New Halo 5 "Guardians" Trailer

[Night Hunter]

 

It's almost time. You can feel it in the air. That soft tingle in your Twitter feed, as companies start furiously paying for promoted tweets. E3 is coming, and you are going to know about it whether you want to or not. 343 Industries has been ahead of the curve on this, of course. They've been dishing out Halo 5 Guardians advertisements both expected and unusual for weeks now, so the fact that we have a new trailer focused on the man hunting Master Chief should come as no surprise.

 

 

Let's just say it's not quite as cryptic as its predecessors. Showing Spartan Locke cleaning up Covenant with a raft of techniques familiar to anyone who played the multiplayer beta, it's all action, no brains. 

One more interesting point - there's a moment in the trailer that shows a first-person view from Locke's helmet, as he zooms in on a group of Covenant, seemingly marking or targeting them. The blurb for Locke's helmet also explains that it "enhances situational and threat awareness." Has 343 just sneakily shown us an armour ability of some kind? It's always shaky to draw anything from a CGI trailer, but Halo's traditionally fond of dropping game-related clues into its marketing, so let's not rule anything out.

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Microsoft and GameStop today released a new Halo 5 Guardians trailer that shows off the Spartan Locke Armor Set, which will be available only at GameStop to people who pre-order the upcoming Xbox one title.

The pre-order offer is valid at all GameStop stores in the United States. The Spartan Locke "HUNTER-Class" armor will be available to use in the game's multiplayer mode from day one.

Here's a breakdown of the content, courtesy of Microsoft.

 

• HUNTER-Class Armor: Sophisticated and lethal, HUNTER-class armor incorporates Watershed Division's latest warfighting technology.
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• HUNTER-Class Helmet: Though still considered a prototype implementation, the HUNTER's sensor suite enhances situational and threat awareness.
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Halo 5 launches October 27 exclusively for Xbox One. GameStop is also offering a special Halo 5 poster to anyone who preorders with them. Retailer-specific pre-order bonuses for other stores have not been announced yet.

Spartan Locke is described as "the UNSC's elite manhunter," and in the Halo 5 campaign is seeking out Master Chief. Locke is even a playable character in Halo 5 though you'll also get to play as Chief, of course.

The nature of the Locke/Chief relationship remains unclear, though it certainly sounds interesting. Mike Colter, who played Locke in Ridley Scott's live-action Halo: Nightfall, mentioned previously that he "can't confirm whether he's a friend or foe of Master Chief," but he also offered up some more clues about that relationship. Locke is on a manhunt for Master Chief, however, "...you won't know what the purpose of finding Master Chief is [right away]. Or what will happen if we do find him, what condition he will be in, and where he's at mentally. But I'm sure that'll be a plot twist in Halo 5."

Addressing Halo 5 overall, Microsoft said today that the new Xbox One shooter is a major leap forward for the franchise. "Featuring new and classic weapons, a host of brand-new Spartan abilities that completely transform the way you engage enemies, and more, Halo 5: Guardians marks the greatest evolution in franchise history," it said.

[zakrzeW]

Loool that graphics and effects.Nice game,I will wait for this on torrent 

[Vanaraud]

Yeah well, lost track after the series went exclusive on toaster box. I doubt the graphics will match GTX 980 or upcoming r9 390x... I wonder if it playes also this well on launchbox or is it rendered on Quad-SLI TitanX as the DX12 demo was?

Too bad would played it on PC...