Via Steam and Xbox Game Pass, the next release in the Halo: The Master Chief Collection is perhaps the biggest to date - what with it being the remastered release of easily one of the biggest Xbox game launches of all time. Halo 2: Anniversary continues the trend of excellent Halo PC ports too - with several PC-specific optimisations from uncapped frame-rates to FOV sliders.

And with each Halow getting released in chronological order, the rest of the gang - Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo 4 - all expected to arrive before the debut of Halo Infinite.

Yeah, 343 Industries is having one hell of a year.

Halo 2: Anniversary comes to PC as the next installment in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Now optimized for PC, experience the impeccably remastered edition of the original Halo 2 game. Following the destruction of Halo, humankind experiences a short-lived victory. Eager for revenge, the Covenant launches a surprise attack on Earth, but they find themselves ill-prepared to defeat the UNSC’s home fleet and are forced to flee into slipspace. When the Master Chief pursues his overzealous enemies, they discover yet another Halo ring, uncovering long-buried secrets, including an unlikely ally, that will dramatically alter the course of the Human-Covenant Conflict forever.

PC Settings/Optimizations: Halo 2: Anniversary is now optimized for PC and looking better than ever at up to 4k UHD and at 60+ FPS. Other PC native settings include customizable mouse and keyboard support, ultrawide support, FOV customization, and more.

Campaign: Experience the next chapter in the Halo saga and fight your way through 15 unforgettable missions. Play as both Spartan-117, the Master Chief, and for the first time, the Covenant Elite, known as the Arbiter, and experience the Human-Covenant Conflict in a whole new way.

Anniversary Edition/Update: Toggle between the remastered graphics in the Anniversary edition and the graphics from the original Halo 2 campaign. In the Anniversary edition, view Blur Studio’s spectacularly remastered cutscenes from the original Halo 2 game.

Multiplayer: Continue your Halo adventure with 7 remastered multiplayer maps from Halo 2: Anniversary and 25 multiplayer maps from the original Halo 2, featuring a completely updated progression system.

In all honesty this is the one we've been the most keen to check out, and as it's arriving as part of Xbox Game Pass - the addition will come as DLC for the The Master Chief Collection. It'll also be sold separately as a standalone title on Steam.