I AM SO EXCITED

THEY ANNOUNCED IT FOR STEAM!

I'M PICKING THIS UP DAY ONE (though it is a roll-out of games unfortunately, with Reach first). I AM SO HAPPY MICROSOFT, THANK YOU. HALO WAS MY CHILDHOOD!

steam was a huge surprise, really thought it would be Windows 10 only

Given that it's being released and sold as separate games, I'm curious how expensive this will end up being.

shit i was hoping its a windows release i have bought the mcc digitally on xbox one i was hoping it would be a cross play game key

It's coming to both Windows 10 and Steam. 

Really? I'll check the Steam version, though I fear they might just ask for a Microsoft Store account to play anyway.

Yep, just as I thought.

I'm kind of interested. I mean, I'm interested except for the fact that I've tried to get into the first Halo for three times now I think, and every time I've had to give up because the game was just so boring (got a few levels in during my, uh, best attempt, I think). Are the later games any (i.e. significantly) better?

Anyway, good news regardless of my opinion.

I'm honestly surprised they're launching these games on Steam. I thought they would be exclusive to the Windows Store like Gears and Forza.

The first game has a ton of backtracking which was very common for all kind of games back then and a lot of rooms looked identical.
The rest doesn't really have backtracking at all (well except for Halo 3 ODST which features a hub area) and same looking areas are gone too.

I was a big fan of Halo CE when it came out, but replaying even Halo Anniversary I noticed just how much better the later games were in terms of level design.