

17, though you’ll also be able to try it out at retail demo stations in the coming weeks.Ĭorrection: Punctuation on the Halo title changed. Halo Recruit will be available on the Windows Store on Oct. That was to be expected, though we were hoping for something a little bigger. This essentially sounds like a Halo tech demo for Windows VR, then. That’s all the information we have for now, but expect a decent look to pop up online relatively soon. That said, we don’t have anything to share. We’re just scratching the surface of the potential of technologies like mixed reality, and we’ll consider it if we can find the right experiences that would be authentic to the Halo universe, to Halo fans, and make best use of the technology. We asked Microsoft whether this was the entirety of its Halo plans and received the following statement in response: It’s developed by 343 Industries, the team behind Halo 4 and 5, and will offer you a glimpse of your favorite characters in VR. It will be a free, albeit brief experience designed to introduce players to the possibilities of Halo in VR. Halo Recruit is coming to all Windows VR headsets at launch on Oct. Research new equipment and craft new gear. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. A few weeks back we caught word that Microsoft’s iconic Halo franchise would be coming to its new line of Windows 10 VR headsets, which are made by partners such as Asus and Dell, though we didn’t know in what form. Kenshi - A free-roaming squad based RPG focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story.
