Halo 5: Guardians Officially Announced

Microsoft has officially announced Halo 5: Guardians for Xbox One and said that it will, as expected, debut next year.

Halo 5: Guardians is described as a “massive and exciting project” by 343 Industries, who went on to say “the next instalment in the legendary sage of the Master Chief”.

The most exciting news is that it will be the first Halo game to run at a native  60 FPS and utilise dedicated servers.

Microsoft also released one image to accompany the announcement. We can expect to hear more at E3 but we have already been told that the Spartan shown below is a completely new addition to the series (and not Cortana as I had been marking out for).

So that's Halo 5: Guardians summed up, but 343 also spoke cryptically about the “journey” we're all about to go on. “That journey definitely begins in 2014 with a giant leap, rather than one small step”.

Whatever could it mean? Some sort of beta? Or perhaps they is talking about the Halo 2 Anniversary edition that has been rumoured over the last few months - after all, Halo 2 will be 10 years old this November. Alternatively there is talk of a Master Chief remake which will feature the aforementioned Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 4 for next gen.

 

A mystery, then, but one we won't have to wait long to solve.