“It will also be a year that offers us a unique opportunity. “2015 won’t simply be the year of Halo 5: Guardians,” said Ross. In addition to this, Ross also revealed that the Steven Spielberg produced Halo television series will also be coming in 2015. “So until E3, I’d like to express my gratitude to our massive and varied Halo community, whose energy, enthusiasm, criticism and kindness are the driving force behind what we do and what we hope to achieve in Halo 5: Guardians.” We’ll give you much more information about our plans for this year at the Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing on June 9, and we’re confident that Halo fans will be pretty excited about the special plans we have in store. " I spoke about a ‘journey,’ rather than a destination – and that journey definitely begins in 2014 with a giant leap, rather than one small step. “Many fans noted that I was very deliberate with my phrasing on stage at E3 last year," said Ross. Pre-empting disappointment that the game will not arrive until late 2015, Ross said that something Halo-flavoured will be arriving this year. A game that will incorporate the things we learned from Halo 4 about technology, aesthetics, performance and scale – and perhaps more importantly, understanding and embracing a community of gamers who love what lies at the heart of this game, and the limitless potential of the Halo universe.” “It’s a game that will hopefully demonstrate the talent, learnings and abilities of the 343 Industries team. Certainly there are some core elements carried over from prior games, but we’ve invested a huge effort in retooling our tech to take full advantage of the Xbox One’s hardware and ecosystem to create worlds and experiences worthy of next-gen.” “That applies to the content and scope of the game, as well as the technology in what’s now a brand new and more powerful engine. “Halo 5: Guardians” is a bigger effort than Halo 4,” added Ross. In the tradition of every “Halo” game since its debut in 2001, it is a massive and exciting project.” Speaking on Xbox Wire, 343 Industries general manager Bonnie Ross said, “I’m happy to reveal that Halo 5: Guardians, the next installment in the legendary saga of the Master Chief, will launch on Xbox One in fall of 2015. It’s called Halo 5: Guardians and it’s due to hit in the autumn of 2015. The new series Halo: Blood Line (pictured bottom), which chronicles a group of Master Chief's SPARTAN comrades, will begin on December 23.Microsoft has finally put a name on Halo for Xbox One. The imprint has also commissioned a trilogy of new Halo novels from Greg Bear, author of such acclaimed books as Blood Music and The Forge of God, to begin next year.Īs far as comics go, Marvel is currently halfway through its limited series Halo: Helljumper, which profiles the same sort of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers featured in Halo 3: ODST. The next Halo book, the short-story compilation Halo: Evolutions, will be published this November by Tor Books. SPARTANs aren't Highlanders-there can be more than one. "Eventually, it will become very apparent that there is a plan for the way the canon all ties together and the way the comic books and the novels all tie together," said O'Connor. With the next Halo game, Halo: Reach, confirmed as being a prequel (as was expected), the future of the Master Chief storyline will continue in a variety of properties, including games, books, comics, and animated efforts like the forthcoming Halo Legends, due out next year. "I think that fate, Cortana's fate and the identity of that giant, dark planet at the ending are probably big mysteries that would be irritating if they were just cliffhangers," he said. Specifically, O'Connor pointed to Halo 3's legendary-setting ending as a jumping-off point for the main storyline's continuation. "We do have a plan that goes out at least six years," O'Connor told the daily. Microsoft didn't mention how Mountain Dew and Doritos will figure into the six-year Halo storyline.Īfter telling USA Today that Halo 3: ODST had sold 2.5 million units in two weeks, Frank O'Connor, creative director for Microsoft Halo label 343 Industries, laid out his company's vision for the franchise. However, Microsoft has no plans to abandon its bread-and-butter Xbox 360 franchise until well into the next decade-at the earliest. Right now, it's unclear if Bungie will continue making Halo games after next year's Halo: Reach.
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