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Halo: The Master Chief Collection will add Halo 3: ODST campaign soon

In compensating players affected by Halo: The Master Chief Collection's ongoing multiplayer issues, 343 Industries announced that Halo 3: ODST's campaign will be added soon.

Ozzie Mejia

December 19, 2014 11:30 PM

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Let's face it. The Halo: The Master Chief Collection launch could have gone a lot better. It was plagued by various online issues that threaten to put a bit of a damper on the upcoming Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta that's set to run through January 18. Now that most of the online issues are being resolved, 343 Industries is talking compensation, as well as some additional content to go along with the four numbered Halo campaigns and their multiplayers.

According to Halo Waypoint, those that have played (or at least attempted to play) Halo: The Master Cheif Collection online since its launch will receive one month of Xbox Live Gold, an exclusive in-game nameplate, and an exclusive in-game avatar. Furthermore, these players will receive the Halo 3: ODST campaign at no extra charge, expanding the playable collection beyond Master Chief's story, as soon as 343 finishes remastering it for the compilation. A future update will also add the "Relic" map for Halo 2: Anniversary at no extra charge.

Only those that played Halo: TMCC between launch and December 19 are eligible for these compensation bonuses, meaning anyone that picks up the game for the first time after reading this are out of luck. 343 does plan to reveal pricing details for the Halo 3: ODST campaign at a later date. The studio also notes that this will be the campaign only and will not include the Firefight game mode.

While players continue to wait for these bonuses, 343 will offer an update next week that further fixes multiplayer issues, while also adding the Halo 4 co-op 'Spartan Ops' missions.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?