Halo 5: Guardians was announced a few weeks ago, coming to Xbox One during fall 2015, and it will be the start of an all new series of games for Master Chief in the next gen. However, 343 Industries is trying to move away from using numbers on Halo games, which is part of why this new game has the subtitle ‘Guardians’. Speaking to OXM during an interview at E3, 343 Industries head Bonnie Ross had this to say:
One of the reasons we’re looking at Guardians – at some point we want to stop numbering, right. So we’re looking at, especially on [Xbox] One, if I had my druthers we wouldn’t have called Halo 4 “Halo 4”. We really look at that as the start of where he’s going, going forward. It’s just that we’re a new team and that’s how fans look at it.
With Halo 5: Guardians we’re trying to give ourselves permission, hopefully get the fans to give us permission – at some point we need to drop that number. And still let you know that there’s a big story coming.
It would still be a Master Chief story. I just don’t want us to get to, like, Halo 17. We’re not Final Fantasy, we can’t do it.
While this may not directly signify that the series is going all the way to a 17th title, it does mean that Halo will continue on for some time now and Ross is hoping that they don’t use increasing numbers. At E3, Halo: The Master Chief Collection was formally revealed, following a surprise announcement in the previous week. This package will give gamers access to the Halo 5 beta which is coming this fall.
