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Halo Forge coming to Windows 10 later this year

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jbug617

Banned
http://news.xbox.com/2016/05/19/for...-10-pc/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re bring this same spirit of creation and collaboration to the PC later this year with Forge – Halo 5: Guardians Edition for Windows 10. Best of all? It will be absolutely free. In addition to the evolutions already present in the mode on Xbox One, Forge – Halo 5: Guardians Edition for Windows 10 will include some exciting new features designed specifically with PC users in mind, including:

Keyboard & Mouse Support – For the first time ever, Forgers will have the option of using a keyboard & mouse allowing for more precision control than ever before.
Increased Resolution – Support for multiple resolutions including 4k.

Test and Play with Friends – Enlist the help of Friends to help build, test, and play your Forge creations on Windows 10.

Build on Windows 10 and Publish to Xbox One – Experiences built on Windows 10 can be published to and played on Xbox One, opening the doors for countless new experiences to be enjoyed by players all over the world.
If you’re already finding yourself excited about the incredible possibilities that are opened up by expanding Forge to the Windows 10 platform, trust us, you’re not alone. 343 Industries UGC Director, Tom French, and his team are already chomping at the bit to get these new creative tools into the hands of the community.
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Edit: It's Free
 
M

mcrommert

Banned
So you read this...and you can't help but feel a full halo 5 client for win 10 is coming right behind this...why would they go through the trouble to have multiple resolutions including 4k if just for forging
 
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Alexious

Member
I find this quite lame. It's just tease of the actual Halo 5 game experience to get people to buy an Xbox One.

Looks like proper Halo isn't coming to Windows PC anytime soon...
 
G

GTSweet

Neo Member
"Test and Play with Friends – Enlist the help of Friends to help build, test, and play your Forge creations on Windows 10."

Play your forge creations on Windows 10 you say...
 
A

aeolist

Banned
they don't want to have to deal with people who want kbam halo and the others who just as badly want nobody to have kbam
 
M

michaelius

Banned
Keyboard & Mouse Support – For the first time ever, Forgers will have the option of using a keyboard & mouse allowing for more precision control than ever before.
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Man Microsoft is truly revolutionizing pc gaming with those groundbreaking features they add
 
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Tagyhag

Member
Red said:
What ever happened with that Russian-only PC Halo game?
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It's getting or got shut down.

People are still playing using a third party client.

It was actually a fun game.

I don't know why MS is beating around the bush like this. I think X1 owners will be ok with Halo 5 coming to PC.
 
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Pantaghana

Member
So the level building tool is coming to PC, but the game itself isn't?

Wow. What dedication. MS truly cares for the PC platform.
/s
 
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vasametropolis

Member
Lol. To avoid backlash they are splitting up the game and delivering it piece by piece. Bold strategy, Cotton.

Mechanized said:
Er, uh, what? If the Forge mode is up and running shouldn't the full game be good to go?
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Irony of it all is that you need to be able to play test Forge maps, so you'll probably be able to spawn and run around.

This his hilariously lame and they know it.
 
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JigglesBunny

Banned
So, you'll go through all the work of 4K resolution but not the full game? Plus, I'm assuming you can't play the maps obviously... but it says test them...?

This is really fucking dumb. Like, dumbest thing I've seen this generation dumb.
 
Caffeine

Caffeine

Member
help build, test, and play your Forge creations on Windows 10.

sounds like the whole game should just be in there lol
 
R

RandomExpletive

Member
What a roundabout idea... Though I guess if they were going to announce H5 on PC, you'd do it at E3... why not get a little buzz started early?


I'll definitely try it out
 
S

Somnia

Member
I feel like this is just for 343 to dip their toes into the PC side and test UWP, etc.

Halo 6 will come to PC also most likely.

That or next year Halo 5 and all of its DLC will come to PC also.

edit: lol @ everyone flipping out, it's obvious this is just a test for 343 like Forza 5 Apex for Turn 10. It's a way for them to get everything up and running on PC and offering a free thing for now, for full stuff later down the road.
 
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TheAdmiester

Member
Holy shit that's great news. Halo 5 Forge is amazing but it performs like shit, looks awful (sorry but the dynamic resolution doesn't mean much when it's rarely ever 1080p) and is a bit clunky with controller. Being on PC will automatically fix all of those.

That's weird but great news.
 
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LewieP

Member
I wonder why Microsoft are pathologically committed to not giving PC gamers a proper version of Halo, at least since they used it as a reason to get people to buy Vista.

Given how much they are saying finally being able to use keyboard and mouse is a good feature (which I agree with), why haven't they let you use a keyboard and mouse on the Xbox version of Halo Forge yet?
 
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JaggedSac

Member
Somnia said:
I feel like this is just for 343 to dip their toes into the PC side and test UWP, etc.

Halo 6 will come to PC also most likely.

That or next year Halo 5 and all of its DLC will come to PC also.
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Absolutely. If a free thing fucks up, people care less, lol.
 
B

Bruzur

Neo Member
Yeah, those PC gamers (who don't own an Xbox One) will definitely be eager to create and play test maps for a game that they don't own.

Touché, Microsoft.
 
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Finaj

Member
Somnia said:
I feel like this is just for 343 to dip their toes into the PC side and test UWP, etc.

Halo 6 will come to PC also most likely.

That or next year Halo 5 and all of its DLC will come to PC also.

edit: lol @ everyone flipping out, it's obvious this is just a test for 343 like Forza 5 Apex for Turn 10. It's a way for them to get everything up and running on PC and offering a free thing for now, for full stuff later down the road.
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Yeah. I was about to say this is very similar to what Turn 10 is doing with Forza 6 Apex.

Also, "but look for even more exciting updates coming to the Forge experience in Halo 5: Guardians on the Xbox One in the coming months – including new environments, advanced file sharing capabilities, new pieces, palettes, props, and much more."

Give it to me.
 
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Mrbob

Member
What is this shit, just put the Halo games on PC. Many PC gamers already own xbox controller.

Between this and Forza apex I have no idea what ms is doing.
 
J

jelly

Member
Nice one, always thought they should do this. More creativity and deeper tools on other platforms is the way to go and compliment consoles.
 
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justsomeguy

Member
Alexious said:
I find this quite lame. It's just tease of the actual Halo 5 game experience to get people to buy an Xbox One.

Looks like proper Halo isn't coming to Windows PC anytime soon...
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SterGaf said:
They might as well release the whole thing or, at least, the multiplayer.
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OnionPowder said:
What is this halo lite shit. Just give us the full game.
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Pantaghana said:
So the level building tool is coming to PC, but the game itself isn't?

Wow. What dedication. MS truly cares for the PC platform.
/s
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Guess Who said:
What a fuckin' weird half-measure.
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wwm0nkey said:
Just announce Halo on PC already
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DeathSparks said:
Finally, but where's the full game?
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RadioJoNES64 said:
How do you go from "we want Halo" to "they just really want forge"?
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Wow.
 
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Somnia

Member
Mrbob said:
What is this shit, just put the Halo games on PC. Many PC gamers already own xbox controller.

Between this and Forza apex I have no idea what ms is doing.
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They announced all future Forza's will come to PC also just recently. Apex and this is clearly just a way to test out the PC environment before launching their NEXT full title on PC also.

It's clearly obvious what is happening here, don't see how so many don't see it lol
 
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