Archive EntryPreservation Record
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Shelf markLIB-0056
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2019Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection
- Release
- December 3, 2019
- Developer
- 343 Industries
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
- Medium
- Digital edition · Steam
- Subjects
- Action · First-Person Shooter · Digital Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Steam digital edition · Xbox Game Studios build
- Condition Report
- Account-bound license on the archive Steam account. No physical media is part of this accession.
- Acquisition
- Digital acquisition · July 2026
- Filed
- August 8, 2026
Acquisition Record
How this digital copy entered archival custody — provenance for the holding, not the identity of the work.
- Source
- Steam
- Acquired through
- Digital library holding
- Entered
- August 8, 2026
- Steam App ID
- 976730
Technical record
- Holding reference
steam-976730- Provenance reconciled
- August 8, 2026
- Recorded playtime
- 58 hours 26 minutes
- Playtime · recent
- 21 minutes
- Store listing
- Steam store listing
Curator Notes
Collection Documentation
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Windows PC through Steam under archive custody
- Original Hardware
- PC · Steam digital edition
- Playback Compatibility
- Continued access requires the archive account, Steam’s support for the title, and Xbox / Microsoft services where the client requires them.
- Preservation Concerns
- Compilation holdings depend on account-bound licensing and ongoing online services for multiplayer components. Individual campaign packages may be revised in place by storefront updates. No offline installer is held.
- Edition History
- The Master Chief Collection originated on Xbox One in 2014. The Steam PC edition is dated December 3, 2019. This accession records the licensed digital compilation in custody.
- Access Status
- Playable from the archive Steam library for as long as that license and the required services remain intact.
Connections
- Archival Lineage
- LIB-0056Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2019)this filing
- LIB-0081Halo Infinite (2021)
- LIB-0080Halo: Campaign Evolved (2026)
- Series
- Halo
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
This filing is retained as a digital edition. Physical collection photography does not apply to the holding itself.
Supplementary archival media may be entered if documentation is later filed. Nothing is forced into the record.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0056.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Official artwork entered
Steam library artwork filed under the Library accession path.
Editorial revision
Catalog identity, authority references, and digital-holding documentation aligned for publication.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the Bloodsoaked Library
Digital accession curated from Steam custody and set to Catalogued · Permanent Record.