By Jon Porter
After we got our hopes up with the announcement that its Forge mode would be coming to PC, it’s now been confirmed that we won’t be seeing a full Halo 5 release on PC.
The news comes courtesy of PC Gamer’s interview with a Microsoft spokesperson, who confirmed that there were “no plans” to port the Xbox One exclusive to PC.
However, the news isn’t exactly surprising when you consider the series’ difficult relationship with the PC in the past.
Halo: The first blockbuster console shooter
It would be crazy to claim that Halo: Combat Evolved was the first shooter to ever come to console. The Nintendo 64 had Goldeneye after all.
But Halo was the first game to bring the full range of movement of PC shooters to consoles. Unlike GoldenEye, Halo let you jump around levels with all of the grace of Quake 3, rather than just slide around them.
With the first Halo it really felt as though the PC’s monopoly on massive blockbuster shooters had finally come to an end.
Bungie nailed the twin-stick controls, which remain a standard in the genre to this very day, and although hardcore PC gamers will …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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