Halo 5: Guardians
A solid campaign and wonderful competitive multiplayer sees 343 finally make its mark on Halo.
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Digital FoundryHalo 5: Xbox One X's most impressive 4K upgrade?
The way it's meant to be played.
RecommendedHalo 5: Guardians review
Locke and load.
VideoVideo: Watch 20 minutes of Halo 5 Warzone gameplay
And listen to our impressions.
FeaturePhil Spencer on Xbox's big year
The importance of exclusives, PC, VR and more.
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Halo 5 tops chart, outsells Assassin's Creed Syndicate launch by 50%
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Halo TV show due in 2020, features Master Chief in lead role
Will follow "a new story".
Microsoft's Halo TV series is really happening
It's Showtime.
Someone built the Titanic in Halo
What a time sink.
Spielberg's Halo TV show "still in very active development", network claims
But when will it be Showtime?
Digital FoundryHalo 5: Xbox One X's most impressive 4K upgrade?
The way it's meant to be played.
FeatureShould you buy an Xbox One X?
Finish the fight. Again.
Xbox One X comes hand in hand with massive downloads
Want to play Gears of War 4 in 4K? Brace yourself for 103GB.
Inside every Xbox One X is a tiny Master Chief riding a scorpion
Mendicant BIOS.
This is Halo in mixed reality
The Heretic.
343 to revamp Halo 5 Warzone mode to make it more balanced
Truth and reconciliation.
Halo 5 will have 4K support on Xbox One X
All Xbox 360 Halo games are getting backwards compatibility.
Microsoft allows Halo PC fan project to live
Put a ring on it.
There will be "at least" five new Xbox Game Pass games every month
No games will leave before November.
Halo 5's lack of Master Chief was a "huge disappointment", 343 admits
Studio reflects on "really painful" Master Chief Collection launch, too.
FeatureWhy Halo's biggest problem may be Halo itself
And what Halo 5 might have learned from Halo 3: ODST.
Halo 5 tinkerer made an awesome Zelda Link to the Past Grifball map
And you can play it now.
Halo 5 update finally adds custom game browser
Find the fight.
Halo 5: Forge hits PC in September
Anvil's Legacy update adds new weapons and maps.
There's a little Master Chief hidden inside the new Xbox One S
Why Halo there!
Big Xbox summer sale kicks off tomorrow
The Division! The Witcher 3! Halo 5! More!
Halo 5 free to download and play for a week alongside Warzone Firefight launch
Reach for the stars.
1080p Project Scorpio games "will look different" and some "run a little better" than on Xbox One/S
"I'm trying to be transparent with people," says Spencer.
Halo 5's Forge is coming to Windows 10 this year for free
Upload maps to Xbox One.
Halo 5's most annoying enemy nerfed
Warden not so eternal.
Halo 5's beefy Ghosts of Meridian update goes live
Warzone Firefight beta begins next week.
Halo 5 to get Infection
Sick.
Halo 5 Grifball has a betrayal problem - 343's on the case
Splash damage.
Halo 5's touching tribute to player who lost his teenager daughters in a house fire
Spartans Never Walk Alone.
Halo 5 to receive co-op survival mode Warzone Firefight this year
Today's Hammer Storm update adds new modes, maps and weapons.
Forge expert recreates Star Wars podrace in Halo 5
Anakin in the UNSC.
Halo 2's Battle Rifle shoots its way into Halo 5
Brap! Brap! Brap!
FeatureBetter than Halo?
Stealth Destiny article.
Looks like Halo 5 microtransactions are doing the business for Microsoft
This is why they exist.
Halo 5's most disliked map pulled over exploits
Orion bites the dust.
Halo 5 the "biggest Halo launch in history"
But we still don't know how many copies it's sold.
Why Halo 5's radar is driving some players up the wall
So near, sonar.
FeatureRich Stanton on: From Billions to Bedrooms
Life in the sausage factory.
RecommendedHalo 5: Guardians review
Locke and load.
Here's the Halo Master Chief Swarovski Helmet
343 Guilty Sparkle.
Digital FoundryWhat works and what doesn't in Halo 5: Guardians
Digital Foundry presents its final analysis of the Master Chief's full Xbox One debut.
FeatureHalo 5's campaign goes back to basics - and it's all the better for it
Olly olly oxen free.
Halo 5's day one multiplayer update is 9GB
Clan support, aka Companies, detailed.
People are already posting Halo 5: Guardians ending spoilers
Those jackals.
FeatureWhy I hope we never see Master Chief's face
Everyman for himself.
Halo 5's campaign lasts 8-12 hours - if played on normal
Multiplayer update out before the game.
Halo 5's new Forge mode looks much improved
But it's not out until December - a month-and-a-half after the game.
VideoVideo: Watch 20 minutes of Halo 5 Warzone gameplay
And listen to our impressions.
Digital FoundryDigital Foundry: Hands-on with Halo 5: Guardians
Has 343 Industries really delivered a locked 60fps across both campaign and multiplayer?
FeatureOn the hunt for Halo 5's spark
Hands-on with the campaign for Xbox's biggest game.
There's no map voting in Halo 5 Guardians
Democracy inaction.
FeaturePhil Spencer on Xbox's big year
The importance of exclusives, PC, VR and more.
Digital FoundryDigital Foundry vs the Halo 5 Gamescom demo
Impressions and analysis on the latest campaign reveal.
VideoVideo: Wandering around the show floor at Gamescom 2015
"Well, that was awkward."
How's Xbox doing?
Well. Well enough?
Digital FoundryCan Halo 5 deliver on its 60fps promise?
Digital Foundry assesses 343 Industries' E3 showing.
Halo 5's multiplayer microtransactions cause a stir
Cosmetic items only for Arena, but questions remain about Warzone.
New Xbox One Experience this autumn
UI overhaul complete with Cortana voice assistant.
FeatureThe E3 Bulletin: Tuesday
Everything that would never happen, happened.
Our first look at Halo 5 campaign gameplay
Finish the fight again.
Warzone is 24-player Halo 5 multiplayer
Carnage report.
Oculus Rift comes with a wireless Xbox One controller
Stream Xbox One games to Oculus Rift via Windows 10.
Halo 5: There's good news and bad news
UPDATE: Will require Gold account for co-op after all.
Halo 5's story sees Master Chief team up with Blue Team in single-player and co-op
Linda, Fred and Kelly, that's who. Plus: Nathan Fillion's back.
Halo 5 set for October 2015
Locked down.
Halo 5 ARG includes Serial-style fictional podcast exposé on Master Chief
I Still Love Bees.
Halo 5 lets you turn off sprint and other Spartan Abilities in custom games
Beta feedback sparks big changes. We quiz developer 343.
Digital FoundryDigital Foundry: Hands-on with the Halo 5 beta
Is 343 Industries on-track in delivering a true generational leap?
Halo 5: Guardians beta will weigh in at 10.27GB - report
Beta than Halo?
FeatureDigging deeper into Halo 5: Guardians' new Smart Scope and Spartan Abilities
"It adds to the dance."
Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta is 720p, 60fps
First officially-released gameplay footage within.
FeatureSmart Scoping with Halo 5: Guardians' multiplayer beta
343 goes back to Halo's roots - with all mod cons.
Leaked Halo 5 videos reveal new scope and sprint mechanics
Studio head moves to calm fear, confirms descope is back.
Leaked Halo 2 Anniversary cutscene touches on the Halo 5 story
SPOILERS, SPARTANS.
Halo: Nightfall to debut on 10th November
Along with a first look at Halo 5: Guardians' multiplayer beta.
Microsoft insists Master Chief remains "integral" part of Halo 5: Guardians
After actor calls playable Agent Locke "primary character".
What did Alien director Ridley Scott actually do for Halo: Nightfall?
"I'm not going to pretend his footprints and fingerprints are all over it..."
Halo 5: Guardians beta runs three weeks from December 29th
Plus: Halo Channel and Halo 2 Sanctuary map remake announced.
Watch the first footage of live-action TV series Halo: Nightfall
Ridley Scott-produced show reveals upcoming playable character.
Microsoft is shuttering Xbox Entertainment Studios, original programming
UPDATE: Remedy's game/TV show hybrid Quantum Break unaffected.
Halo to stay Xbox One exclusive - for now
"We're listening to the PC fans..."
343's master plan for Halo 5: Guardians
"We can no longer say we're new to this franchise."
Halo: The Master Chief Collection includes Halo 1-4
And a Halo 5 beta key, and Halo Nightfall TV series.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection looks set for Xbox One
With access to a Halo 5 beta?
Microsoft announces Halo 5: Guardians for Xbox One
UPDATE: Concept art released. Due "fall of 2015", but our "journey" will begin this year.
US TV actor cast in Halo digital feature - report
Prison Break creator has written the script.
Microsoft names E3 2014 press conference date and time
9th June, 5.30pm UK time.
Microsoft's Xbox Originals programming to begin this June
Halo TV series and "digital feature" still on the cards.
Xbox One launches in Japan 4th September
Will it suffer the same fate as its predecessors?
Ridley Scott working on new Halo "digital feature project"
Out this year.
Voice of Master Chief says Halo 5 is out 2015
And Halo 2 Anniversary Edition is out this year.
Microsoft's Siri-rival Cortana will be powered by Foursquare - report
Welcome home, John.
Microsoft: no plans for a Halo movie
Pours cold water on recent reports.
Shake-up at Halo developer 343 Industries
Plus, our first glimpse at Halo for Xbox One?
FeatureMost Anticipated: Halo for Xbox One
First-person Forerunner.
The next Halo game is still on track for this year
Despite Microsoft not mentioning it in its 2014 lineup.
FeatureDevelopers' Most Anticipated Games of 2014
Titanfall! Destiny! The Witcher 3! The Last Guardian (hopefully)!
Xbox One and Xbox 360 to get original TV shows early 2014
"We aren't Netflix, we aren't Amazon, we're a different animal."
Halo and Gears of War writer joins Amazon Games Studios
"I wouldn't be there unless something cool was brewing."
Microsoft confirms Xbox One adaptor for Xbox 360 headsets
Will be sold separately.
Xbox One records the last five minutes of your gameplay
UPDATE: But how long does PlayStation 4 give you?
Xbox One reputation system will punish griefers, reward good gamers
"You'll start to see some effects if you continue to play bad."
A list of every confirmed Xbox One game
From Assassin's Creed to Zumba Fitness.
Halo Xbox One screenshots
Well, captured from the trailer.
"Halo Xbox One" due next year, runs in 1080p at 60fps
First screenshots and video shown.