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Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a compilation of military first-person shooter video games in the Halo series. Released on November 11, 2014 for the Xbox One and later ported to Windows and Xbox Series X/S, the collection was developed by 343 Industries in partnership with Bungie and was published by Xbox Game Studios. The collection consists of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, and Halo 4. Each game in the release received a graphical upgrade, with Halo 2 receiving a high-definition redesign of its audio and visuals that are exclusive to the collection. The game includes access to the live-action series Halo: Nightfall as well as the Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta that was available for a limited time.
Each game in the compilation retained its original story and gameplay, with the exception of Halo 2's cutscenes which were extended by Blur Studio. The collection's multiplayer features every map originally released with each title, including six remastered Halo 2 maps.
Critics generally praised The Master Chief Collection for its updated audio and visuals, as well as its quantity of content, but criticized the multiplayer aspect of the collection due to a significant number of bugs and poor matchmaking experiences. Many of these technical issues were later fixed in a number of post-release patches.
On May 30, 2015, the campaign mode of Halo 3: ODST was made available for the collection and in 2019, Halo: Reach was added. Both of these additional titles are not included with the standard game and are only available as DLC on the Xbox version of the game.
