The next installment in the Halo series has been announced, as Halo 5: Guardians will make its way to the Xbox One in 2015.
The game follows the series’ protagonist Master Chief after the events of Halo 4, though little else is known about the upcoming game at this juncture.
343 Industries’ general manager Bonnie Ross announced the game on the Xbox Wire today, explaining how Halo 5: Guardians is a “bigger effort” than Halo 4. She 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. In the tradition of every Halo game since its debut in 2001, it is a massive and exciting project.”
She continued: “Halo 5: Guardians is a bigger effort than Halo 4. 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. 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.”
Halo 5: Guardians has been given a tentative release window of fall 2015. Microsoft had previously announced that Xbox One owners’ “Halo journey” would begin at E3 2014, which Ross addressed, saying: “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. 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 the special plans we have in store.”
