Ridley Scott’s ‘Halo’ series to serve as prequel to ‘Halo 5: Guardians’

If you want to have more background information on the upcoming Halo 5: Guardians game, then you best check out Ridley Scott’s upcoming Halo-themed show called Nightfall. With Scott at the helm, it helps bring Microsoft’s game to full circle as the franchise has taken inspiration from Scott’s deep-space horror film, Alien. The origin story will revolve around Agent Locke, which 343 Industries head Bonnie Ross has said plays a pivotal role in the game. There is no word yet on how many episodes there would be but you will be able to catch five before the beta version comes out.

Source: Engadget

Microsoft tipped to release re-mastered suite of ‘Halo’ games for Xbox One

Microsoft wants to give new Halo 5 gamers a chance to catch up with the franchise with an upcoming release. The Verge reports that Microsoft will release past Halo games, including Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 4, sometime this year. These titles is said to be released under the Halo: The Master Chief Collection. If these rumours are to be believed, this is good news for those who haven’t been able to catch up with the franchise yet.

Microsoft brings out big gaming guns with Halo mobile game

Needing a leg up on the competition, Microsoft announced the upcoming availability of a major game franchise to Windows Phone 8 (and Windows 8). There will be coming this July a new Halo game called Halo: Spartan Assault said to fit right between Halo 3 and Halo 4 worlds. It drops the first person perspective and adopts a third-person perspective seen in real-time strategy titles such as Halo Wars.

Source: Forbes