Xbox has listed Halo 5: Guardians with Windows 10 support on their website
Xbox has listed Halo 5: Guardians with Windows 10 support on their website
Recent web cache’s of the same webpage does not mention a PC version of Halo 5 (link), confirming that this is a recent change, suggesting that Microsoft plans to reveal a PC version of the game in the near future, possibly at this year’s PC Gaming Show at E3.
We already know that Microsoft’s Halo Infinite will release on both Windows 10 and Xbox One as an Xbox Play Anywhere title, making now the perfect opportunity for older halo games to return to the PC platform.
Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2 both released on PC as well as Microsoft’s original Xbox, leaving a demand for the series on PC ever since the release of Halo 3 on Xbox 360. The Halo Master Chief Collection and Halo 5 can already run on Microsoft’s x86-based Xbox One console, making the creation of a PC version relatively simple when compared to porting from an Xbox 360.
Halo 5’s Forge Mode is already available on Windows 10, confirming that Microsoft already has a functional version of Halo 5’s multiplayer engine on the PC platform. There is seemingly nothing stopping Microsoft from releasing a version of Halo 5: Guardians on PC.
While this is far from a confirmation that Halo 5: Guardians is coming to PC, there is little reason for Microsoft to change the game’s Xbox listing unless there were plans in place to release the game on the platform.
Update – Microsoft’s Halo Franchise director, Frank O’Connor, has confirmed that Halo 5: Guardians isn’t coming to PC, stating that the PC listing for the game was an “error” and that while the game is “not impossible” on PC, the project is “not being worked on at this time.”
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