Free To Play Halo Announced For PC

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...In Russia only.   

Breakdown:
4-16 players
Graphics on par with Halo 4 based on Halo 3 engine
Power-ups and weapons pick-ups on the battlefield
Rich visual and gameplay customization of weapons and armor
There will be vehicles.
f2p is about weapons, armor and power-ups
Right now developers said nothing about story mode and there is likely the game will be MP-PVP only.

Few more details:
Game was presented by 343 themselves
Closed Beta will start "very soon"
Team Slayer and Assassinations modes confirmed
Backstabbing confirmed
There will be trials and missions like "kill 30 enemies today". Typical f2p fashion.
Microsoft is co-distributing the game here in Russia
One of the game locations is Russian city

[mormapope]

Halo fans will probably be whining up a storm but Halo as a franchise has always been pimped out. Who really wanted all of those terrible movies/TV show things? Who wanted a Halo RTS game?

Halo is still relevant but I get the feeling a ton of people have moved on. At this point a free to play Halo game isn't that weird.

[bork]

I got bored of Halo after 3, really.  Still had some fun with Reach (I just care about multiplayer versus) and stopped playing when 4 came out.  343 is garbage. 

[Joe Molotov]

Gaylo

[thisismyusername]

Who wanted a Halo RTS game?

That RTS game wasn't terrible. It was actually a tolerable attempt on consoles.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I think this is a pretty solid indication that CoD Online is raking it in.

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Gaylo