Moving forward, the next step for 343 Industries is to continue Halo 5‘s development, using the data the studio has gathered from the game’s early beta. An interview with Halo 5‘s executive producer, Josh Holmes, and the game’s multiplayer designer, Quinn DelHoyo, Halo 5's multiplayer designer.
Halo 5: Guardians and several other Xbox One exclusives will become playable on PC thanks to a new Xbox One translation layer
Isn't this the foundation for your next Xbox?
This is exactly what some of us have been talking about...a way to bridge existing console users into a Xbox branded PC
I am just astonished that MS wants to make as much money as Xbox as possible yet so many of their older games aren’t on PC
In Halo 4, 5, and Infinite, Master Chief became a more nuanced, human character.
In spite of the Halo series’ struggles, 343 deserves praise for adding nuance and characterisation to the ever-beating heart of Halo - The Master Chief. Playing through Infinite, it's abundantly clear that the events of the current and previous trilogies have irrevocably changed the iconic hero. He’s no longer the ‘blank slate’ that was previously presented by Bungie. He’s a fatigued, damaged and fallible protagonist, and one who is meandering through currents of grief, while reveling in his newfound agency. Giving the Chief a compelling and meaningful voice was no small feat, and 343 should be proud of that victory.
This article completely misses part of the appeal of the original iteration of character in the original game trilogy. It was the Chief and Cortana vs an entire alien collective. The blank slate Bungie displayed in their games was genius, he was an mysterious hero a wide audience could identify with because he wasn't as clearly defined as most characters.
The books added a lot of lore and backstory but most Halo players just want a fun game with exposition that doesn't get in the way of gameplay, it's why the Cortana level in Halo 3 was derided.
Not every character has to be a damaged soyboy, a soldier has to suck it up and do his duty.
The 343i Master Chief has is based on the books. However, in Halo 4-Infinite, the Master Chief overtime become. gradually becomes more willing to show some emotion.
Daily Video Game writes: "GameStop is running a new pre-owned game sale on over 1000 pre-owned games that offers four pre-owned ($9.99 or less) games for $20 across multiple gaming platforms right now, including PS3 and Xbox 360!"
Given the nature of backwards compatibility on new systems, this is a great sale in case you missed out on some gems from last gen.
Most of the games on Xbox are on game pass. The Switch games in this sale are trash c'mon farming simulator that's laughable. The PS4 games should be cheaper. I can't wait for the GameStop going out of business liquidation sale.
These sales, while potentially great, really struggle to be valuable given you can't easily parse what games are in stock. You can't just say "only show what is online & what are in my nearby stores". Probably 60-75% of these games in these massive lists are out of stock for shipping, and out of stock locally. It makes it a chore to find anything you'd want, much less 4 of them, much less enough if you wanted to get to a free shipping tier. It's a bummer.
Getting to talk to Josh Holmes and DelHoyo for this story was truly a dream come true.
Lol halo will never be relevant.
Wow, looking at this list, 343i really is listening.
Boosting base speed and strafe acceleration is something a lot of pro players really wanted. Reworking ground pound is crucial for those like myself, who hated how it got in the way of crouch jumping. I'm glad to see that they're bringing back the old rocket launcher. Some of the weapons layouts allowed for too much dominance when playing AR/pistol starts (truth in particular), but it appears that they are addressing this too. The sheer number of medals and announcer comments was annoying, I'm glad that is being toned back. And as the win statistics have proven, some maps had visibility issues that favored blue team.
I'm glad this has been a true beta, instead if the marketing betas we've been seeing all gen.
They had me at bringing back the OG rocket launcher
loving this sooo far
cant wait!!!