Its a good time to be a Halo fan. A public Multiplayer Beta for Halo 5 will go up at the end of December, and if you care to relive the entire mainline series on Xbox One, The Master Chief Collection drops on November 11th. You should care, but if every core-series, single and multiplayer map in glorious 1080p at 60fps doesnt do it for you, you should know - the Collection also contains new narrative connections that feed directly into Halo 5. Also... a Beta Key. We know the Halo 2: Anniversary Edition will tease aspects of Halo 5, from the Arbitors perspective. The mysterious Spartan weve been seeing is named Agent Locke, or at least thats what the Arbitor calls him in one of the official trailers. We hear ol Arbys voiceover mention him, just as we see an extremely high-definition Master Chief kick that spiky bomb at that massive Covenant ship. Remember? From Halo 2. Well find out more about Agent Lockes humble origins in Halo: Nightfall, the Ridley Scott produced digital series. Allegedly, Agent Locke is also Playable in Halo 5. And its all barely starting to make sense We thought 343 Industries Halo 4 was decent, but no better than what Origins was to the Arkham Seriesa serviceable entry that neither improves nor tarnishes the creators vision. Perhaps Halo 5 will be elevated by its story ties to Bungies Halo 2, even more so now that 343 already have a Halo game under their belt. The new Gamescom trailer mentions a focus on small maps with four man teams, which sort of dampens our hopes for large-scale battles in single-player or multiplayer, but there have also been some pretty wild rumors of an open-world galaxy with several planets. Were assuming 343 will be pushing scope, like nearly every new-gen, AAA developer, and where else does Halos sandbox-style map design have to expand but through some broader, more physically seamless conceit. 343s sophomore album needs to ride on more than just updated graphics and series tropes. Master Chief doesnt have much room left to evolve as a faceless, uber-gruff super-soldier and we hope that what we saw at the end of Halo 4 wasn't a bluff. Halo fans are ready for something deeper. Its about time we get to know the Man under the Mjolnir.
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