Halo 5: Guardians

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Halo 5: Guardians,^[1] announced simply with the title Halo and commonly referred to as "Halo Xbox One" prior to the unveiling of its official title, is the upcoming ninth installment in the Halo franchise. Announced on June 10th, 2013 with a teaser trailer shown at Microsoft's E3 Media Briefing, the game is in development and is set to be released in 2015.^[1] It will be exclusive to the Xbox One.^[2]^[3]

Marketing

E3 2013 announcement trailer

Main article: Halo Xbox One E3 announcement trailer

First shown at Microsoft's E3 2013 conference, the announcement trailer for Halo Xbox One opens with a hooded figure journeying through a desert on an alien world. The figure, revealed to be John-117 clad in battered MJOLNIR armor, clutches Cortana's empty data crystal chip as he encounters an enormous Forerunner machine rising from the sand.^[3]

Rather than announcing a particular title in the manner of a conventional teaser, the trailer was intended to showcase the future direction of the Halo franchise in a broader sense, in particular the "journey" the Master Chief would undertake. Thus many of the elements in the trailer are most likely more symbolic or general as opposed to being directly representative of this particular game.^[4]^[3]

Features

Note: all subjects below are listed tentatively based on their appearance in the teaser trailer and concept art.

Characters

Cortana (Data chip only)
John-117

Species

Forerunner (Technology only)
Human

Organizations

United Earth Government
- United Nations Space Command
  - UNSC Navy
    - Naval Special Weapons
      - SPARTAN-II Program

Vehicles

Equipment and technology

Data crystal chip
MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor
- MJOLNIR [GEN1]
  - Mark VI (Modified variant)
Unidentified Forerunner machine

Locations

Unidentified planet
- Unidentified moons

Gallery

HaloXboxOneLogo.jpg

The Halo logo from the announcement teaser.
Sparth unknown future project.jpg

Concept art of the UNSC Infinity stationed above a human settlement.

Sources

^ ^a ^b IGN: Halo 5: Guardians Announced
^ Microsoft Xbox One briefing E3 2013
^ ^a ^b ^c Halo Waypoint: Halo Xbox One
^ IGN Microsoft on Halo 5, Halo 2 Anniversary

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[IGN-H5-1] IGN: Halo 5: Guardians Announced

[2] Microsoft Xbox One briefing E3 2013

[trailer-3] Halo Waypoint: Halo Xbox One

[4] IGN Microsoft on Halo 5, Halo 2 Anniversary

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