Halo fans will hope that Microsoft’s learned a lot from that experience. That forced the cancellation of an official Halo e-sports tournament.
More recently, though, Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One - a remastered collection of previous titles in the series - has such bad multiplayer problems that it was pretty much unplayable. Halo 4 garnered $300 million in sales in its first week when it released on Xbox 360 back in 2012.
They separated into two groups before taking on a strange creature with a huge sword. The Spartan soldiers (noticeably missing series hero Master Chief) were under attack by aliens as they ran through a crumbling city. For Microsoft, the title is critical as a system seller, as it competes against Sony’s more popular PlayStation 4.Īt its press briefing this morning, Microsoft showed off a four-player cooperative mission onstage. The new Halo is going to be Microsoft’s biggest game for established fans this year when it debuts on the Xbox One video game console on Oct.
