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343 Industries has announced that the next Halo: The Master Chief Collection (MCC) flight is has been delayed until February 25, 2021 due to some unexpected issues. It was originally planned to launch on February 18, 2021.
The flight will include two new Halo 3 maps from Halo Online, content from the upcoming Season 6, and many additional options for keybindings, audio, FOV, and viewmodels.
A week or two into the flight, the custom games browser will also be tested.
You ll need to be a Halo Insider in order to potentially participate in the test flight.
343 Industries has announced in a new blog post that the next Halo: Master Chief Collection (MCC) flight that was planned for February 18, 2021 has been pushed back to February 25, 2021 due to some unexpected bugs.
Halo 3 is getting a new multiplayer map almost 14 years after its release
It s great to see classic games still get updates like this
Borrowing a strategy from
Age of Empires II, Halo 3 is getting a new multiplayer map almost 14 years after its release for the Xbox 360 back in 2007.
Waterfall, the new map set to be added to The Master Chief Collection (MCC), is from the cancelled free-to-play game,
Halo: Reach and
Halo 3, additional challenges a custom game browser, and more.
The testflight for the new map is set to go live on February 18th, 2021. To join the flight, you’ll need to sign up for the Halo Insider Program, which will also give you access to the
343 Industries has announced that an upcoming flight for Halo: The Master Chief Collection may test a "new place and way to play." Here's what you need to know.
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LucasArts Games is back, but with a brand new look and name under Lucasfilm Games. It may seem like a small thing to be excited about, but the implications of what this may bring are something to get excited about. It shows that Lucasfilm is ready to take things to the next level and capitalize off of the current success of Star Wars.
It also brings up some retro game possibilities. Considering the extensive history of titles that LucasArts originally brought into the gaming world, there are quite a few that deserve to be brought back to life with a modern revision. Star Wars video games have always been popular, but not many people have played some of the classics that have built the foundation for modern Star Wars titles.
A Microsoft patent describes technology to create chatbots of specific people.
The technology could be used to create chatbots of dead people, fictional characters, and relatives.
Similar technology has appeared in media, such as Black Mirror.
In one of the more bizarre stories that we ll cover this week, a Microsoft Patent recently emerged for technology that could be used to create chatbots of dead people (via The Independent). The technology would use content such as images, voice data, social media posts, [and] electronic messages to create a chatbot that simulates a specific person.
The concept of AI being used to replicate dead people isn t new. It was famously shown off in the episode Be Right Back of Black Mirror.