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Mouse Acceleration and Performance Fixes Coming in Halo 5: Forge Update
Have you been enjoying everything that Halo 5: Forge has to offer on Windows 10? I know I’ve been enjoying some stunning Halo action in 4K recently, and it’s certainly a big tease for a future Halo release on PC! However, like any game, it’s far from perfect and there’s…
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Microsoft Commit to Split Screen For Future Halo Titles
With each game franchise, there are always a few core defining features. For Halo, one of the ones that comes to mind is the split screen co-op mode, perfect for couch parties. It came as a surprise then when Halo 5 removed this highly valued feature. In response to the various complaints…
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Halo 5 and Forza Horizon 3 Encryption System Cracked
As some of you will know, the latest PC releases from Microsoft, Halo 5: Forge and Forza Horizon 3, use Microsoft’s new encrypted protection system. This means that anyone wanting to create mods for the game was pretty much locked out from the files they needed, at least that was…
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Halo 5: Forge Now Available on PC
It seems like it is taking a lifetime, but Microsoft is finally making good on some of its promises to bring the Xbox gaming ecosystem to PC. We recently saw the release of Forza: Apex, a free to play game that really showed us what Forza would be like when…
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Halo 5: Forge Custom Game Browser Coming After Launch
We’re extremely excited to play around with Halo 5: Forge PC when it launches on September 8th, but it seems the one thing we’re the most excited about won’t be ready at launch. 343 Industries franchise development director for Halo, Frank O’Connor, has said that while Halo 5: Forge is…
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Halo Online Becomes Halo Cancelled
Remember the Free to Play Halo game that launched on PC in 2015? Many of you may have actually heard of it, but few in Western markets ever got to play it due to its release in Russian markets. Powered by a reworked Halo 3 engine, the game was actually…
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Microsoft Debunks Halo 5 PC Rumour
Since the release of Halo 5: Guardians back in late 2015, there have been numerous calls on Microsoft to port the game to the PC platform and expand the Halo community. Unfortunately, Microsoft hasn’t unleashed a new core Halo title since Halo 2 which appears to be the main attraction…
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Halo 5 Coming To Windows 10 For Free
When it comes to system exclusives, the idea of a £40 game helping increase sales of a £400 console often seems ridiculous with them very few giving in to the temptation to buy the new system for an exclusive. One of the biggest exclusives in recent years has been the…
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Halo 5 Has Amassed Over $1.5 Million in Microtransactions
Microtransactions were originally implemented on mobile games which adopted the free-to-play business model. This gave developers the freedom to create a large user-base among casual players and attempt to monetize their creation through optional micropayments. As we all know, this can be a very flawed concept and involve an absurd…
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Podracing Mod for Halo 5 Isn’t Perfect but a Lot of Fun
Star Wars is an awesome book and movie series and one of the things that a lot of people would love to experience from the series besides the light sabers are the pod racers. I’m also sure that most agree that it was also one of the best things in…
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Halo 5 Has Amassed Over $1 Million in Microtransactions
Halo 5: Guardians received a fairly mixed response from fans due to the short campaign and disappointing story. The developer, 343 Industries focused on the multiplayer aspect and provided a large amount of chaotic modes to encourage competitive play. As a predominately single player gamer, this doesn’t interest me, but…
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Halo 5 Has Already Made $500,000 in Micro-Transactions
Microtransactions have slowly become a common occurrence in full-price releases and no longer exclusive to free-to-play mobile games. This is a depressing notion and it seems like publishers are desperate to eke out every last penny from the consumer even if it causes negative publicity. Despite the public outrage, it…
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Halo 5 Performance Analysed in Digital Foundry Video
Halo 5 has finally been released after 3 years of development and received overwhelmingly positive critical acclaim. From a technical standpoint, the game’s performance is fascinating given the lack of horsepower in the Xbox One. 343 Industries prioritized 60 frames-per-second and employed a number of tweaks to keep the experience…
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Halo 5 is Not Coming to PC According to Aaron Greenberg
Yesterday, Halo series director Frank O’Connor announced, “There is plenty of chance that Halo 5 could appear on the PC,” which came as a surprising revelation. However, this has now been categorically denied by Aaron Greenberg, the head of Xbox marketing who said: @RMDXBOX This is not true. Game is being made…
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Halo 5 “Could Appear on The PC” says Frank O’Connor
The Halo franchise is Microsoft’s key system seller for the Xbox brand and continues to please a large following. While the original game and its sequel eventually came to PC, there was a great deal of controversy regarding its Windows Vista exclusivity. Since then, the Halo series has remained deeply…
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