Welcome back, everyone, for the September 2020 installment of the monthly MCC Development Update. We are just a few months out from wrapping up the year as well as wrapping up the final game on our journey to bring MCC to PC! This year has been super busy and if this is your first time checking out one of these updates, this blog series has a lot of backstory. I just took a look back and this is now my 19th MCC dev blog - we've shared a lot of insights and words together on this journey, friends. Well, that's enough nostalgia – onwards!
September has been action-packed and we have a number of topics to talk about. First, we'll recap our latest PC launch and the release of Halo 3: ODST (and Firefight!) into MCC. There are some pretty spiffy new upgrades in there for both PC and Xbox, so definitely take some time to drop in and check it out. Next up, we are going to talk through an expansive Design update with members of the Publishing Team about future features and content that folks will see come online around the time of Halo 4’s release and beyond. To wrap things up, we are going to take an early look at October’s planned Halo 4 flighting spec, remind you how to get in on Halo Insider flighting, and a lastly get a progress report from Farns in our State of the Game section. Let’s hit it, Marines!
HALO 3: ODST LAUNCH RECAP
Halo 3: ODST dropped feet first into PC last week and in the days since, players have fought off waves upon waves of enemies in Firefight, listened to hours of sweet, sweet jazz, and took the fight to the Covenant in New Mombasa’s hectic streets. Last week also saw the release of MCC's 3rd Season of entirely free unlockable content for players, updates to our Challenge system, new elements of customization across Halo 3, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3: ODST, and a number of high profile bug fixes including Halo 3’s shot registration! There’s too much to put into a simple recap, so please feel free to head over HERE to check out the launch blog and HERE for the full patch notes of this latest game release and update. If you haven’t had a chance yet to check things out, there’s never a better time than now to get in on the action. MCC is available on Steam, the Microsoft Store, and Xbox One for purchase and is available for Game Pass members to download and play. To learn more about where and how you can drop into ODST, check out this page HERE.
To check out the rest of the blog, including a Design Discussion, info/updates on Halo 4 Flighting, and more, head over to Halo Waypoint and read the September Development Update today!
If you want to catch up on past editions of the dev update, you can find the one you want here:
- MCC PC & Halo: Reach Announcement
- MCC Development Update – April 2019
- MCC Development Update – May 2019
- MCC Development Update – June 2019
- MCC Development Update – July 2019
- MCC Development Update – August 2019
- MCC Development Update – September 2019
- MCC Development Update – October 2019
- MCC Development Update – November 2019
- MCC Development Update – December 2019
- MCC Development Update – January 2020
- MCC Development Update – February 2020
- MCC Development Update – March 2020
- MCC Development Update – April 2020
- MCC Development Update – May 2020
- MCC Development Update – June 2020
- MCC Development Update – July 2020
- MCC Development Update – August 2020