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with halo 5 still over a year away Microsoft has put every consolation prize imaginable into one beautiful stopgap i'm ross miller and this is 90 seconds on the verge this week marks the first major Xbox one event since the console launched last November one of the biggest announcements was the master chief collection available November 11th the compilation features halos one through four all remastered to run at 1080p 60 frames per second in addition to the remakes and this is key the Master Chief collection will include access to the halo 5 multiplayer beta this December halo 5 however isn't due out until next holiday season 2015 in some ways it's just housecleaning since the Xbox one isn't backwards compatible but in the absence of another top-tier flagship exclusive this holiday season the Master Chief collection is also something of a necessity sales of the xbox one have trailed behind Sony's PlayStation 4 since they both launched last November and last month microsoft announced a four-hundred-dollar Xbox one bundle without connect so that it could compete directly on price but halo has always been a guaranteed system seller for Microsoft and it's not just the games themselves to the whole halo mythology that's why microsoft also announced halo nightfall a live-action weekly series from producer ridley scott nightfall will tie together the first for Halo games and lay the narrative groundwork for Halo 5 still no word on that steven spielberg halo series announced last year for more on III check out the verge coming up tomorrow Oregon Trail is rebooted as a live-action wait do these stories ever happen he knows shut it down