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Halo 5 Release Date: New Game Coming to Xbox One in 2014 Microsoft Exec Tweets (TRAILER)
Beloved Xbox franchise Halo is coming to the Xbox One this year according to Tweets by Halo senior PR manager Rob Semsey.
Yesterday 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.
Currently, a smaller scaled Halo game was released, Halo: Spartan Assault, an intense co-op mode that puts gamers familiar with the series in an all new type of fire fight.
The game's matches take a lot of strategy and teamwork by whoever the gamer is player with as the enemies come in different waves of varying degrees of difficulty. Polygon reported that the demo was "frantic" and "chaotic" but overall a unique experience.
"If you look at the kind of shooter this is, bringing back the Flood and adding an extra player is a very different experience to the main campaign, but one that's very complementary," lead designer at 343 Industries Mike Ellis said to Polygon. "The idea being we wanted to emphasize people sticking together and co-operating and complementing each other's attributes. So if one person is using a short-range weapon against the Flood, I would use the long-range weapon to take care of the big guys. We can stand on the turrets together in order to maximize our fire power."