For its 20th anniversary, Halo 2's infamous E3 2003 demo that never made it into the final game is coming to Halo: MCC
Oct. 6, 2024343i and The Digsite team are excavating Earth City on November 9
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There was never any reason to think the scrapped ‘Earth City’ mission would rear its head again - that is, until343 Industriesand Digsite, a team focused on restoring content from the fabled FPS series, announced thatthe demo’s contents would be making a free comeback in Halo: The Master Chief Collectionvia Steam workshop.
That wasn’t the only exciting announcement from the Halo-centric event either. 343i unveiled anupcoming third-person mode for Halo Infinite, satisfying a decades-old prophecy from when Steve Jobs first revealed Halo 1 at MacWorld 1999 in all its once-third-person glory. A team of Forgers alsoset a date for their Helldivers 2-like mode in Halo Infinite.
Halo: Combat Evolved is reportedly getting “some form” of a remaster as Xbox considers bringing the FPS series to PlayStation.
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