Good evening,

As I'm sure you're wondering, 'why am I being pestered by a quiet steam group now, after some time of silence?', well I have a good reason to be doing so!

Halo: the Master Chief Collection is now officially coming to the PC throw Windows Store, AND Steam!

Link to the Official Waypoint announcement[www.halowaypoint.com]

Link to the Official Halo MCC PC announcement trailer

I'll try to bring the activity of this group up as somethings allow, and it's released.

Best regards,
Weird Stealth

Honoring the iconic hero and his epic journey, the Master Chief's entire story is brought together as The Master Chief Collection, a collection of all four Halo games, including the re-mastered Halo 2: Anniversary, all at Xbox One Visual fidelity and 60 FPS. Coming November 11th, 2014 at MSRP $59.99

In addition to the 45 campaign missions you get with The Master Chief Collection, you can play with your friends on over 100 multiplayer and spartan Ops maps (Including the original Halo: Combat Evolved Maps).

With the Master Menu, play all four games from start to finish, or jump around and play your favorite missions. Use curated playlists to experience both the campaign and multiplayer modes in a whole new way.

Included in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Halo 2: Anniversary celebrates the 10 year anniversary of the iconic fan favorite, and will feature a fully re-mastered campaign and “Classic Mode” to instantly switch between the re-mastered game and the original.

All of the original multiplayer maps from Halo 2 are included. Play on fan favorites including Ivory Tower, Ascension, and Lockout, plus 6 completely re-imagined maps.

Uncover new Halo 5: Guardians story elements with extended cut scenes, hidden terminal videos, and utilize all new skulls to experience the campaign in a whole new way.

Link to Halo Waypoint page for Halo: Master Chief Collection[www.halowaypoint.com]

Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time! The epic top-down, twin-stick shooter is now available on Steam for $4.99.

Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. Earn Steam achievements, complete missions and compete against your friends for the top scores in the leaderboards.

Spartan Assault is a true Halo game,
even if the series signature scope and size are scaled down.
- Gamer Informer, 8.25/10

Halo: Spartan Assault is an addictive shooter that retains
enough of the look and elements of the Halo universe to please.
- PC Magazine, 4/5

Varied, bite-sized missions fit the top-down play perfectly.
- Digital Trends, 4/5


Link to store page

Originally posted by Minimum System Requirements:

OS: Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1
Processor: Dual core processor
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX10 compatible graphics card w/ dedicated 512MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3670, NVIDIA 8600 GT or Intel HD 3000)
DirectX: Version 10
Hard Drive: 2550 MB available space
Additional Notes: ** DirectX feature level 10 required **

Originally posted by Recommended System Requirements:

OS: Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1
Processor: Quad core processor
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX10 compatible graphics card w/ dedicated 1GB RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Hard Drive: 2550 MB available space

Ok, sorry for everything being stupidly quite for the past 2 or so months.
But I'm back, I'm unbanned from Waypoint's forms, and hoping to get back to spreading the word of the group!

Also, Waypoint has announced that they're going to do a "Fan Art Focus" thing, to show off the creativity of the Halo community!

Originally posted by Waypoint:

Halo is an ever-expanding universe that inspires us each and every day, and your creations tell us that we’re not alone. This particular series, Fan Art Focus, showcases the amazing artwork created by talented members of our community.


Starting next Friday, we’ll pick our favorite piece to share with the world. Not only will it be featured on Halo Waypoint, but your work will also be printed and hung in the lobby of our studio!


If you have work that you'd like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com.

I've submitted some of my work, and I hope some of you do as well!

Here's to getting more members, and a great fun time!

Also remember, the only requirements of this group is the following:
You have Steam and a Steam Account
You are a fan of Halo
And you want to meet new people who also share your love/like of Halo!

After a long eventful Christmas vacation, BS Angel is back at work keeping the community up to date on thing we need to know!
This week's bulletin BS Angel has given us a statement from Frankie, going over how they're happy that Halo 4 is their first full fledged game, owning up to mistakes, and saying that 343i will do a better job in the future. He goes on to talk about the events leading up to this new year, and how he's excited about the future more so than the past.

We get a little reminder from BS Angel that the third and final book in the Forerunner saga is about to be released this year/month, and also a reminder when Spartan Ops starts back up again.

Episode 6 will hit consoles around the world on Jan. 21st, a long with a "Forge Test" play list, to test out some forge maps 343i wants to add to the rotations, and Pioneer and Pathfinder Specializations will unlock for everyone.

Episode 7 will hit consoles around the world on Jan. 28th, a long with a grifball play list, and the Engineer and Stalker Specializations will unlock for all players.

Episode 8 will hit consoles around the world on Feb. 4th, a long with a team doubles playlist, and the Rogue and Tracker Specializations.


Want to know when the fabled "Title Update" is coming!? Well now we have a little more information on when the Title Update will show up, and that'll be around late February, most likely around the same time as the Majestic Map pack. February also brings new playlists like FFA and a new version of Team Snipers.

BS Angel has also taken the time to point out that the forums now has a "News" forum board to house all news related topics, and also pointed out that they're working on improving communication.

Link to this week's bulletin[blogs.halowaypoint.com]