Halo 5, Guardians of the desert?
Following today’s announcement of Halo 5, 343 Indsutries has given us the first official piece of concept art for the game. Just like the teaser trailer that was revealed last year, the concept art also show a lot of desert. The image can be seen below. Frank O’Connor, development director of 343 Industries, revealed the art earlier today in a blog post. Frank not only reveals the concept art but also hints at the direction Halo 5 will take and what the future has in store.
O’Connor stated:
“It’s quite likely that Bonnie’s 2015 release announcement today surprised no one in the Halo community. In fact, I suspect most of you who read the Halo Bulletin regularly anticipate there’s even more to come. Well you might be right, but we’ll have significantly more to say about that at E3 and beyond. Suffice it to say, another shoe has yet to drop.
“But getting the Halo 5: Guardians announce out of the way is a big weight off our shoulders. This audience has correctly stated and assumed that you can’t necessarily squish a full Halo game into anything less than a three year development schedule – and at least up to and including Halo 5: Guardians, that’s more or less true.
“But we’re not just making a new game in that three year span, we’re also making a new engine. During the development of Halo 4, we pushed the Xbox 360 and the engine to its limits, and we were happy with the way we were able to make the Halo universe look. The Xbox 360 still has a few tricks up its sleeve, even now. We are moving to a whole new platform with the Xbox One – a new architecture, new graphics hardware and bluntly some new ways to think about gaming, period.
“Bonnie also called out 60fps and dedicated servers last year – attractive, desirable, and possibly expected upgrades to the Halo experience. After all, we won’t be the first 60fps shooter out there. That said, these must-haves are not necessarily easy to achieve.”
Certainly the hype for Halo 5 will continue to build as we get closer to a release date. E3 will play a major role in the excitement for Halo 5 and I’m sure we can expect to hear more news regarding the game then. We will keep you posted if any further information regarding Halo 5 is revealed before E3.
Let us know in the comments if you are as excited for Halo 5 as I am!