Online Support for Halo Xbox 360 Titles to End Next Year

[Tsing]

Image: 343 Industries



343 Industries has announced that it is sunsetting online services for legacy Halo Xbox 360 titles on December 2021. What this means is that classic Halo ports, such as Halo 3 and Halo: Reach, will no longer support core online features such as matchmaking and fileshare.



As you might imagine, 343i is pulling the plug due to the decreasing popularity of the aging Xbox 360 platform, which, while ancient, still requires “significant time and resources.” That sort of manpower is better reserved for modern projects such as Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Halo Infinite.



“[…] the month over month usage of...

Continue reading...

 

[Grimlakin]

Here's where pcmr communities would stand up their own servers for a while to let people enjoy the game with a small resurgence in popularity.

 

[DrezKill]

Gearbox's Halo 1 PC port, and Halo 2 Project Cartographer, are still going strong on PC. For the rest of the games, I guess if you need your online fix, you're stuck with Halo MCC.

 

[Brian_B]

Here's where pcmr communities would stand up their own servers for a while to let people enjoy the game with a small resurgence in popularity.

Only if the distributor let them without suing them into oblivion.

 

[Armenius]

Honestly surprised they kept the 360 versions going so long after the MCC came out.