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Monday4th Jul 2022
News Bungie Designer Shows Off Awesome Halo 5 & Halo Infinite UI Concepts
These look epic!
Games go through masses and masses of concept phases, especially huge AAA projects like, you know, launching a mainline Halo title. Well, Bungie designer Jeff Christy has shared some concepts from their time working on Halo 5 and Halo Infinite, and some of these look quite different to the final products! First up, Halo 5. The team...
Wednesday15th Sep 2021
News 343 Industries Has 'No Plans' To Bring Halo 5: Guardians To PC
But "never say never"
You may remember that in the gigantic NVIDIA GeForce leak earlier this week, Halo 5: Guardians came up as a mention, leading many to speculate that 343 Industries might be bringing the game to PC for the first time. However, this has now been shot down by Halo community director Brian Jarrard, who took to Twitter to respond to...
Friday30th Jul 2021
News Get Double XP In Halo 5's Warzone Turbo Mode This Weekend
Missed out on the Halo Infinite preview?
You've not made it into the Halo Infinite multiplayer technical preview this weekend, so what else can you do? Don't worry, 343 is still showing some love for the rest of the Halo community this weekend with the announcement Halo 5: Guardians will be hosting double XP in Warzone Turbo matches. For the...
Monday29th Mar 2021
Random Halo Fan Recreates Iconic Star Wars Scene In Forge Mode
Star Wars is always popping up in Alderaan places
Give a player the tools to create their own levels and you're going to get some crazy creations. The latest example comes from Halo 5's Forge Mode, which has seen an iconic Star Wars scene come to life. Specifically, this fan has recreated the Tatooine sunset scene from the Star Wars series...
Sunday6th Dec 2020
News 343 Announces Halo: Point Of Light, A New Novel Arriving In March 2021
The follow-up to Smoke & Shadow and Renegades
Over on the official Halo Waypoint website, 343 has revealed a new novel by Kelly Gay. It's a follow-up to Halo: Smoke & Shadow and Halo: Renegades, and is officially titled Halo: Point of Light. Here's a bit about it - with the events reportedly taking place a month before Halo 5: Guardians. It's...
Tuesday27th Oct 2020
News 343 Industries Celebrates Halo 5's Fifth Anniversary
Has it been that long?
We've got another Halo anniversary to celebrate! This time, it's for Halo 5: Guardians which released five years ago - all the way back on October 27th, 2015 - as an Xbox One exclusive. To celebrate the occasion, 343 Industries has been giving out Double XP for the game all month (and will continue to do so throughout the...
Friday23rd Oct 2020
News Halo 5 Won't Be Enhanced, But Will Perform Better On Xbox Series X
"We're excited for you all to jump on"
There was plenty of excitement in the Halo community earlier this week when it was announced that Halo: The Master Chief Collection would be getting a 120FPS enhancement for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, but it also conjured up some questions about the fate of Halo 5: Guardians on the new consoles. In...
Wednesday21st Oct 2020
News Get A Free Copy Of Halo 5: Guardians With Monster Energy
While supplies last
It's freebie time! Monster Energy is currently giving away free copies of Halo 5: Guardians as part of its Monster Energy x Halo Infinite promotion (US only), but you'll need to be quick as supplies are limited. To sign up, you'll need to head to the Earn Rewards website and create a new account, after which you "will have the...
Tuesday13th Oct 2020
News 343 Has No Plans To Add Halo 5 To The Master Chief Collection
'Sorry to crush your dreams'
There's been a bit of speculation over the past couple of years that 343 Industries might eventually add Halo 5: Guardians to Halo: The Master Chief Collection in an attempt to gather as many Halo games in the package as possible, but the studio has confirmed that this isn't in the plans (thanks RPS). In its latest blog...
Wednesday19th Aug 2020
Random Halo Infinite's Demo Is Now Being Recreated In Halo 5: Forge
See a side-by-side comparison
We've already seen recreations of the Halo Infinite demo in certain other games, and now videos and screenshots are starting to pop up of the same campaign in the Forge mode of Halo 5: Guardians. Yes, a number of talented Forge users have successfully remade parts of the demo in the expansive creation tool. As...
Wednesday1st Apr 2020
News Get A Video Message From Master Chief And Help Fight COVID-19
Throughout April
Big Halo/Master Chief fan? Then this one's for you. The legendary voice of Master Chief, Steve Downes, is currently offering personalised video messages via Cameo, and throughout the month of April, he'll be donating all proceeds an organisation working to fight the coronavirus. The US-based organisation is called Project...
Monday30th Mar 2020
News Halo 5: Guardians Has Added DLC Supporting The Coronavirus Relief Fund
All proceeds go to the fund
You can now purchase DLC directly supporting the GlobalGiving organisation's Coronavirus Relief Fund in Halo 5: Guardians. It's called the "Relief and Recovery REQ Pack", and features various rare items for use in Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer for the price of $9.99. Microsoft says that from now through April 30, 2020,...
Monday12th Oct 2015
News UK Xbox One Digital Game Prices Unexpectedly Rise
That's all we needed
It appears that the prices of some digital Xbox One games have taken a bit of a leap up over the weekend, without any sort of explanation as to why. Titles that were available for preorder on Friday for £44.99 - Halo 5: Guardians and Rise of the Tomb Raider most noticeably - are now at the £49.99 mark. In a world where the...
