions.
Save data can be transferred freely
What the creators say about transferring save data: On Twitter, community manager Brian Jarrard informed a fan that everything including
- progress,
- unlocks
- statistics
- and save data
can be freely transferred between both platforms.
So if you are playing on both PC and Xbox One, you can switch anytime as you like.
Crossplay not available at launch, but possible later
What the creators say about crossplay: However, the situation looks different with a crossplay feature.
Crossplay is not planned for the launch of the Master Chief Collection. However, it is something “the team is responsible for, and they will evaluate it over time.”
When is the collection supposed to be released? There is no specific date yet. They plan to release all games included in the collection gradually.
According to a rough plan, all games should be released by the end of the year.
The first one to be released is Halo: Reach. A beta test was supposed to start in April but was postponed.
These games are included in the collection:
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- Halo 2 Anniversary
- Halo 3
- Halo 3: ODST
- Halo: Reach
- Halo 4
The only Halo title not included is the latest installment, Halo 5: Guardians.
More info on the Master Chief Collection:
- The games will support ultra-wide resolutions, HDR, and a FOV slider; they will not be pure console ports.
- It will be released on both Steam and the Windows Store.
- According to the Steam page, no Windows 10 is required.
The Master Chief Collection is not the only Halo installment currently in development. The next part, Halo: Infinite, has been in development for a long time:
