Well, this is different. The Halo universe is getting two all-new vehicles, but you won’t see them in the campaign mode of the game they’re attached to. The Grunt Goblin, a mech suit piloted by a Covenant Grunt, and the UNSC Wasp, a vertical take-off air vehicle for Spartans, will …
Read More »Halo 5 Memories of Reach update adds armor, Infection mode, fixes, and its live now
Halo 5 (opens in new tab) is getting one of its most significant additions thanks to the Memories of Reach update. The free DLC package adds Infection mode and armor themed around Noble team from Halo: Reach (opens in new tab), and it’s live today. Infection (opens in new tab) …
Read More »Halo 5 REQ pack sales boost World Championship tournament by $500K
Turns out that Halo 5 (opens in new tab)’s REQ packs (digital card packs containing weapons, vehicles, armor unlocks, and various boosts) have been pretty popular. Hardly more than a week post-launch, they’ve already contributed (opens in new tab) half a million to the formerly $1 million prize pool for …
Read More »Halo 5: Guardians beats Bond at the UK box office
One man, set against a shadowy conspiracy, with only his wits, his friends, a cool suit, and the best gadgets governmental slush funds can buy. OK, yes, I could be talking about Iron Man, or Batman, or Robocop, or awful Jackie Chan vehicle ‘The Tuxedo’, but I’m actually using this …
Read More »Halo 5s Spartan Companies are stat-tracking supersoldier clans
Halo 5: Guardians (opens in new tab) will feature clan support for those looking to join a group of like-minded supersoldiers – just don’t call them clans. Spartan Companies, as developer 343 and publisher Microsoft refer to these groups, are already live (opens in new tab), meaning you can start …
Read More »Get a Halo 5 REQ pack early by listening to supersoldiers wax philosophical
Halo 5 (opens in new tab)’s unlock system operates via REQ packs – digital cards that grant access to weapons, armor, and more. When the game comes out on October 27, you’ll be able to buy them with in-game or real-world money. But right now, today, you can unlock your …
Read More »Compare every Halo 5 limited edition in this handy showcase video
There’s a lot of stuff packed into the Halo 5: Guardians (opens in new tab) limited editions – and yes, there are multiple versions. With the addition of REQ packs in Halo 5 – which got their own breakdown video released earlier today (opens in new tab) – the folks …
Read More »Halo 5: Guardians is rated T, unlike pretty much every other Halo
Halo 5: Guardians (opens in new tab) is rated “T for Teen” by the ESRB. That wouldn’t be a big deal, if not for the fact that every other Halo has been rated “M for Mature” (aside from Halo Wars and those Spartan twin-stick shooter games). Halo 5’s potentially objectionable …
Read More »Less Master Chief will make Halo 5 feel smaller. Good.
Thanks to Microsoft’s E3 press conference, I’m officially excited to play Halo 5. It wasn’t the gameplay that did it, though four-player Halo-style combat with characters that aren’t just carbon copies of each other is definitely intriguing. No, it was the fact that, for the first time in years, Master …
Read More »Halo 5 limited editions will be the only way to watch the Fall of Reach animated series
The Halo 5 Limited Collector’s Edition (opens in new tab), Limited Edition and Digital Deluxe Edition will include access to a special animated series from SEQUENCE, the studio behind Halo 4 (opens in new tab) and Halo 2: Anniversary’s Terminal videos, and will be the only way to view said …
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