12 years after Halo 2 Vista, Halo is back on PC - with a bang Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. 12 years after Halo 2 Vista, Halo is back on PC - with a bang Finish the fight. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 4 Dec 2019 81 comments Halo is back on PC - 12 years after Halo 2 Vista came out - and it's proving extremely popular. Never forget. Microsoft published Halo 2 Vista, whose multiplayer ran on the much-maligned Games for Windows Live platform, back in May 2007. Subsequent mainline Halo games (3, Reach, 4 and 5) skipped PC entirely - until yesterday, 3rd December 2019, when Microsoft released Halo: Reach on PC, the first game in The Master Chief Collection to be available on the home of keyboard and mouse. Reach has gone down well on PC, too. It wasn't long after The Master Chief Collection went live on Steam at 6pm UK time, 3rd December, that the game hit an impressive peak of 161,024 concurrent players. At one point Reach was the third most-popular game on Valve's platform yesterday, behind only eternal juggernauts Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2. At the time of this article's publication, The Master Chief Collection is holding strong with 55,933 concurrent players. In an interesting twist, developer Bungie found two of its own games competing with each other on Steam yesterday. Bungie's last Halo game was Reach, which it released on the Xbox 360 in September 2010. After Bungie broke away from Microsoft, it went on to release Destiny. Destiny 2 is now free-to-play on Steam and is one of the most popular games on the platform. Watch on YouTube The Master Chief Collection will eventually swell to six games, ending with Halo 4 in 2020. Each will make their debut on PC. Until then, PC players are enjoying Halo: Reach in their droves. And of course there are 700 Achievements to unlock. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store