Bungie is making sweeping changes to Halo 2 in the form of new multiplayer maps and significant balance updates. We get a feel for the changes in one carnage-filled afternoon.

And Halo season 2 wants to give you more Covenant Elites onscreen, in part by making the most of dark rooms, thick mist, really fast camera moves, and cloaking devices.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is available as a complete package for $39.99 / £29.99 / €39.99, including Halo 1, 2, Reach, and all future releases.

You can also pick up a special Halo 2 mousepad while you wait for the game to arrive. At the current rate the games are being ported over, it's likely that every entry in The Master Chief ...

Back in April, we delivered the word on Bungie's plans for a large-scale update to Halo 2's multiplayer structure that would include nine new maps, a host of "Halo 2 1.1" balance changes and bug ...