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Halo 5: New Video Featurettes Released

Halo 5: New Video Featurettes Released

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Later this year, Microsoft and 343 Industries will release the next main game in the Halo franchise with Halo 5: Guardians. Shortly after E3, 343 Industries released a series of behind-the-scenes video featurettes for the game showing the Road to E3. The new videos are available in the player below. The 343 Industries staff was working diligently to prepare the Halo 5: Guardians reveal for E3 2015, hence the “Road to E3.” These include features such as the new multiplayer mode, Warzone. There is also a look at the development process for the game, including the motion capture stage. “Halo 5: Guardians continues the story of the Master Chief, and introduces a brand new central character to the Halo universe – Spartan Locke (as seen in the liveaction series “Halo: Nightfall”). Peace is shattered when colony worlds are unexpectedly attacked. And when humanity’s greatest hero goes missing, Spartan Locke is tasked with hunting the Master Chief and solving a mystery that threatens the entire galaxy. Play as the Master Chief

Halo 5 Will Have Microtransactions

Halo 5 Will Have Microtransactions

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Microtransactions are common amongst free-to-play games as a way for developers to earn money from a product that doesn’t have an initial fee. However, in recent times they have started to become more and more prevalent in fully-fledged titles that are available at retail. So not only are some developers asking you to pay around $60 to play their game but they also want to encourage you to part with more money for bonuses. While the practice is still relatively rare it is becoming more frequent and 343 Industries is the latest studio to jump on the bandwagon with Halo 5: Guardians. Speaking on a new post on the Halo Waypoint site, Halo 5 development lead Josh Holmes has explained that players will be able to spend real-world money on unlocking REQ packs. These packs are part of the new Requisition System that has been introduced in Halo 5. REQ points are earned during matches and by completing commendations and can then be used to unlock extra content. This content

343 Industries Tries To Reassure Fans That Halo Is In The Right Hands

343 Industries Tries To Reassure Fans That Halo Is In The Right Hands

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Halo is arguably Microsoft’s biggest showpiece in terms of gaming. It effectively launched the original Xbox console back in 2001 and became one of the major gaming franchises with the release of Halo 2 in 2004. So when Microsoft and Halo developer 343 Industries announced that they were set to release a remastered compilation of all of Master Chief’s adventures for the Xbox One, fans were naturally delighted that they would get to play some of their favorite games on the console with upgraded graphics and audio. Unfortunately for everyone, Halo: The Master Chief Collection wasn’t the brilliant game that it was supposed to be. Bugs and glitches plagued the game, while online multiplayer was almost entirely broken thanks to connectivity issues that prevented the vast majority of players from getting into games over Xbox Live. 343 Industries released several patches to try to fix these problems, and while most of them have been fixed some issues still persist. Microsoft tried to make amends to disappointed fans by releasing a

New Halo 5 Details Emerge: Free DLC and Blue Team

New Halo 5 Details Emerge: Free DLC and Blue Team

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The latest edition of Game Informer has revealed a truckload of new information about Halo 5: Guardians. While the online article is a bit sparse on detail, a NeoGAF user has summed up the highlights of the actual magazine story nicely. Perhaps the biggest news is that Halo 5 will differ significantly from other titles in the series by providing the player with a fireteam that can be directed to carry out tasks and functions on the battlefield. When playing as Spartan Locke this will involve a team of Spartan IVs, including the ex-ODST Edward Buck from Halo 3: ODST. However, when playing as Master Chief the player will be joined by the legendary Blue Team, made up of the Chief, Fred, Kelly and Linda. The group members are some of only a small number of surviving Spartan IIs that were abducted as children, trained in military combat and given extreme body augmentations to make them the super soldiers as seen throughout the franchise. Master Chief was part of Blue

Halo 3: ODST release in The Master Chief Collection still unclear

Halo 3: ODST release in The Master Chief Collection still unclear

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Although 343 Industries announced at the beginning of May that the remastered version of Halo 3: ODST would be released for Halo: The Master Chief Collection sometime during this month, it has yet to materialize. Yesterday, the Xbox Store at Xbox.com listed the game as releasing on May 29, a date that would fit in with the previously talked about release date, but the page has since been taken down and developer 343 Industries have revealed that this was simply a placeholder date. Speaking on their official Twitter account, the statement read, “A placeholder release date for the ODST campaign for Halo: The Master Chief Collection was inadvertently listed on the Xbox Store.” “We continue final testing and will make an official announcement once our release date is determined, and apologize for any confusion,” it went on to say. With a release in May now looking unlikely, some have speculated that Microsoft may save the news of it coming to Xbox One for their E3 press conference where it will

Free-to-Play Halo Online coming to PC, exclusive to Russia

Free-to-Play Halo Online coming to PC, exclusive to Russia

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Something that Halo fans have been asking for over the past few years is finally happening as Microsoft has revealed that they are releasing a brand new game from the series onto PC. Halo Online is a multiplayer only game that will pit players against each other. There is a catch though, as the title is only set to release in Russia. Built upon a “highly modified” version of Halo 3, the game will be free-to-play and will feature the ability to make purchases through an in-game store. However, neither Microsoft or 343 Studios have revealed what these purchases will affect. According to the official statement from the Halo website, the title is a chance for Microsoft to learn what audiences expect from a PC Halo game and how they should make it different from the console versions of the game. “Halo Online is powered by a highly modified version of the Halo 3 engine and optimized for smooth performance on lower-end PCs. While there’s no campaign mode, Halo Online is set on

Halo 5: Guardians Beta Impressions

Halo 5: Guardians Beta Impressions

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Over the past couple of weeks, players who bought Halo: The Master Chief Collection have been able to try out some of the multiplayer offerings from the upcoming Halo 5: Guardians. The game will be the second Halo sequel developed by 343 Studios following the split of Bungie from Microsoft. They were last responsible for Halo 4, a game that divided fans somewhat for the dramatic departure from some of the traditional gameplay mechanics of the series. That didn’t stop it from receiving a strong positive reception and break sales records for the franchise though. Now that 343 Studios have had plenty of time to map out what they want the series to evolve into and enough experience in working on Halo games, Halo 5 should be a significant improvement on their last effort. Especially when you consider that they have far more powerful hardware available to utilize in the form of the Xbox One. While details on Halo 5: Guardians (we still don’t particularly like the subtitle) have been

Halo: The Master Chief Collection Review

Halo: The Master Chief Collection Review

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With the release of the Xbox One and PlayStation there has already been a flurry of remastered versions of previously released titles. Halo: The Master Chief Collection however strives to provide more value than other offerings by including four games in one unique bundle, with the two oldest titles receiving an impressive graphical update. With Halo 5 not far away on the horizon, it is clear that this is a way for Microsoft to get Halo fans pumped up for the next release while also ensuring that Halo players get their hands on the Xbox One. Out of everything included in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Halo 2: Anniversary is without a doubt that biggest draw. Halo: CE never had traditional online multiplayer and both Halo 3 and Halo 4 can still be both played over Xbox Live. Halo 2 though cannot. It’s multiplayer severs were switched off with it being an original Xbox title and the game that was the pinnacle of the series for many could not be

Another Halo: The Master Chief Collection patch coming

Another Halo: The Master Chief Collection patch coming

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The developer behind Halo: The Master Chief Collection, a bundle of previous Halo games with graphical enhancements and all DLC, has stated that they are working on another patch to fix matchmaking issues that should be released shortly. Speaking on the official forums for the game on Halo Waypoint, an employee said that “The team continues development and testing of upcoming content updates, the next of which will specifically make improvements to the matchmaking system and flow.” He also pointed out that the update should come out this week and that further updates would be coming out in the near future. “This particular update is on track for delivery this week,” he said. “We will provide more details on the exact ETA, included fixes, and additional upcoming content updates in the near future. Please stay tuned to this thread for more details.” Halo: The Master Chief Collection has suffered a number of problems since its launch but the vast majority of the complaints have been focused on the fact that

Halo: The Master Chief Collection Mjolnir Edition revealed

Halo: The Master Chief Collection Mjolnir Edition revealed

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In a surprise move GAME, the UK retailer that specialises in all things gaming, has revealed that Halo: The Master Chief Collection is getting a rather snazzy special edition. While Microsoft has yet to officially comment on the package, the fact that it is listed on GAME’s website and is available to pre-order suggests that this is the real deal. The Mjolnir Edition comes armed with a 12” Master Chief statue, with swappable arms allowing you to change the stance of the series’ protagonist. Also included in the collection is a steel book case for the game, a physical map book that contains images of every map featured in the title and the DLC Grunt Funeral Skull. It’s unknown what effect the skull will have in-game, but going on past examples in the series it’s likely to involve something hilarious happening to Grunts. Unfortunately, the price for the Mjolnir Edition version of the game clocks in at £169.99, roughly half the price of an Xbox One console. If you don’t

Halo: Master Chief Collection Detailed

Halo: Master Chief Collection Detailed

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  Microsoft have revealed that they are in fact releasing Halo: Master Chief Collection later this year. The game was originally leaked earlier this month but the Xbox manufacturer has now officially confirmed its existence. The trailer above mixes footage showing a famous scene from Halo 2 where Master Chief uses an alien bomb to blow up a Covenant ship with snippets from the upcoming Halo 5: Guardians.. The cut scene has been completely re-worked by Blur, and gives an indication of how polished the rest of the cinematics in Halo 2 will look in the new collection. As part of the Master Chief collection players will get immediate access to all games, levels, modes and difficulties. Each game is built using the same engine that originally powered the titles, meaning that they will play exactly as they did in their initial forms. This also applied to the multiplayer components so that each game will play exactly as they did upon their original releases. The included games are those featuring

The Top 5 Games We Want To See At E3 2014

The Top 5 Games We Want To See At E3 2014

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E3 2014 is about to roll around and once again it is time to get excited about all the games developers and publishers will be showing off beginning 9 June. Not only do we get lots more information about upcoming titles, but trailers, gameplay demos and huge announcements are all par for the course. The whole expo is used to hype games and hardware. Teasing fans with brief reveals is all well and good but what we really want is plenty of detail. Here we’ll look at the 5 games that we most want to see at E3 2014, the ones we want loads more information about and of course some gameplay footage. 5. Star Wars: Battlefront The Battlefront series was one of the better video game series set in the Star Wars universe. Developed by DICE, the guys behind Battlefield, we already know that it is utilizing the Frostbite engine used for their other games and will be releasing for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. So far, we have

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