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Halo 5: Guardians

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Halo 5: Guardians
Cover of Halo 5: Guardians.

Primary developer:

343 Industries[1]

Support developer(s):

SkyBox Labs (PC port)
Liquid Development (Armor models)

Publisher(s):

Microsoft Studios[1]

Writer(s):

Brian Reed

Composer(s):

Kazuma Jinnouchi

Engine:

Blam engine

Platform(s):

Release date(s):

October 27, 2015[1]

Genre(s):

First-person shooter[1]

Mode(s):

Campaign[1]
Cooperative[1]
Multiplayer[1]
Forge
Theater

Rating(s):

ESRB: Teen (T) for Blood, Mild Language, and Violence[2]

 

"The quest of the hunter and the hunted has begun."
— Official summary[3]

Halo 5: Guardians (typically referred to as Halo 5 or Guardians) is the ninth installment in the Halo franchise.[4] The second game in the Reclaimer Saga, Guardians is set a year after Halo 4, and follows Fireteam Osiris, who are tasked with hunting the Master Chief and Blue Team, who have gone AWOL in search of Cortana, following her presumed demise.[4]

Originally alluded to in a teaser trailer shown at Microsoft's E3 Media Briefing on June 10, 2013, Halo 5: Guardians was officially announced on May 16, 2014, and the first major coverage of the game was unveiled at E3 2014, with the announcement of a multiplayer beta, set to debut via the then-upcoming Halo: The Master Chief Collection.[5][4] Exclusive to the Xbox One,[4][6] the game was released on October 27, 2015.[1]

The game grossed more than $400 million in its opening week, surpassing Halo 4's record of $300 million.[7] However, it had the weakest opening sales of any mainline Halo title in the UK and Japan.[8][9] Halo 5 sold 5+ million retail copies worldwide as of January, 2016.[10][11][12]

Following its launch, Halo 5: Guardians was supported by a myriad of post-launch content updates, which were launched between the end of 2015, and the end of 2017, beginning with Battle of Shadow and Light, and ending with Overtime. These added new maps, gametypes, weapons, and customization options for players. Guardians was also partially ported to PC in the form of Halo 5: Forge, which launched on Windows 10, and was released on September 8, 2016, featuring the game's signature Forge mode, custom games, and a custom games browser.[13] The sequel to Guardians, Halo Infinite, released on December 8, 2021.