‘Halo 5′ confirmed as new title, coming in 2014

StickSkills writes, "When Microsoft unveiled a brand new Halo title at E3 this year, the game was simply known as “Halo”. The common thought has been that the game would be called Halo 5, but we heard rumblings that it wouldn’t and 343 Industries seemed to be rather mum regarding the name."

[Az1mov]

That's a shocker what a surprise! they better deepen the story this time

[CrossingEden]

The story was deepened in Halo 4, 343 had amazing writers compared to Bungie.

[abzdine]

i think they're desperate to show their biggest franchise already and still be beaten by pre-orders numbers in the states.

imagine if Sony already showed Unchartes The Last of Us God of War GT?

[Bigpappy]

@abzdine: Sony's pre-order lead is due ONLY to policy and the perception that it is more powerful. Has nothing to do with their lackluster launch line-up.

I would seriously advise not raising your hopes up too high based on pre-orders from VGChartz. They may not be accurate and,if they are, they are only a small part of predicting final sales numbers.

[GameNameFame]

Is that why they scored 80s on meta?

Let's face it, compared to Bungie, they are no where there.

Bungie scored 90s always on their game. 343 seems to be scoring 80s.

[Bob570]

As a fan of Halo for over 10 years, I'm going to have to disagree. IMO the story in Halo 4 was trash. The story should have ended at Halo 3, this ridiculous Forerunner conflict feels so forced it's not even funny, they will never be able to make this story as compelling as the Human/Covenant war was if you had read the books.

[Ritsujun]

Look at that CE 343 fangirl.

[Hooby]

they deepened in then hid it in the terminals which were not even "in" the game, and they were difficult to find even when you went to the separate app that had them.

Terrible.

[negative]

Halo 5 on Xbox One??

TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!!

[Bigpappy]

I find that lots of people, from other console, really can not understand who Master Chief is and what he means to millions of gamers. Halo is one badass Mofo. He is a hero in every since of the word.

When you master chief is coming, you are praying to the gods he is on your side. If you happen to appose him you want to have your best shyt ready, because when he gets there you are going to need it all, and all is still not going to be enough.

If you are only in to sports, then imagine you are play basket ball and your team is down 20 points at the end of the 3rd. Then Michael Jordan from 20 years ago shows up to play for your team. That's Master Chief (The Michael Jordan of war).

[UnholyLight]

^This

[die_fiend]

is embarrassingly over the top

[Ritsujun]

Halo fansissies are disgusting.

[Jazz4108]

Does anyone on here not realize mostly the entire halo bungie main players all work for ms at 343? I have seen some sony lists but everyones forgetting the ps4 big seller OctoDad. Wow.

[Bob570]

No they don't. A few people from Bungie went to 343 but not very many.

[Bigpappy]

The leader of the team was a major player in creating Halo. He love this franchise.

[saywat247]

microsoft and xbox fucking sucks how much longer are they gonna stretch this goddamn fucking series we dont want another fucking halo!!!!!!!

[IcicleTrepan]

What number is killzone on now? :P

[saywat247]

you little nutcase fanboys dont wanna hear the truth. if u guys are fine with the same freaking games over and over so be it. get suck with endless sequels of the same freaking franchise over and over. im just saying real shit. you guys keep this up and you'll never get new ip's just make shit easier for microshit. and for you @icicletrepan killzone is now where near streatched as halo is. how long are they gonna continue to milk halo huh huh???????????

[bganci]

I wish it would be a three year cycle instead of two. Either way it's exciting.

[Foxgod]

This game will be epic, especially considering it will be 1080p and 60fps.
I wonder how many shooters will pull this off this gen.

Hopefully it will be a norm a few years down the line, but it may be possible that only a select few shooters will achieve it.

[iamnsuperman]

Right how do you know others will not? How do you know Halo will? My point is you don't know from this trailer so don't shoot other shooters just yet without seeing them or this. (FYI I am not saying this wont)

edit:

On topic I am a little disappointed the new trailer isn't new footage of sorts but it is nice to see it will be called Halo 5

[Foxgod]

MS and 343 confirmed it will be 1080p and 60 fps

[ziggurcat]

@ foxgod:

MS has "confirmed" a lot of things, but most of it hasn't turned out to be true.

edit: until we all see actual gameplay footage, rather than a cinematic, you can't go by the word of MS or 343.

[QuantumWake]

@ziggurcat

343 at Halo Global Championship confirmed again that Halo for Xbox One will have dedicated servers and 60 FPS.

[abzdine]

that's the problem with xbox fanboys, they believe everything they hear :D

[BlackBeardGames]

@abdzine And your acting like the " sony fanboys" dont suckle every bit of nut from sony they hear? People just need to quit the goddamn console war faggotry. Both consoles need each other. What if you had only sony with a high end game console out. They would do whatever they wanted because no matter what people would buy it because there would be no competition. Contrary to popular beleif sony doesnt love you it loves your money just like microsoft.

And I ecluded nintendo because they arent a console super power like sony and microsoft. They need to stick to handhelds.

[ziggurcat]

"This game will be epic, especially considering it will be 1080p and 60fps."

so far there's not a single game on xbone that is 1080p @ 60fps, so... keep dreaming.

[PraxxtorCruel]

Forza 5 says hello.

[CalamityCB]

Halo was confirmed as 60fps at E3 2013.

[Foxgod]

Actually, that goes for the ps4.
The X1 actually has games coming in full hd 1080p (forza and halo confirmed).

[No_Limit]

Yes, Halo 5! Next year will be big for XB1.

2014:
Project Spark
Titanfall
Quantum Break
Sunset Overdrive
Forza Horizon
Halo 5
Fable Legends
Black Tusk Studios new Ips
Team Osaka new JRPG

And more shall be reveal at E3 next year.

[thetruthx1]

Forza says hello, Killer Instinct says what's up?

[timotim]

Actually...its the PS4 that hasn't been confirming 1080p/60FSP. The only thing it can muster as of now is modes that are in 1080p/60FPS while other modes in the same game is 1080p/30FPS...

[otherZinc]

@ziggurcat,

No, you mean there are ZERO games on the PS4 that are 1080p "native" @60fps! Even Knack isn't 1080p "native" @ 60fps, and it's made by Marc Cerny.

Forza 5 is confirmed to be 1080p "native" @ 60fps!

[raytraceme]

hey xtards killzone is 1080p 60fps in ALL of MP while the sp is 1080p 30fps. KI is 720p now lol. Knack is full 1080p as are ALL (except bf4?) of ps4's games. Have u seen RESOGUN 400,000 freaking voxels at 1080p60fps (DROOOOOOOL)!!!!!

[ALLWRONG]

iamnsuperman and ziggurcat you should have just walked away, now you look like fools.

[die_fiend]

1080p @ 60fps isn't necessarily a good thing. I remember seeing Halo 3 on 360 and the graphics were terrible. And they only noticeably improved when 343 got involved. Hopefully they can't pull it off and also increase the scale big time.

I am hoping for incredible graphics but Microsoft Studios...have they ever really made a stunning looking game?

[Transporter47]

What happen to rebooting the franchise as just Halo?

[BABY-JEDI]

It will be really interesting to see how the gameplay develops in Halo 5, hopefully, it will look more realistic.

[LAWSON72]

Probably considering 343 has no clue when it comes to Halo, because the first 3 were arena shooters while Halo 4 was a want a be cod.

[timotim]

Are you talking about the MP or SP? Halo 4's SP campaign actually dived into the fiction of Halo more than any past Halo game did save for Halo CE. Theirs a lot they can do with Halo 5's MP with dedicated servers, Azure and SmartGlass...im really looking forward to seeing it.

[HammadTheBeast]

F*** that tbh.

Making Halo realistic is what's killing it. Halo is meant to be surreal arcade fun. Massive jumps, rockets, banshees, and one m-fer of a pistol is what made Halo 1-3 amazing.

[timotim]

You don't play Halo much do you? They actually REMOVED the pistol from Halo CE in both Halo 2&3. It made a kinda comeback in ODST, but it wasn't until Reach that it felt like CE again.

[BABY-JEDI]

What's wrong with an environment, characters, weapons feeling real? Halo is a great story & epic character, but it would be great if he was grounded in a more real universe IMO

[kewlkat007]

I actually agree..its a SciFi shooter not a battlefield or cod art direction..

[SIRHC13]

MEGATON

Not. But I do hope its multiplayer isn't casualized garbage like Halo 4's.

[skydragoonity]

Destiny is the new improved halo.

[CrimsonStar]

WAAAAAAYYYYY 2 differnet to be compared . Its like if I compared GoW with uncharted , just because its a third person shooter .

[SkippyPaccino]

Not really way off... They both look identical from the shooters point of view. you will be blasting aliens (in a rpg kinda way) you can feel the Bungie magic in Destiny... 343 is like that stunt double in a action movie... He does what he's told and will never be more then a shadow of Bungie...

It's halo people!!! Give that Damn game a break... Everyone is bragging about it and it's story will probably only be 6 hours long. Lol! The last of us had more story elements then all the Damn halos put together... Maybe if you freaking xbot blood suckers would leave halo alone and leave it some breathing room. It might surprises Us with a 15 hours campaign in 2 or 3 years from now...Instead of a short campaign leaving itself open for an other sequel shortly after..........

[Game4life]

i won't be surprised if i buy an xbox one just for halo right now. I love forge too much.

[danny818]

I thought it was confirmed that it wasnt. Doesnt look like a legit logo either

[Duddy101]

You have got to be kidding me? Id rather play call of duty.... yes thats an insult.

[FrigidDARKNESS]

Can't wait . They say at e3 the game will be at 60fps. Im going to say it will launch in September 2014.

[Benchm4rk]

"In possession of a mysterious data chip, Petty Officer John-117 aka Master Chief, confronts a battery of new challenges and tests in a herculean effort to stay alive in a galaxy where sentient life is mercilessly hunted"

Wonder if they are talking about the chip he had around his neck. Cause I assumed that was cortanas dead chip.

[NateCole]

Well Duh!!. After Halo 4 we know there will be a Halo 5 so when teaser was Shown at E3 2013 it is more or less confirm for holidays 2014.

[theWB27]

The amount of people that flood into an Xbox article is hilarious.

There is not ONE franchise that Sony has that touches the clout that Halo brings. 343 has already said it's running at 1080p 60fps. Then the non-believers saying that's impossible when the X1 already has more launch games running 60fps than PS4. Forza is full blown 1080p NATIVE at 60fps.

Then the rumors out there that Halo will be open world with the ability to travel to different planets ala Mass Effect would be put it into the stratosphere.

Let the naysayers and haters spew their garbage about the X1. It has been doing nothing but delivering exactly what Microsoft is promising even at lower specs...which should say something.

Yeah buddy..

[-Foxtrot]

You call people about coming into the article and then talk about Sony yourself....adding fuel to the fire.

<sigh>

[theWB27]

"the X1 has more games running at 60fps than PS4"

Yeah...that should really get this fire churning.

<sarcasm>

[Skips]

@theWB27

"There is not ONE franchise that Sony has that touches the clout that Halo brings."

Halo 3 which released 6 years ago, sold 12 million

Gran Turismo 5 which released a little less than 3 years ago, sold 10 million

Halo 4 which released a little less than 1 year ago, sold 8 million

Are you stupid??? Pretty sure that "touches the clout" if not, in the same league. lmfao!!!!

I admit, that was rather cute though!

"It has been doing nothing but delivering exactly what Microsoft is promising even at lower specs"

You mean getting slaughtered 2:1 in the US, (and even more so around the world) against the PS4 WITHOUT Sony announcing any of it's heavy hitters???

Yup...

[YodaCracker]

Pretty poor comparison, Skips. Only one full Gran Turismo game has released to-date on the PS3. Now how many Halo games have released on the 360? Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, Halo 4...I won't count Halo Wars considering it's an RTS game. ODST has sold over 6 million as a glorified expansion. Halo 3 near 12 million as the crown jewel of the franchise, Halo: Reach over 10 million when you include digital sales. And Halo 4 headed toward 9 million already as the fastest-selling Halo game ever.

Now imagine if only one Halo game had released the entire gen. The sales would be far, far higher like you see with GT5. There is no doubt Halo is the most popular platform exclusive franchise between the Xbox and PlayStation lineups. I won't judge on quality but the sales numbers don't lie. And to the millions of die-hard Halo fans, there is nothing bigger than Halo 5 to sell Xbox Ones by the boatload.

[Skips]

^

Your entire argument Yoda, is completely broken, and not to mention could be summed up around this one sentence...

"Now imagine if only one Halo game had released the entire gen. The sales would be far higher"

Do you honestly believe, that adding up all the sales of the Halo games this gen would = the amount of how many DIFFERENT people bought it??? -___-

Like 25-30 million DIFFERENT people? LMFAO!

The same millions or so people who bought Halo 3 would've bought Halo 4 REGARDLESS, if ODST and Reach were never made.

If Halo 3 was the ONLY Halo game released this gen. And MS didn't bother making ANY more... I'm fairly certain it's sales wouldn't go much higher than it is right now. lol

"ODST has sold over 6 million as a glorified expansion."

GT5 prologue alone sold 5.5 million as a Demo. lmao

"There is no doubt Halo is the most popular platform exclusive franchise between the Xbox and PlayStation lineups."

More like wishful thinking, considering the ENTIRE GT franchise has sold so much more units, (it's not even funny) than the ENTIRE Halo franchise. lol

[ziggurcat]

"There is not ONE franchise that Sony has that touches the clout that Halo brings."

Uncharted

"343 has already said it's running at 1080p 60fps."

lots of things have been said, and have turned out to be false.

"Forza is full blown 1080p NATIVE at 60fps"

proof? it could easily be native 720p, and just upscaled to 1080p

"Let the naysayers and haters spew their garbage about the X1. It has been doing nothing but delivering exactly what Microsoft is promising even at lower specs..."

no it hasn't. MS has promised a lot of things, only to backtrack within days of making their initial announcement.

[-Foxtrot]

"no it hasn't. MS has promised a lot of things, only to backtrack within days of making their initial announcement."

I feel people think gamers who are speaking out and showing MS how much they f***** up are trolls or rival "fanboys" when really thats not true.

I mean are people supposed to give them a free pass....if we did DRM would still be a part of the Xbox One and it would be restricted as hell for indie devs

[theWB27]

Uncharted doesn't touch the overall impact that Halo delivers. There aren't events held etc etc. You get the point....Halo 4 with 3 million copies in 24 hours and made over 220 million in that same period
http://www.ign.com/articles...

Lots of things have been said on both sides and been false....but since you have no proof to prove 343 otherwise...we'll go with their word.

forza 5 proof
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...
http://www.gamespot.com/new...
http://www.gamechup.com/for...
http://n4g.com/news/1337498...
Need more proof on Forza?

I know they have...but people get getting the promise of the most dev friendly, powerful machine ever created and yet the lower machine is outperforming it.

But, take all that as you please.

[strifeblade]

THE WB27 just OWNED you BIG time. Next time don't post such a stupid meaningless comment when this information is trivial lol.

[Deadpoolio]

XBOTS claim all their games are native 1080p...They swore that the 360 was native 1080p...Nevermind the FACT that the 360 is incapable of actually doing 1080p in any form other than upscaled...At least the PS3 can actually do native 1080p, it may not have been used often but at least it could manage it

[humbleopinion]

Deadpoolio, you're coming out as extremely ignorant and borderline delusional here. Here's a short history lesson:

The Xbox 360 was originally announced with only 720P support - nobody thought it could deliver 1080p because it didn't even have HDMI in the initial model. Only component which was strictly up to 720p.

It was in fact the sony droids camp who swore that the PS3 will be superior because Sony fed them with false 1080p games... which then turned out to be a complete lie and 720p upscaled.
And as if to add insult to injury, just at that same time Microsoft upgraded their console to support 1080p on component via software patch, as well as offering a new model with 1080p HDMI. The first proper game this gen which had full 1080p and not upscale was Virtua Tennis - coming up on the X360 as well with full 1080P support and beating Sony to the HD race.

But the worst hit was obviously taken a bit later - when pixel counters started verifying that not only Sony completely failed on their 1080p promise, but that eventually many games this gen don't even support 720P.
And so the last thing completely burying Sony's initial argument was that some the top games this gen coming out to both PS3 and X360... turned out to offer inferior resolution on the PS3 - sometimes around 30% less pixels then their X360 counterparts. GTA IV might not have been the last nail in the coffin, but it pretty much sealed it.

The moral of the story is that you simply shouldn't be anyone's sheep: be it Sony of Microsoft. It really saddens me how pathetic some people can be, being completely ignorant to history and arguing on the internet where fact-checking is such an easy task.

[HammadTheBeast]

K WB. Lemme educate you.

Gran Turismo, a racing game, sells more than Halo.

Uncharted 3 had 6 million sales, Halo 4 had 8 million. Considering that Halo is THE Xbox killer app, (Gears is a side story) that's not saying much.

Halo 2 on PC is more played than Halo 4 at the moment.

Lata.