Halo 2 comes to PC on May 12 as part of The Master Chief Collection

By Samuel Tolbert
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The third addition to The Master Chief Collection on PC is coming soon.

Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer.
Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer. (Image credit: Microsoft)

What you need to know

  • The individual games in Halo: The Master Chief Collection are being ported to PC one at a time.
  • Halo: Reach and Halo: Combat Evolved have already made it over to PC.
  • Xbox has announced that Halo 2 is coming to PC on May 12.
  • It'll be available on Steam and through Xbox Game Pass for PC (Beta).

If you've been waiting to continue Master Chief's story on PC, another chapter is nearly here. Today, Xbox announced that Halo 2 would arrive on PC as part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on May 12. Much like Halo: Combat Evolved, this includes both the original graphics and the newly enhanced visuals from the Anniversary edition.

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You can also pick up a special Halo 2 mousepad while you wait for the game to arrive. At the current rate the games are being ported over, it's likely that every entry in The Master Chief Collection will arrive on PC before Halo Infinite, which is set to release sometime in Holiday 2020.

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Samuel Tolbert
Samuel Tolbert
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter @SamuelTolbert.