Halo: Spartan Assault
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Template:Game Infobox Halo: Spartan Assault is an upcoming "twin-stick shooter" video game developed by Vanguard Games in collaboration with 343 Industries. It is designed for Microsoft Windows 8 (with support for both PC and tablets such as the Microsoft Surface), as well as Windows Phone 8. Set between the events of Halo 3 and Halo 4, the game will feature 25 missions that tell the story of the SPARTAN-IV Program's earliest operations.[1][2][3]
Plot summary
Set sometime between March 2553 and July 2557, Halo: Spartan Assault explores the SPARTAN-IVs' first Spartan Ops during the Battle of Draetheus V.[citation needed] This battle is part of the second war between the UNSC and the remnants of the Covenant, which is still being waged during the events of Halo 4.[1][4][5] The story unfolds through a historical computer simulation which the SPARTAN-IVs use for combat analysis and training, much like Halo 4's War Games mode;[2][6] this framing structure likely explains some of the game's arcade-like elements, such as weapons' ability to fire continuously.
The campaign has two protagonists, Commander Sarah Palmer and Spartan Davis, whose first meeting will be depicted in the Halo: Initiation limited comic series.[4] Rather than the in-engine cutscenes used in most Halo games, Spartan Assault will instead make use of motion comic-style animations between missions, much like the terminals in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and Halo 4.[3]
Integration features
Halo: Spartan Assault will be closely integrated with the player's experience in Halo 4. Experience points, all-new Achievements, and unique emblems can all be unlocked for one's Halo 4 Spartan career. Additional integration features available after launch.[1]
Appearances
Characters
UNSC
- Davis (First appearance)
- Commander Sarah Palmer
Covenant
Equipment and technology
- Hard light
- M2705 Regenerative Kinetic Dispersal Field
- MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor
- Sangheili combat harness
- Type-27 Responsive Holographic Form Emulator
Vehicles
- UNSC
- UNSC Infinity
- UNSC Eminent Domain (First appearance)
- Charon-class light frigate
- AV-14 Hornet
- D77H-TCI Pelican
- M313 Heavy Recovery Vehicle
- M808 Main Battle Tank
- M850 Main Battle Tank
- M9 Main Anti-Aircraft Tank
- Covenant
- CAS-class assault carrier
- CCS-class battlecruiser
- Type-25 Troop Carrier
- Type-26 Assault Gun Carriage
- Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft
- Type-47 Ultra Heavy Assault Platform
- Type-52 Anti-Aircraft Artillery
- Type-52 Troop Carrier
Weapons
- UNSC
- MA5D Individual Combat Weapon System
- BR85 Heavy Barrel Service Rifle
- M395 Designated Marksman Rifle
- M6H Personal Defense Weapon System
- M45D Tactical Shotgun
- M7/Caseless Submachine Gun
- M247T Medium Machine Gun
- M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon
- M363 Remote Projectile Detonator
- M6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle
- M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenade
- Sniper Rifle System 99-Series 5 Anti-Matériel
- Covenant
- Type-1 Antipersonnel grenade
- Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword
- Type-2 Energy Weapon/Hammer
- Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol
- Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher
- Type-51 Directed Energy Rifle/Improved
Locations
- Draetheus system (First appearance)
- Draetheus V (First appearance)
Organizations
Species
Gallery
Title art.
Concept art of Draetheus V.
A view of a planet's surface, presumably Draetheus V's.
A damaged Charon-class light frigate falling from the sky.
The horizon of Draetheus V or one of its moons.
Commander Sarah Palmer in one of the game's motion comic-style cutscenes.
Davis wearing his GEN2 Recruit armor.
Sources
- ^ a b c Halo Waypoint - Halo: Spartan Assault
- ^ a b Halo: Spartan Assault Announce Trailer
- ^ a b GameInformer: 343 Industries Reveals Halo: Spartan Assault
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint - Halo Initiation Writer Interview
- ^ Coming this summer: Windows Phone Blog A new Halo for Windows Phone 8
- ^ The PA Report: The next Halo game is coming to hardware you don’t have, and software you don’t want
