The Master Chief Collection celebrates two decades of Halo with Xbox throwbacks going back to 1999

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is giving out throwback cosmetics to celebrate the series 20th anniversary, as well as it s starting with the very first Spartan armor set ever shown to the public.

Method back in 1999, Apple s Steve Jobs disclosed Halo-- which, at the time, was simply a lot of obscure concepts propped up by a very carefully modified trailer-- before Microsoft got Bungie and also positioned Halo: Combat Evolved as the big Xbox launch title. And it was that 1999 disclose that gave us the beefy Orion armor which has actually currently been restored as a Halo 2 cosmetic in The Master Chief Collection.

The Orion armor will certainly be available later on today, November 3, and it s the very first of numerous cosmetics to find. These will certainly all be readily available to purchase with Period Points, and also programmer 343 Industries claims they ll all go back to the Exchange at some time in the future, so do not worry if you can t obtain every little thing currently. You can watch the full schedule in the photos listed below:

The aptly titled Duke shoulder shield and also Monster backpack, both based upon the initial Xbox equipment, are certainly among the best cosmetics in this lineup. That console was built like a container, and also the large Duke controller has actually survived via scandal sheet Xbox controllers, so it s only suitable to see them armor the Spartans that aided introduce the Xbox brand. Halo 3 fans are especially privileged, as a lot of these skins as well as things stem from the halcyon days of 2007-- probably among the ideal years for computer game entirely along with the Halo series.

You can examine out a couple of other items, including a magnificent Microsoft Workplace Clippy nameplate, over on Halo Waypoint. Patch notes for today s wedding anniversary upgrade are also live.