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The series has had its ups and downs over the years, especially with Halo 5 proving to be a major disappointment for anyone who has a stake
in the single-player campaign
Halo 6, possibly known as 'Halo Infinite,' will hopefully be a return to form, and remind people why Halo has been so highly regarded in the
The plot will likely feature Master Chief and his allies resisting the new regime, and restore freedom and liberty to humans and aliens
It's also being developed using a new engine known as the 'Slipspace Engine,' and appears to be based on one of the many Halo ring
maybe PC (see below for more details)Halo 6 trailers and screenshotsHalo 6 appears to have been announced during E3 2018 at the start of
Microsoft's keynote, referred to as 'Halo Infinite' and the trailer is available above
The trailer sets the stage for another conflict on a Halo ring world.There isn't much else to take away from the trailer other than
establishing, dramatic landscape shots and a glimpse of Master Chief's helmet
Judging by the appearance of prehistoric-like animals, we wouldn't be surprised if this next game wasn't set in the past somehow.And, of
course, the Warthog is back
Oh, and we see Master Chief jack some sort of chip into the back of his helmet
In the past, Halo games have tended to have a three-year gap between the main titles
The only exception to this was the two-year gap between Halo Reach and Halo 4, which can mostly be attributed to the fact they were both
developed by different studios (Bungie and 343i, respectively).Halo 5 Guardians came out in October 2015, and following the usual pattern
would suggest a late-2018 release for Halo 6
That said, there are a few things we already know.A roundabout confirmationIt looks like the next Halo game is confirmed to be in the works!
Whether it's called Halo 6 is another matter entirely, but following the reveal of a brand new arcade games called Fireteam Raven 343
Industries' Community Manager Brian Jarrard took to Twitter to promise fans that the release hadn't impacted the development of the next
Bonnie Ross, head of 343i, confirmed this piece of news in February at DICE 2017.The decision to remove split-screen co-op from Halo 5, in
favour of an online-only version, was met with criticism from fans, as it had been a staple Halo feature that had been around since the
first game was released in 2001
first introduced in Halo 5
These systems included the option to drop in and out of gameplay at will, four-player cooperative play, and specialised loadouts for the
different playable Spartans in the campaign.Following the troubled launch of The Master Chief Collection back in 2014, Bonnie Ross told Game
Informer (via IGN) that all Halo games will have some sort of beta prior to the official release
yet to be announced whether the beta will be available to everyone, or just those who receive a code by purchasing a different
maps to play on, along with a Forge map editor and a Firefight horde mode.You can probably expect the game to run at 4K 60FPS on the Xbox
One X as well, given its status as a first party title
That likelihood is increased by the fact Halo Wars 2 is already capable of running at 4K, and Halo 5 will be getting a 4K update in the near
full main-series Halo game to hit PC since the release of Halo 2 PC in 2007
This would also mean you could pick up a copy of Halo 6 on Xbox One and still be able to download and play it on your PC without buying a
Cortana and The Created (a group of AI who believe themselves to be superior to organic life) seized control of the galaxy using massive
Forerunner constructs known as Guardians
The Created were determined to bring order by force, and had the tools to do it
timeline of Halo Wars 2, and the final cutscene, indicates that Halo 6 is unlikely to be set less than six months after the events of Halo 5
to the galaxy.Loot boxesIf you've been hearing rumors that Halo 6 will be inundated with Loot Boxes, try not to fret too much
On his podcast, industry reporter Brad Sams' claims that sources had told him Microsoft wanted to include loot boxes in Halo 6 but was
however, has called the rumors "bunk." Taking to the ResetEra forums, O'Connor stated that 343 is "not reevaluating anything (significant)"
before adding that "Microsoft' isn't designing anything for the next game - 343 is." O'Connor said that while the team watched the
Battlefront 2 backlash "with the curiosity you'd expect", they believe that the req system currently in use Halo 5: Guardians are "player
work on our next game and technology with player's needs and interests in mind, " O'Connor continued, "However the story as loosely
presented as it is - has no bearing on or relation to any current efforts
I suppose you could say 'company x is evaluating feature y' and always have some grain of truth, but we are neither aping nor adapting an
unrelated system from another game."O'Connor finished up by stating that 343 Industries would be evolving its systems and tech "in the
future" and that maybe then the emerging stories about changing systems and tech would "have brief applicability
aftermath of his battle with Master Chief was covered in the comic series Halo Escalation, it was implied that he would eventually return
Of course not all players read the comics, leaving his eventual fate unknown to most
This question also raises the problem of integrating the lesser-known expanded universe canon into the games, which 343i has been wont to do
since it took over the franchise from Bungie.Wish listAfter the cliffhanger ending of Halo 5 Guardians, and a petty lackluster campaign
plot, what Halo 6 really needs is solid story with a satisfying end to the story
A more equal approach to the campaign/multiplayer balance will also help address some of the issues people had with the previous
could let players unlock more powerful weapons that gave them an unfair advantage
While a lot of games have a lot of success selling cosmetic items (Team Fortress 2 and Overwatch come to mind), players are less enthused
about Pay-to-Win systems.A link to Halo Wars 2 would also be welcome, and finally bring the story of the UNSC Spirit of Fire back into the
Spartan Locke might have been an interesting character, but players buy Halo expecting to play as their favourite super soldier - not a
low-budget knock-off.E3 is the world's largest exhibition for the games industry, stuffed full of the latest and greatest games and gaming
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