Halo: Fireteam Raven

Halo: Fireteam Raven
Developer(s):	343 Industries Play Mechanix
Publisher(s):	Raw Thrills
Release date(s):	July 10, 2018
Genre(s):	Rail Shooter

Halo: Fireteam Raven is a cooperative arcade sci-fi shooting game from arcade legends Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix in a unique partnership and collaboration with 343 Industries.

The game was initially released as an exclusive to Dave & Buster's in North America, but was later released internationally. As of May 2018, there are no plans to release it for non-arcade platforms.

Synopsis

Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Fireteam Raven takes place concurrently with the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. The game opens on September 19, 2552, with the UNSC Pillar of Autumn arriving in the Soell system at Installation 04, being met by the Fleet of Particular Justice. Fireteam Raven are briefed by Major Antonio Silva on their mission; defend Pillar of Autumn from Covenant boarders. The team then proceed to battle a variety of Grunts, Jackals and Elites inside the ship, making their way through the internal corridors. Eventually, the team are commandeered by Wellsley to take a spacewalk into a breached compartment and man the ship's M910 Rampart turrets, fending off Covenant strike fighters. Eventually, the team re-enter the ship and link back up at their drop pods. On their way back, they encounter Master Chief entering his own lifeboat.

At this point, they are informed that Captain Keyes has ordered all personnel to abandon ship. The team enter their drop pods and proceed to land on Installation 04 in time to watch the Pillar of Autumn crash in the distance. The team then begin making a twenty-eight hour hike across the installation, guided by Wellsley, to reach the ship's crash site. They arrive in time to observe a raid being conducted by allied UNSC forces, and proceed to assist by manning a Warthog. Eventually, the team help the Marines secure the ship, and are consequently taken to Alpha Base. Here, the team is debriefed by Major Silva, though the meeting is interrupted by the start of a Covenant attack. Fireteam Raven help the Marines fend off several waves of dropships, before manning some captured Shade turrets to begin fending off aircraft. The attack is eventually reinforced by a Lich, Upright Chalice, though the Lich soon departs.

Eventually, Fireteam Raven are recalled for Falcon extraction, as a new threat has emerged in the canyons near the ring's Control Room. The Fireteam are deployed into the canyon, gunning down Flood forms from the gunships' machine gun turrets, before unloading onto the canyon floor to provide a distraction for combatant Flood and Covenant in the area so the Master Chief can achieve his mission of destroying the ring. The team are eventually pressed in by Flood forces before being saved by the Master Chief, who promptly departs. Eventually, the Falcon lands to extract the Fireteam once again, though is hit by a Wraith plasma mortar round, causing the helicopter to crash in another part of the ring. Fireteam Raven survive the crash, and move to take cover in a Forerunner structure nearby, while battling more Flood and Covenant. Eventually, the team are faced with two Flood Juggernauts, though are able to defeat them in time for a Pelican dropship to land and extract them.

The dropship takes Raven to join another UNSC attack on Pillar of Autumn's crash site, this time with the aim of stopping the Covenant and Flood on the ring from preventing the Master Chief from destroying the Installation. Raven are deployed in a Warthog to attack the Covenant head-on, but are soon stopped by a Scarab. The squad then get into the back of a Falcon and board the Scarab from the air, taking it down. They proceed to fight some more Flood and Covenant forces before the Pillar of Autumn's fusion drives are detonated and ring explodes. Fireteam Raven are killed in the explosion.

Spoilers end here.

Characters and setting

Set in the timeframe of the original Halo: Combat Evolved, this new immersive experience hot-drops players feet first into the boots of Fireteam Raven – a group of elite Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODST) – on the surface of Alpha Halo as they try desperately to prevent the alien Covenant alliance from taking control of the ancient superweapon.

Campaign

The Fireteam Raven campaign features six missions:

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  Escape

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  Rubble

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  Alpha Base

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  Ice Canyon

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  Raven Down

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  Last Stand

Appearances

Characters Antonio Silva Ava Lang (First appearance) Ethan Graves (First appearance) Jacob Keyes (Mentioned only) John-117 Marcus Hudson (First appearance) Victor Ramos (First appearance) Wellsley Species Flood Flood carrier form Flood combat form Flood pure form Flood Juggernaut (First appearance) Flood tank form Pod infector Forerunner (Technology only) Human Kig-Yar Lekgolo Mgalekgolo Sangheili Unggoy Yanme'e Organizations Covenant Covenant military Fleet of Particular Justice United Earth Government United Nations Space Command UNSC Marine Corps Orbital Drop Shock Troopers Fireteam Raven (First appearance) UNSC Navy Locations Soell system Threshold Installation 04 Alpha Base

Events Human-Covenant War Battle of Installation 04 Battle over Installation 04 Raid on the Pillar of Autumn Battle of Alpha Base Battle for the Control Room Mission to Destroy Installation 04 Vehicles CCS-class battlecruiser D77-TC Pelican Halcyon-class light cruiser UNSC Pillar of Autumn M12B Warthog M12 Chaingun Warthog M808C Scorpion Scarab Type-47B Scarab Seraph Morsam-pattern Seraph Type-25 Spirit Type-26 Banshee Type-27 Banshee Type-52 Phantom Type-56 Lich Upright Chalice (First appearance) Wraith Type-26 Wraith UH-144 Falcon Weapons Assault cannon M247H machine gun M41 SPNKR M41 LAAG M460 Automatic Grenade Launcher M6G magnum M9 fragmentation grenade M90 shotgun M910 Rampart point defense network MA5B assault rifle Type-1 energy sword Type-1 plasma grenade Type-25 plasma pistol Type-25 plasma rifle Type-26 Shade Type-31 Needle Rifle Type-33 needler Focus cannon Technology and equipment Artificial intelligence Smart AI Kig-Yar combat harness Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor MJOLNIR [GEN1] Mark V ODST armor Sangheili combat harness Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle Unggoy combat harness UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform

Arcade machine

Game features

• 130inch Panoramic 4K Display
• 4-Player Action with Force Feedback Guns
• 5.1 Surround Sound
• Exclusive stats and rewards for players who link with their Xbox Live Gamertag/Account via a QR code

Arcade machine specification

• Cabinet weight: 3060lbs
• Height: 9'9"
• Width: 11'4"
• Depth: 9'9"

Marketing

Reveal trailer

Main article: Halo: Fireteam Raven Arcade Experience Reveal Trailer

A reveal trailer was released on May 17, 2018 on YouTube, showing the first in-game gameplay of Halo: Fireteam Raven.

Pre-launch test

On June 16, 2018, in Rosemont Illinois, there was a pre-launch test of Fireteam Raven at the local Dave and Buster's.

Gallery

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Images

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  Arcade Machine.

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  A hunter pair in the game.

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  Another Hunter pair.

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  A Scarab in the game.

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  Warthogs assaulting the crash site of the Pillar of Autumn.

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  Stat screen.

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  Flood in the game.

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  A screenshot from mission 1.

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  A screenshot from mission 2.

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  A screenshot from mission 3.

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  A screenshot from mission 4.

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  A screenshot from mission 5.

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  A screenshot from mission 6.

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  Brochure.