Halo: The Master Chief Collection goes medieval for its final season next week

Feudal armours feature alongside zombie survival, new maps and expanded custom games.

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What is Master Chief if not a big daft knight questing his way across outer space? 343 certainly thinks so, with Season 8 of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection dressing our far-future soldiers up in historical cosplay when it arrives next week.

Featuring voiceover that would sound more at home in Skyrim than a far-off ringworld, the latest trailer for the MCC sets the stage for a more historical take on Halo, withbizarre armour setsinspired by everything from Roman soldiers and Viking warriors to, uhh, Skeletor.

Fortunately, feudal armour isn’t the only thing coming to the MCC next week. Season 8 isbringing the Flood to Halo 3: ODST Firefight, Halo 3 is getting a new map based on an overhauled Halo 2 classic, and custom game support will be expanded to include Halo 1 and 3 (the former of which now featuresfull mod support).

Sadly, it appears Season 8 may be the last major update the MCC sees for some time. With Halo Infinite coming in hot this December, 343 is putting the legacy collection on the backburner—and that while there’s still plenty it wants to add to the MCC,Seasonal updates will likely stopwith this final drop.

Season 8 of Halo: The Master Chief Collection arrives next Wednesday, October 13.

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