At Halo Fest 2014 they revealed gameplay for Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta! The Halo 5 Beta will be available to those who pick up a copy of Halo: The Master Chief Collection and will run from Dec. 29, 2014 through Jan. 18, 2015.
Here’s a Halo 5: Guardians Multilayer Beta ViDoc they aired
Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta Gameplay
Slayer on the map Truth, the remastered Midship for Halo 5: Guardians
Slayer on the map Empire
Breakdown on the map Crossfire. Breakout is new gametype where 2 teams play best of 9 rounds where you have 1 life – first to 5 rounds wins
4 Unlockable Armor Sets for Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta were revealed. You can unlock these by earning achievements in Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Nightfall
Watch the Halo: Nightfall Episode 1 Second Story (Unlocks Helmet)
Watch all 5 episodes of Halo: Nightfall (Unlocks Armor)
Mark VI
Earn the “Your Journey Begins” Achievement in MCC
Complete 1 match or mission
Mark VI Scarred
Earn the “Cairo Station” Achievement in MCC
Play and beat the Cairo Station mission in Halo 2 Anniversary
Helioskrill
Earn the “Legend” Achievement in MCC by completing all 4 campaigns on Legendary
Midship will be remastered in Halo 5: Guardians. Here’s the evolution of the map since Halo 2 as we compare the screenshots from Midship, Heretic (Halo 3), and Halo 5: Guardians
343 Industries presents the first details of the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta available in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The beta will focus on 4 vs. 4 arena-style gameplay, giving players their first taste of the next generation of Halo multiplayer.
The Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta will have:
7 maps, one of them is Midship from Halo 2
3 Game types
4v4 Arena focus
No loadouts, “fair start”
7 armor sets
11 sandbox weapons
Energy Sword (seen on Midship map)
SMG
Assault Rifle
Battle Rifle
DMR
Rocket Launcher like weapon
Sniper
4 Unknown
Unlockable item(s) that will carry over to Halo 5: Guardians
Here are some Halo 5 Multiplayer Beta screenshots and concept art
Today during the Halo: Nightfall panel 343 Industries revealed that Jameson Locke, or Agent Locke, the star of Halo: Nightfall will also be playable in Halo 5: Guardians!
So it appears 343’s second Halo game is following a well-known pattern. Back in 2004 Halo 2 introduced us to the Arbiter and made him a playable character with his own campaign missions that intertwined with the Master Chief.
At today’s panel it was also revealed that the Halo: Nightfall digital series is set on a broken piece of the first Halo ring from Halo CE. Frank O’Connor stated that [Nightfall] is the story of Locke growing into a Spartan. Locke’s story is “a superhero origin story” that’s more closely integrated to Halo 5: Guardians than Forward Unto Dawn was with Halo 4.
The question if Agent Locke was a friend or foe to the Master Chief was dodged but Frank O’Connor stated that next year (2015) at San Diego Comic Con they will answer that question.
More details will continue to be announced throughout SDCC so be sure to comeback!
Halo: Nightfall introduces a pivotal new character, Jameson Locke, a legendary manhunter and agent with the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), Earth’s most powerful and secretive military branch. When he and his team are caught in a horrific biological attack, they unravel a plot that draws them to an ancient, hellish artifact, where they will be forced to fight for their survival, question everything, and ultimately choose between their loyalties and their lives.
Taking place between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians, Halo: Nightfall is Locke’s origin story which will lend insight and understanding into the character he becomes in Halo 5: Guardians.
First look at Agent Locke who will be a key character in Halo 5: Guardians and Halo: Nightfall. Nightfall is a digital series and will tell Agent Locke’s origin story.
Halo: Nightfall is a live-action digital series produced by Ridley Scott. It will air this fall as part of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Agent Locke will be played by Mike Colter.
Halo: Nightfall is Ridley Scott’s a live-action Halo series. Halo Nightfall will reveal Agent Locke’s origin story and will connect the stories of Halo 4 leading us right to Halo 5: Guardians. The digital series will have 5 episodes and will release alongside the release of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on November 11th 2014.
Halo 5: Guardians will feature a new Spartan character, called Agent Locke. First introduced when the official title was revealed and thanks to E3 we know this character’s name.
According to Bonnie Ross, Agent Locke plays a “key role” in Halo 5 Guardians. But before Halo 5 we will get to learn about Agent Locke’s backstory and origin story through the live-action digital series Halo Nightfall – which is NOT to be confused with Stephen Spielberg’s Halo the Television Series.
Halo Nightfall is being produced by Ridley Scott – known for Blade Runner, Alien, and Prometheus – and the series will be directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan – known for Battlestar Galactica and Heroes.
According to HaloWaypont in the series “A strange and treacherous world exposes elite UNSC operatives to a much deeper danger”
Bonnie Ross said that “You don’t have to watch this, but knowing this will kind of tee you up for all the new things that are going on in Halo 5: Guardians.” Nightfall will connect the stories of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians and will have narrative connections to Halo: The Television Series.
Bonnie Ross informed us that Locke will be prominent in both Halo: Nightfall and Halo 5: Guardians but it is still Master Chief’s show and story. She went on to say that the Master Chief”… is human, he’s always been human, but at the end of Halo 4 he really is reflecting on who he is and why he exists. That was very deliberate because the story we want to tell on Xbox One really is an important part and the main part of his hero’s journey. It’s more about what he’s searching for versus what the UNSC is asking him to do.
Nightfall won’t be the only part of The Master Chief Collection that drops Halo 5 hints. The terminals in Halo 2 Anniversary tease the story of Halo 5, but this time from the perspective of The Arbiter. In one cinematic the Arbiter says: “How well do you know your friend, human? And what would you call me if you learned the truth of what I have done?” Also Blur Studio is producing an epilogue and prologue that will quote “leave you on the doorstep of Halo 5”.
At San Diego Comic Con this year 343 Industries will reveal more about how Halo Nightfall and Halo 5 Guardians will interact.
The goal is to align Steven Spielberg’s Halo Televisions Series with Halo 5: Guardians as this separate live-action series is planned to launch around the same time as Halo 5 – in fall 2015.
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