Halo 5: Guardians (Xbox One)

[EvilMog]

I've seen this so many times on tv already. Makes you think it would be out soon and not the end of October.

[Will]

Yeah they're going to really stretch out the lead up to E3 and then they'll go full speed post.

I hate posting anything Gamestop related (especially in this case since it's promoting pre-orders) but they put up a neat trailer for Agent Locke's Spartan IV armor abilities:



It goes a way too quickly so you might need a few viewings and freeze framing to get all of it. Most of this stuff you got a taste of in the Halo 5 multiplayer beta but it's neat to see it in 3rd person view and it's possible relation to the campaign which has been on complete lockdown much to my frustration.

[MechDeus]

The more of the campaign they don't discuss prior to release the better.

[Will]

The more of the campaign they don't discuss prior to release the better.

Yeah but we've not seen anything, not even screen shots. I get not wanting to be spoiled but I definitely want to see what I'm getting campaign wise.

Also box art revealed:



Two teams of spartans, Master Chief's Blue Team (Fred, Linda, and Kelly) seen in various other media and Locke's team whom are rumored to consist of Buck & Romeo from ODST who have been turned into Spartan IV's, and Macer from the Halo Nightfall series who probably underwent the same augmentations.

[dave is ok]

Anyone hunting dem signals? My team figured out the Gronfeld cipher really early and then hit a brick wall.

[Diff-chan]

Nope

[Chux]

New info!

You've played the Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta. Now it's time to uncover the mysteries behind the story.

We went to 343 Industries to get the first hands-on with Master Chief's campaign. As you can see from the cover imagery, the Chief is now accompanied by the legendary Blue Team in both single-player and four-player co-op. Linda, Fred, and Kelly were abducted when they were six years old alongside John to be turned into Spartan-II super soldiers. This tight-knit squad grew up together and battled through many adventures in the expanded fiction, but this will mark their first significant role in a core Halo game. With the loss of Cortana in Halo 4, Blue Team steps up to interact with Chief, appear in cutscenes, and accept commands from him in single-player. In co-op play, everyone takes on a specific member, each with a different loadout unique to their specialty.

We played an early mission set before Master Chief and Blue Team are declared AWOL by the very military that made them. The flipside of the campaign follows Spartan Jameson Locke, seen in the Halo: Nightfall TV series, as he tracks down Halo's signature hero to bring him in or take him down. Locke recruits a team of his own, Fireteam Osiris, to do the job. This mix of familiar and new faces rounds out the team of high-tech Spartan-IVs, who all come from elite military backgrounds. See if you can spot a returning fan favorite in our coverage trailer below.

Our lengthy hands-on sessions also included plenty of time in the revamped competitive Arena multiplayer. In the cover story, we break down specific changes to the Empire map from last winter's beta and we debut a never-before-seen map called Fathom. This undersea base looks gorgeous and is loaded with all kinds of hidden tricks for experienced players to dig in and discover. 343 also teases a new multiplayer mode never seen in a Halo game before. Read about all this and more in the latest issue of Game Informer.

Halo 5: Guardians is set to release on October 27 on Xbox One.

4 Player Co-Op Campaign with each spartan having different skill sets/abilities.
Also for the book nerds Fred, Linda and Kelly are playable.
Yassssssssssssssssssss

[SamuraiMoogle]

All dlc maps are going to be free. They have 15 planned. 343 says they are tired of online communities being split into the haves and the have nots.

Awesome, I'm tired of the bullshit split communities also.

[Will]

Lots of cool stuff to look forward to with this game.

Sadly I only play MCC every once and a while but this looks to light the fire hopefully. Locke's team was also revealed to indeed have Buck but the other female characters are Holly Tanaka and Olympia Vale.

[Yoshi]

You're not a real Halo fan unless you have this.