I'm sure there are probably a lot fewer resources available after the bath they just took with Fable Legends.
Halo Forge coming to Windows 10 later this year
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I'm sure there are probably a lot fewer resources available after the bath they just took with Fable Legends.
Killer Instinct
Gears of War
Forza
Ori
Quantum Break
Halo Wars 2
Sea of Theives
Etc...
It seems like MS franchises are getting announced for PC all the time these days. This companion app for the Xbox game doesn't change that fact.
been out for a few days - HOLY SHIT. this is honestly huge news. this is something the halo community has been asking for for ages and honestly i never thought would come to pass (unless the game released on pc). so fucking stoked. also, this bodes well for further support and forge implementation.
Right, so what's the hangup with Halo?
Gears, too, now that you mention it. Right now it seems like the only reason the Ultimate Edition made it to the PC was to make amends for ruining the first one with Games for Windows Live, then never updating it. There's no reason 4 shouldn't make its way to PC, too.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Forge on PC, Yay I guess. No idea why Microsoft hasn't bothered to port the MCC over yet plus 5 but that's what most of us are waiting for.
93xfan
Banned
Great news!! Everyone in the Halo 5 community will benefit from this. Wish there was less whining about a port in this thread.
if they port MCC, they'll have no excuse not to fix it and that will take a good amount of time...
justsomeguy
Member
Why do you think there's a hang up? Stinkles has literally already answered the halo 5 point in detail. Their only other announced game is hw2 which is coming to pc.
I feel like the 'hold up' has been thouroughly explained in this thread already.
When halo 5 began development their was no push to bring Xbox games to PC. So it was developed solely to target Xbox one. MCC having began development BEFORE halo 5 naturally has the same issue.
The work requires to bring these two experience apparently doesn't past the cost/benefit test this long after launch.
We see what happens when the decision to make PC ports comes late in the dev cycle (Quantum Break). It's better to take the time to do it right (Killer Instict), or get your feet wet with smaller snippets (Forza Apex, Forge-Halo 5) that pave the way for future releases, or build the titles to be multiplat from the start (Halo Wars 2, Sea of Thieves).
It would if they would actually release their games on Steam like they have done before.....
Yeah, but that's counter productive to what they are trying to do with their store.
It is what it is.
Mass Effect
Member
Wait, I thought Gears 4 was coming to PC? Is it not? Where did I hear that then?
NAh, they'd probably still ignore it.
It hasnt been announced for PC. People just assumed so because GoW:UE came to PC.
There's a ton of speculation that it will be announced for PC, based on MS' recent behavior.
It's not just speculation, Rod Fergusson replied "Possibly" when asked by Game Informer.
And Aaron Greenberg referred to it as a console exclusive in an interview.
Anyway, from the official Q&A:
I guess we can hope to get Halo 6.
RandyRaceCar
Banned
The Xbox One needs to have it's own games to you know. Especially bigger games that move consoles to an extent like Halo 5,
Which is fucking daft. Continuing a franchise on a platform after skipping five main entries is some stupid 1990s Final Fantasy-level shit.
Well, last I checked, 343i doesn't work for you... So you can't complain when they aren't making what you want.
WTF, he specifically asked what I want. Context counts.
I'm complaining about the "no plans" for older Halo titles on PC because, uh, they're the ones in charge of those games.
Besides, when the only new Halo (real Halo, not RTS Halo) related thing they've put on PC in years not for Russia to play is a companion app for Xbox One owners to use, I don't think anything more needs to be said.
I should be more clear. The speculation is certainly warranted, but until theirs an announcement, it's still speculation.
i got my fingers crossed
LukasTaves
Member
While I'm sure Halo 5 (and MCC) will eventually come, it makes sense for they only to start supporting PC in upcoming titles, assuming they don't want to outsource the ports and most of the team is already moved to the next title.
On the other hand Ms touts the uwp as easy to bring software released on other platforms, and if it's true it wouldn't require many time or manpower (But that's kinda why I think evntually we will see big titles coming to Pc as well), we should hear a lot more of it at E3
Barrel Cannon
Member
Same. I'd love to see the older titles on PC, particularily Reach as I feel it has so much to gain from a proper AA implementation and greater AF/shadow quality. I still consider Reach to be among the top 5 technical accomplishments of last gen alongside UC3/TLOU/GTA5/Crysis3.
Will there be a central new hub to share forge creations from PC to XB1 users and is custom textures still on the agenda?
dgrdsv
Member
Hell, I'll be fine with them porting Halo 1/2 Anniversaries and making Halo 3 Anniversary an XBO/PC launch. These games have been criminally absent from PC digital distribution and with Halo 2 being on PC already it makes no sense to not have Halo 3 here.
My interest in H4 and H5 is pretty much non-existent.