343 shares Halo MCC PC development update, Committed to a great port

343 Industries and Splash Damage have shared some nice details about the progress of the PC version of the Halo Master Chief Collection. We get so see a sneak peak of Halo Reach’s menu UI and learn more about the design pillars the two studios have for the PC port of the Halo anthology.

After years of rumors and teasing, Microsoft finally did the unimaginable last month and announced that the premier Xbox exclusive Halo is headed to the PC in form of the Master Chief Collection. The expansive collection of classic Halo games first made an appearance on the Xbox One during the early days of the then-new console way back in 2014.

A bit more after a month since the announcement, 343 Industries and Splash Damage are now sharing more details. Most important here is that both parties are truly committed on delivering a quality product and not disappoint Halo fans worldwide with a shoddy console port. To show this, we get a first look at the Halo Reach menu UI. It may sound trivial but PC gamers are only too familiar with subpar ports having atrocious menus. Seeing how much attention Splash Damage is putting into even such aspects, instills us with confidence that once the Halo MCC lands on PC, it’ll have been worth the wait.

Here’s a more detailed breakdown of Splash Damage’s and 343 Industries’ Halo PC Pillars:

PC Native Pillar

Being PC native means that we deliver a best-in-class PC shooter as measured by PC gamers that require the following specifics.

Controls

• Robust action mapping options

• Great mouse/keyboard input across the entire game

• Low input latency by leveraging raw input and latency validation via

  slow motion

  cameras

• Support for a broad set of mouse and gameplay options

PC Native UI

• Updated UI controls familiar to PC users

• Robust video and game options that allow users to tailor the experience to their hardware

• Support for FOV sliders (to the extent each game can realistically support)

• Text chat

Runs on a variety of hardware and takes advantage of what is there in both UI and gameplay

• Range of resolution and aspect ratio support for monitors

  • 4K+ resolution, native aspect ratio support from 4:3 up to 21:9 Ultrawide

  • GSync/FreeSync support

  • High refresh rate support

• Mice both high or low DPI

• Multiple styles of Keyboards

• Video cards, both dedicated and integrated

• XInput supported controllers

• Loading optimizations

High quality window handling

• Borderless full screen

• Flexible window resizing

• Gracefully handles keyboard shortcuts such as ALT-TAB/ALT-ENTER, etc.