Halo 5: Guardians

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Halo 5: Guardians, 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 Fall 2015. It will be exclusive to the Xbox One.

Marketing

E3 2013 announcement trailer

Main article: Halo Xbox One E3 announcement trailer

In their E3 2013 conference, Microsoft showed a teaser trailer intended to showcase the future direction of the Halo franchise on the Xbox One. Rather than announcing Halo 5 in particular, the trailer announced the presence of the Halo franchise on the new console, set to debut in 2014 with an unspecified Halo title.

The teaser 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.

Features

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

Characters

• Cortana (Data chip only)
• John-117

Species

• Forerunner (Technology only)
• Human

Organizations

• United Earth Government
  • United Nations Space Command
    • UNSC Navy
      • Office of Naval Intelligence
      • Naval Special Weapons
        • SPARTAN-II program

Vehicles

• D79-TC Pelican
• UNSC Infinity

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

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  Halo 5: Guardians logo.

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  Promotional art released upon the announcement of the Halo 5: Guardians title.

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  Preliminary box art.

• 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.