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343 Industries founder and studio head Bonnie Ross is leaving the company after almost a 30-year stay at Microsoft's gaming division. Pierre Hintze is taking over the studio head role.

343 Industries has just activated the first Halo: The Master Chief Collection Insider session of 2021, offering Insiders the chance to join and test new Halo 3 maps, Season 6 content, and more.

343 Industries will soon start to push out Insider builds for the Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The next one is coming with a multiplayer game browser, FOV sliders for Xbox One, and much more.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection Season 5 has kicked off, bringing the classic games bundle a fresh selection of Halo 3 and Halo: Reach cosmetic items, a toggle for turning off new skins, and more.

The final Halo game of the Master Chief Collection has landed on PC. The originally Xbox 360-exclusive shooter comes with new enhancements like cross-play support, uncapped frame rates, and more.

Master Chief's adventures continue, as 343 Industries has just announced the release date of Halo 4 on PC to be November 17. This release will also arrive as a part of the Master Chief Collection.

The ongoing Halo 4 Insider session on PC and Xbox One has received a content drop, with 343 Industries pushing out Halo Reach content. The test will also run for an additional week.

343 Industries has kicked off Halo 4 Insider testing, and this one is available across PC and Xbox One, as the studio is also testing new features such as cross-play and input-based matchmaking.

Microsoft has announced that it will be rolling out a free update to Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox Series X|S consoles on November 17, bringing 120fps and support for up to 4K resolution.

343 Industries is planning to host Halo 4 PC testing sessions next month as part of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and it will also contain cross-play and input-based matchmaking features.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection's latest launch on PC brings in the Halo 3: ODST campaign and its long missing Firefight mode. An update for improving Halo 3 hit-registration is attached too.

343 Industries is bringing Halo 3: ODST to PC for the first time on September 22. The game follows a squad of ODSTs during the events of Halo 2, and it also includes the missing Firefight mode.

343 Industries has decided to extend the Halo 3: ODST Insider session, with it now slated to conclude on August 31. The ODST campaign, Firefight, and Halo 3 hit registration changes are being tested.

343 Industries has increased the capacity of its latest Halo: The Master Chief Collection Insider test, with the current Halo 3: ODST flight now being accessible by 100,000 more players on PC.

343 Industries has kicked off another Halo Insider session, this time for both PC and Xbox One players. This test carries Halo 3: ODST, its Firefight mode, plus Halo 3 for testing multiplayer changes.

343 Industries is sticking to its August flight plans for Halo 3: ODST, with the game's first public testing session now slated to kick off next week, if new bugs don't pop up in the meantime.

343 Industries has announced that the acclaimed Halo 3: ODST campaign and Firefight mode are planned to begin their PC flighting in the first half of August. Further features also in the works.

This past week brought us Patch Tuesday, the release date for Flight Simulator, the release of Halo 3 on PC, xCloud news, and much, much more. Be sure to catch up via our handy recap.

Halo 3 has hit PC hours earlier than expected, letting Master Chief Collection owners on Steam and Microsoft Store, plus Game Pass subscribers jump into the hit title and finally finish the fight.

343 Industries has announced that the much-awaited Halo 3 launch on PC will finally be happening on July 14. It will hit the Master Chief Collection on Steam, Microsoft Store, and Xbox Game Pass.

343 Industries has pushed back the end date of its latest Halo 3 PC Insider flight for the second time. The test will now conclude on June 29, giving Insiders the whole weekend to evaluate the build.

A new wave of invites has been sent out to Microsoft Store and Steam users who've opted in to the Halo Insider program, granting access to the ongoing Halo 3 flight from last week.

343 Industries has announced that the missing Firefight mode from Halo 3: ODST is finally coming to the Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The cooperative mode will hit both PC and Xbox One.

343 Industries has detailed what is planned to be included in the upcoming Halo 3 Insider test on PC. Campaign missions, a dozen multiplayer maps, Forge, Theater, and more are incoming for testing.

Arriving as the third release of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC is Halo 2: Anniversary. This is a remake of the original 2004 experience that has been exclusive to Xbox One until today.

The PC version of Halo: The Master Chief Collection is receiving another game. Today, Microsoft announced Halo 2 Anniversary is coming to the bundle on May 12, continuing Master Chief's journey.

343 Industries is looking to release Halo 2 Anniversary edition on the PC Master Chief Collection soon, and with that, it has already begun picking out alpha builds for Halo 3 and ODST testing.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary edition is now available through Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC. Microsoft and 343 Industries surprise-released the title on the platform today.