Series 8: Mythic, the last major season for The Master Chief Collection, saw the addition of multiple unique Fractures-based armor sets, skins, and accessories for Halo 3 and Reach. It also saw The Master Chief Collection's first and only event, that being the 20th anniversary event, celebrating the Halo franchise's 20th birthday in 2021. With the event came two unique armor sets: Mirage, and ORION. A short trailer originally debuted at the 343 Industries panel at RTX 2014. It showcases the animation used in the terminals for the Master Chief Collection, once again created by Sequence. This Master Chief figure is highly detailed and fully articulated for maximum playability and posing possibility!

When we first met, we were enemies fighting to end each other. Now as allies, I am confident we can face this new threat together once more." — Thel 'Vadam showing his respect and willingness to help the Master Chief through ongoing crisis. [78] Halo Reach - X019 - The Master Chief Collection Launch Trailer [ edit ] Main article: Halo Reach - X019 - The Master Chief Collection Launch Trailer Series 7: Elite added seven Halo Online armors for the Elites and seven new GEN2 techsuits variants into Halo 3, alongside the four armors only available in the Champions Bundle and Reach's armor effects into Halo 4. A new helmet, KEYSTONE, was also introduced into Halo 4 with the season's launch, promoting the then-upcoming Halo Infinite.

When the Arbiter activates his active camouflage in Halo 2, his eyes will remain visible. This is visible only on Co-Op.

This Spartan Mk. V [B] figure is highly detailed and full fully articulated for maximum playability and posing possibility! Halo 2: Anniversary cinematic launch trailer [ edit ] Main article: Halo 2: Anniversary cinematic launch trailerSoon the Great Journey will begin, but when it does, the weight of your heresy will stay your feet, and you shall be left behind." — The Prophet of Truth to 'Thel Vadamee at his hearing. [39] In mid-2018, The Master Chief Collection would undergo a dramatic overhaul, with 343 Industries working to fix the bugs that had plagued the game since its release in 2014, to 2015. Improvements ranged from a UI overhaul, to the improvement of overall game stability, as well as the addition of a match composer, enabling users to fine tune their social game selection.

Along with game-based releases, Reach's December release would start the first in a long line of content-based seasons for the game. Starting with Series 1: Noble in 2019, each season would bring approximately 50 to 100 tiers of additional content such as armor, weapon skins, and additional cosmetics in the form of a free Battle Pass. These would continue well past the collection's completion in 2020, with the most recent, Series 9, being released in mid-2022. Additionally, smaller events featuring their own cosmetics would be held, such as the 20th anniversary event for the Halo franchise in 2021. Forbidden Planet International: Halo 4 Master Chief ArtFX Statue. Archived from the original on July 07, 2014. Retrieved December 01, 2019. Vadamee's first assignment as the Arbiter was to stop the heretic uprising based on a Forerunner gas mine in the atmosphere of Threshold. He was assisted by Rtas 'Vadumee, Special Operations Sangheili and Special Operations Unggoy. [40] The operation was complicated by the unexpected escape of the Flood from the facility. During the chaos that followed, the Heretic leader Sesa 'Refumee sealed himself in a protected zone of the station. The Arbiter drove the Heretics out by cutting the cables from which the facility hung, causing the gas mine to fall. After crashing his Type-26AZ Banshee, the Arbiter fought his way through the Flood and surviving Heretics toward the station's hangar. Before Sesa 'Refumee could escape in a Type-31 Seraph, the Arbiter assassinated him, but not before the Heretic Leader revealed the source of his heresy. The Arbiter was surprised to discover that the Heretics had been aided by a Holy Oracle, the Monitor 343 Guilty Spark. [41] In March of 2019, it was then announced that Halo: Reach would be remastered and released on the Xbox One as part of the collection, and that The Master Chief Collection was set to release on PC via the Microsoft Store and Steam, with Reach spearheading the release. Halo: Reach was released simultaneously on both editions of The Master Chief Collection on December 3, 2019. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary followed after, and was launched specifically on PC on March 3, 2020 with Halo 2: Anniversary following on May 12, 2020, [5] Halo 3 launching on July 14, 2020, [6] Halo 3: ODST arriving on September 22, 2020, [7] and Halo 4 finally rounding out the collection on November 17, 2020. [8]

In Halo 3, if the player outdistances or removes 'Vadam from the map (such as pushing him off a cliff), he will suddenly reappear as if phasing out of Active Camo. This also happens when the Master Chief enters the driver's seat of the Warthog at the end of the level Halo; the Arbiter will appear on the Warthog's turret in this same manner. Thel acted as a voice of reform to the Sangheili, uniting the keeps under a new planetary government, the Swords of Sanghelios. Returning to his homeworld, he planned to visit each state to make his case for permanent peace with the humans they had battled for so many years; [61] one of these would be a meeting in the state of Mdama. It was here that he announced that he no longer felt he was an Arbiter, but simply a Kaidon. He told the elders that if any of them disagreed with him strongly enough, they could attempt an assassination as per Sangheili tradition. [62] a b c d e f Venturebeat: Understanding Halo: The Master Chief Collection (FAQ) — playlists, Forge, control schemes, and more To coincide with the launch of the Xbox One X enhancement update and release of MCC on the Xbox Game Pass, a trailer was released promoting the game's new 4K UHD features. If your construct is wrong, then the Flood has already won." — The Arbiter on severity of events for humanity [55]

In Halo: Reach, an Unggoy may say in his native language something like "thalvadamee", though if it really refers to 'Vadam is unknown, as much of Covenant voice clips are simply reverse-English. [96] a b Halo Waypoint: Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Archived from the original on June 09, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2019. A documentary chronicling 343 Industries' journey as they re-imagine Halo 2 for its ten-year anniversary.The loss of the holy Forerunner relic was an unforgivable failure in the eyes of the High Prophets and Sangheili Councilors. 'Vadamee was stripped of his rank, title, name, and honor, and branded a heretic for his failure to safeguard the Sacred Ring. The Mark of Shame was branded upon his chest, and he was sentenced to death. His corpse was to "be hung by his entrails" and "paraded through the city" as an example to others. [40]