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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 5: Guardians coming in October

Halo 5: Guardians coming in October

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https://youtu.be/tHQiYPiNVEE Halo 5: Guardians will be launching on the Xbox One in October. While there had previously been speculation that the title would release in the fall of this year, Microsoft has finally given a specific date for the latest instalment in their hit series. Players will be able to get their hands on the game from October 27. The announcement, which was made via the Xbox official Twitter account, was followed by two separate trailers – one featuring Sergeant Locke and the other Master Chief. The game is set to depart from the traditional formula used in the series, with players not just taking on the role of the series protagonist Master Chief but also as Locke as he searches for the hero following the events of Halo 4. A beta for the multiplayer component of the game was made available on the Xbox One to those who had purchased Halo: The Master Chief Collection. It featured a number of new game modes and maps and made a favorable

Halo: The Master Chief Collection updates coming soon

Halo: The Master Chief Collection updates coming soon

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343 Studios is due to release a matchmaking update to fix problems with the online multiplayer component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The update will not require players to download a patch, with the official Halo site pointing out that the changes will be made directly to their servers. According to executive producer Dan Ayoub, 343 Studios has received a number of complaints about different issues but are focusing on fixing the matchmaking issues as the number one priority so that players can get online and jump into the action. The developer is also planning to release another update over the weekend which will address other issues with the game, including some small bugs and achievements not unlocking when they should. Ayoub also made it clear that they want players to keep sending in feedback, saying: “Your feedback has been helpful for us in isolating issues, so please keep the input coming.” “A game as large as Halo: The Master Chief Collection has a massive surface area, and while

343 Studios defend 20GB update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection

343 Studios defend 20GB update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection

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Frank O’Connor, the head of Halo franchise development, has also defended the decision to release a 20GB update for The Master Chief Collection on launch. Speaking on NeoGAF, he explained that the update was not just a an update for game but rather content that would not fit on a single disc. “That’s not a patch,” said O’Connor. “ It’s content. The game is designed to run as a single, unified product, digital is seamless obviously, but we also wanted disc users to have the same experience, without swapping discs. Since the bulk of it is MP or MP related, the logic is sound. There will ALSO be a TU in there, but that in itself is a tiny fraction of the content.” The 343 Studios developer also went on to state that he was aware that this was not a perfect solution for those without fast internet speeds or capped bandwidth, saying “We realize that this isn’t ideal for everyone, but it’s the path to the smoothest eventual experience.”

New Halo 2 Anniversary cinematic screenshots released

New Halo 2 Anniversary cinematic screenshots released

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343 Studios have today released brand new screenshots of the cinematic cutscenes from Halo 2 Anniversary. The gallery below shows a number of important characters from the game including the Arbiter, Sergeant Johnson and one of the Prophets, with each being given more detail than ever before. Earlier in the year, Blur and 343 released a cinematic trailer on YouTube showing off their updated graphics but these latest screenshots but them completely to shame. It is important to remember though that these screenshots are CGI and in no way represent the graphics of the game itself – we are probably still a long way off from having these kind of visuals during gameplay. As part of the remastering of Halo 2 for The Master Chief Collection, with updates visuals, soundtrack and audio effects like with Halo: CE Anniversary, the visual effects studio Blur were hired by Microsoft to rework all of the original cutscenes in the title. The shot for shot remakes were built from the ground up by Blur