Trending News|January 10, 2014 11:27 EST
Halo 5 Concept Art Sneak Peek Revealed by 343 Studios as New Art Director Steps in for Xbox One Project (PICTURE)
New Halo 5 concept art was revealed yesterday by video game studio 343 for their upcoming Xbox One installment of the company's flagship game.
The new concept art can be seen here.
The picture was revealed because of the departure of former art director, Kenneth Scott. This piece is the work of Nicolas Bouvier, his replacement.
"Kenneth leaves some pretty massive shoes to fill on the Art Director front, but we are lucky to have another artistic giant stepping up to take the reins. Nicolas "Sparth" Bouvier is taking over for Kenneth as Art Director. Nicolas has been with the studio since the beginning as our Lead Concept Artist and he has worked closely with Kenneth over the past five years to define the visual language for 343's Halo," 343's Josh Holmes wrote on Halo Waypoint.
Halo is coming to the Xbox One this year according to Tweets by Halo senior PR manager Rob Semsey.
Earlier this week he Tweeted the following:
Xbox Wire today mentioned a few 2014 titles; Halo on Xbox One not listed due to official name of the next title not announced yet.
"” Rob Semsey (@RobSemsey) January 6, 2014
Rest assured your next Halo journey WILL begin in 2014. #staycalm "” Rob Semsey (@RobSemsey) January 6, 2014
Dubbed as Halo 5, the game is currently in development and was announced at E3 2013. According to Microsoft vice president Phil Spencer's interview with Polygon, the next-gen Halo game did not launch with the Xbox One because the team was dedicated to making Halo 4 a complete and flawless game for the 360.