A year has passed since 343 Industries announced a team-up with the Halo modding community to sift through the scrapped pieces of the Halo franchise. The ‘Digsite’ team promised to bring the recovered maps and models to the Master Chief Collection, and it looks like they’re going to follow through with their promise.
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The update will have been worth the wait as the team has gutted open projects dating back to 1999 to find salvageable material. Some ready-to-ship assets didn’t even get a name before being cut from releases! This is big news for Halo fans since the upcoming update will feature nearly two dozen playable maps, multiple weapons, 3D reticles and so much more.
Overdue Halo: Master Chief Collection update to feature maps from Halo and Halo 2
The Digsite Release 1 update will feature two multiplayer maps from Halo PC recovered from the many Milestone builds the team excavated. The maps, ‘Underground’ and ‘Abyss,’ are revamps of ‘Indoor’ and ‘Dusk’ that never made it into the 2001 release. Deeper into exploring their archive catacombs, Digsite found early revisions of Halo 2 and Xbox and Vista assets that never saw the light of day.
The highly anticipated update will take Halo down memory lane with its 21 ‘Halo 2’ maps, all of which are playable in the Master Chief Collection. The game is also about to see a flood of community-made maps since the update will give modders access to vehicles, weapons, creatures, and even a 3D holographic reticle.