Halo 5: Guardians goes gold; day zero patch already planned
343 Industries has announced Halo 5: Guardians has gone gold, although it's also revealed a patch will be waiting in the wings.
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343 Industries has announced Halo 5: Guardians has gone gold, although it's also revealed a patch will be waiting in the wings.
Halo 5: Guardians' Forge mode has been revealed, and boy, it looks like it's going to offer a lot of options for creators.
343 Industries Senior Multiplayer Designer Lawrence Metten fill us in on everything new happening with Halo multiplayer.
The Halo series has had some large-scale multiplayer battles in the past, but nothing has ever felt quite as massive as Halo 5: Guardians' Warzone multiplayer mode. So how well does the game's REQ system play with this mode? Shacknews opens a few packs to find out.
There was something that felt a bit off with Halo 5: Guardians' multiplayer beta. For this writer, it didn't quite feel like the Halo games of old. That concern is starting to dissipate after going hands-on with Arena multiplayer once again, as the new mechanics appear to be smoothing out.
Two stories are unfolding in Halo 5: Guardians, but they'll both have one thing in common. Friends will make all the difference, whether they be human or AI. Shacknews recently had a chance to go hands-on with both Master Chief and Spartan Locke.
Halo 5: Guardians' Warzone multiplayer is about to add an extra degree of complexity with the addition of the new REQ system, an idea inspired by collectible card games like Hearthstone and Magic: The Gathering. Need further explanation? Allow a Nick Offerman-voiced cartoon Spartan to elaborate.
Halo 5: Guardians has received two new videos that take a closer look at its overall campaign, as well as offering direct in-game footage of a portion of its story.
343 Industries is trying something new with Halo 5: Guardians' multiplayer modes as maps won't be dictated by how many votes it receives from players.
Microsoft and 343 Industries ended PAX Prime in a big way by releasing one of the opening cinematics for Halo 5: Guardians, introducing Spartan Locke's Red team of soldiers.