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⭐️ The August 17th update for #HaloCE is now available. 🟢 New: • Chromatic Aberration toggle • Film Grain toggle • "None" Upscaling option ⬆️ Improved: • Active camo cloaking • Jackal staggering when targeting hands and feet • PS5 frame rates • AMD GPU load times 🔧 Fixed: • Sgt. Johnson will no longer block progression • Marines and flood marines now fire their Assault Rifles with the Magnified Skull enabled • Mouse & keyboard key bindings no longer reset This update contains more fixes, improvements, and additions across multiple platforms. Read our full patch notes here: support.halowaypoint.com/hc/… Please note: This update will invalidate mid-mission saved progress when downloaded. Your unlocked Missions and Rally Points will be retained.
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The latest #HaloCE update added a new Chromatic Aberration setting for all platforms. This can be toggled in Settings under Video > Video Motion & Effects. For more details and new features, visit our August 17th patch notes: support.halowaypoint.com/hc/…
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The #HaloCE Side Mission Armor Style is available through the McDonald's UK x Xbox Side Missions promotion and can be redeemed for 1,500 rewards points in the McDonald's app. For assistance with the McDonald's app or promotion: customerservices.mcdonalds.c… If you redeemed your Armor Style code on Halo Waypoint but do not see the customization in-game, submit a ticket at aka.ms/HaloSupport
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Players who are missing recently released Armor skins in #HaloCE can unlock them by redeeming the following codes at halowaypoint.com/redeem: Sandstone Ancient: L563-J46G-PZN1-SBF2-AXN6 Damascus Prototype: GWT9-DNBT-7X9S-DJCX-8KH3 Recompilation: ZS75-7UM8-C2BL-JE3D-4BFZ When redeeming these codes, sign in with the Microsoft account you use to play Halo: Campaign Evolved.
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Starting today, players can redeem the new Recompilation Armor customization for use in #HaloCE: • Visit aka.ms/Recompilation. • Sign-in to your Microsoft account you use to play Halo: Campaign Evolved. • If the code is not pre-entered in the field, enter the code ZS75-7UM8-C2BL-JE3D-4BFZ. • Select Redeem.
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⭐️A new game update for #HaloCE is arriving next week, including multiple fixes and improvements. 🔧Update highlights: • Improvements to Sgt. Johnson to prevent blocked mission progression. • Jackals can now be staggered more reliably when targeting their hands and feet. • Marines and Flood Marines will now fire their Assault Rifles when the Magnified Skull is activated. • Players can now turn off Chromatic Aberration and Film Grain. • Additional stability improvements across multiple platforms. More details will be available in our full patch notes when the update releases. Please Note: This update will invalidate mid-mission saved progress when downloaded. Your unlocked Missions and Rally Points will be retained.
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NVIDIA has deployed a fix to Game Ready Driver 610.88 that resolves stability issues during the mission Keyes in #HaloCE. If you are already using driver 610.88, restart your PC to apply this update. If you are not using driver 610.88, download the Game Ready Driver here: ⁠nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/det…
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⭐️An update for #HaloCE is now available. This update contains stability improvements across multiple platforms, improvements to enemy behaviors, resolves dying to charged plasma pistol shots at full shields, and more. Read our patch notes: support.halowaypoint.com/hc/…
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⭐️A new game update for #HaloCE is arriving this week, including multiple fixes and improvements. 🔧Update highlights: • Charged Plasma Pistol shots from enemies will no longer result in a one-hit death at full shields. • Improvements to various enemy behaviors. • Stability improvements across multiple platforms. ❗️We are also actively investigating several pieces of community feedback and reported issues, including: • Sgt. Johnson becoming stuck and preventing mission progress on Boarding Action. • Playback issues during cinematics. • Key bindings resetting on PC. • Difficulty hitting Jackals behind their shields. • Additional stability improvements. Please Note: The improvements to the game required us to make changes that will invalidate mid-mission saved progress when you download the update. Your unlocked Missions or Rally Points will be retained.
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Players who pre-ordered the #HaloCE Standard Edition on Steam may not have seen the Foundry Armory Pack install. If you previously downloaded the game and did not receive the Foundry Armory Pack, open Steam and navigate to Library > right-click Halo: Campaign Evolved > Properties > DLC > Foundry Armory Pack. For help: help.steampowered.com/en/faq…
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Halo: Campaign Evolved is now available globally. Release notes: aka.ms/HaloCEUpdate For help choosing an edition of #HaloCE: support.halowaypoint.com/hc/… NVIDIA has released Game Ready driver 610.88 for stability improvements. Find the download link, as well as the recommended drivers for AMD and Intel GPUs, in our PC Specs & Drivers article: support.halowaypoint.com/hc/…
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🟩 NVIDIA has released Game Ready driver 610.88 containing stability improvements for #HaloCE. Download here: nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/det… After installation, NVIDIA recommends deleting your shader cache. For instructions: nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answ… If you continue to have issues, please submit a ticket: support.halowaypoint.com/hc/…
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Halo Support retweeted
PS5 & Steam players without an Xbox account: save time on launch day by creating a Gamertag now. Create an account here: aka.ms/HaloCEAccount If you have an account, verify you can login today to ensure you can complete the one-time link process on July 28. More info: aka.ms/HaloAccountLink
Get a head start for #HaloCE Early Access by reading our Early Access Primer blog, covering how to set up your account, optimize your PC and more! aka.ms/HCEReadyUp
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Halo Support retweeted
If you're playing Halo: Campaign Evolved on PC, ensure your graphics drivers are updated. Find the download links for recommended drivers in this article: support.halowaypoint.com/hc/… If you experience crashes after updating your driver, submit a ticket at aka.ms/HaloSupport
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Halo Support retweeted
Good news — the earlier Xbox issue should now be mitigated. You should once again be able to launch games, sign in, and complete purchases. Thanks for sticking with us through a long one. Let us know if anything still looks off: support.xbox.com
Xbox incident update: thanks for your patience through this long one — we're making progress on recovery! Most players should be able to launch titles and complete purchases again. Some may still see occasional failures as we finish up. Watch here or at support.xbox.com.
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Halo Support retweeted
Xbox incident update: thanks for your patience through this long one — we're making progress on recovery! Most players should be able to launch titles and complete purchases again. Some may still see occasional failures as we finish up. Watch here or at support.xbox.com.
Xbox incident update — thanks for your continued patience. Our engineers are still working to identify a fix, and we'll share more as soon as we can. Watch here or at support.xbox.com for updates.
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Halo Support retweeted
Xbox incident update — thanks for your continued patience. Our engineers are still working to identify a fix, and we'll share more as soon as we can. Watch here or at support.xbox.com for updates.
XBOX incident update: we apologize for the long-running nature of this issue. Things are slowly improving, though players worldwide may still experience failures launching games, along with potential sign-in and purchase issues. Watch here or at support.xbox.com for updates.
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Halo Support retweeted
XBOX incident update: we apologize for the long-running nature of this issue. Things are slowly improving, though players worldwide may still experience failures launching games, along with potential sign-in and purchase issues. Watch here or at support.xbox.com for updates.
Another update on the game library, sign-in, and game launch issue: our teams are focused on multiple investigation angles and remain hard at work. Thanks for your patience while teams keep working — we'll share more details as they become available here or at support.xbox.com.
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Halo Support retweeted
Just checking in on the game library, sign-in, and game launch issue. We know this has been going on a while and appreciate your patience while our teams keep working on it. Watch here or at support.xbox.com for updates.
We are aware that some users are encountering errors when attempting to sign in, see your game library, or launch games. Our engineers are actively working to mitigate the issue. For updates, please follow along here or on msft.it/6015vCwkS.
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