This article is about the upcoming content update going to be released for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. For the seasonal update for
Halo Wars 2, see
Season 8 (Halo Wars 2).
Season 8: Mythic is a planned upcoming season for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, anticipated to release some time in fall 2021. Season 8 will be the final season of 2021.[1][2] As of December 2020, plans had been laid internally at 343 Industries for this season.[3]
Season content
The following is due to be implemented in Season 8:[4]
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
- Custom Game Browser support for Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 3.
- New nameplates
- PC File Share
- View Model Adjustment for all games
- Steam Account Linking
- Campaign customization for Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 3 to allow vehicle and weapon skins in campaign.
- New post-match screen after completing a multiplayer game in Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 3. The top three players in each game will have their Spartan displayed on this screen in a pose of their choosing.
- In-game subtitles for Halo 3 and Halo: Reach campaigns.
- Colorblind Support options
- 20 new Pose customization options for Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 3
- At Ease
- Crossed Arms
- Aim High
- Drill Instructor
- Kneel
- Alpha Horizon
- Meditate
- Peace
- Salute
- Steel Tree
- Casual Tactical
- Look Ahead
- After Action
- Zeta Horizon
- Rise
- Take A Knee
- Shoulder Arms
- On Patrol
- Rifle Salute
- Stand Down
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Halo: Reach
- New helmets, all the same as the suits listed for Halo 3.
- Halo: Reach Firefight update to include voice previews.
- Gender Selection renamed to Body Type and gender terms changed to "Heavy armor" (formerly Male) and "Light armor" (formerly Female).
- Voices are not limited to the body type.
- Improved stat tracking on Firefight
Halo 3: ODST
- Halo 3: ODST Firefight update to include per wave customization options bringing it up closer to Halo: Reach's options.
- Firefight now includes the option to have waves consisting of Flood, Sentinel, Elites and "Heretic" (Elites with Human weapons) enemies.
- Firefight now offers the option to disable dropship spawns for Covenant forces, which prevents Phantoms from appearing and allows for faster waves.
Halo: Combat Evolved
- The classic HUD will return with 4k support and a toggle in Settings.
- Performance improvements in campaign on Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
Halo 2 Classic
- Fixes on lighting and cinematics.
- Improvements on friendly zealot AI.
- Improved skull pickup cues.
- Classic texture and bump map fixes that bring them closer to alignment with original Xbox.
- Missing sun in Halo 2 classic restored.
Halo 4
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Halo 3
- One new map for Halo 3 from Halo Online: Icebox
- 18 new non-canon armor permutations;
- Belos armors
- Blackguard armors
- Drengr armors
- 3 new techsuits
- GEN2 Chainmail
- GEN2 Dragonscale
- GEN2 Latticeweave
- 11 new visor colors
- Mall Madness
- Dot Product
- Umbral Cold
- Astral Heat
- Prism Scan
- Solar Circles
- Nightscan
- Scrambler
- Seattle Sunset
- Teal Dream
- Search and Assess
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- 12 new backpack accessories
- Evalach's Lament
- Ironburst
- Last Word
- Law's End
- Lionheart Shield
- Oaklimb
- Ravendak
- Reavers Tooth
- Seafoam Trident
- Sorrowmourn
- Taygetus Dory
- Thessalian Bow
- 10 weapon skins and 4 vehicles skins for Halo 3:
- New "Moa statue" campaign collectibles in the Halo 3 campaign.
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Gallery
Halo: The Master Chief Collection Season 8 concept art for the Belos armours.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection Season 8 concept art for the Blackguard armours.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection Season 8 concept art for the Drengr armours.
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