Halo 5: Guardians continues the story of the Master Chief, and introduces a brand new central character to the Halo universe – Spartan Locke.  Peace is shattered when colony worlds are unexpectedly attacked.  And when humanity’s greatest hero goes missing, Spartan Locke is tasked with hunting the Master Chief and solving a mystery that threatens the entire galaxy.

Experience the most dramatic Halo story to date in a four-player cooperative epic that spans three worlds. Challenge friends and rivals in new multiplayer modes: Warzone, massive 24-player battles, and Arena, pure 4-versus-4 competitive combat.

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Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition Bundle

Featuring a 1TB custom-designed console and controller, a full game download of Halo 5: Guardians, the Warzone REQ Bundle that includes 14 premium Requisition Packs, access to Halo: The Fall of Reach animated series, and more. The bundle is available starting Oct. 20 for an estimated retail price of $499.99/399 pounds/499 euros, so fans will have the benefit of pre-downloading Halo 5: Guardians to be ready for launch day.

Halo Limited Edition Controllers

• Xbox One Limited Edition Halo 5: Guardians Wireless Controller. Featuring a unique laser-etched design inspired by Spartan Locke and UNSC technology, the controller includes metallic blue accents, UNSC military insignias and a bonus Requisition Pack including the Resolute visor. The controller will be available starting in early October for an estimated retail price of $69.99/59.99 pounds/69.99 euros.
• Xbox One Limited Edition Halo 5: Guardians “The Master Chief” Wireless Controller.Featuring the signature green and metallic orange accents of the Master Chief’s armor, the controller includes laser-etched designs and a bonus Requisition Pack including the Dauntless visor. The controller will be available starting in early October for an estimated retail price of $69.99/59.99 pounds/69.99 euros.

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Key Features:

• An Intense Story on a Galactic Scale: Hunt the truth. Featuring epic worlds, epic battles and epic scale, Halo 5: Guardians riveting campaign weaves a dramatic story full of new and fan-favorite characters and enemies that will forever change the Halo universe. The Master Chief and Blue Team have gone missing, and tasked to hunt them down is the UNSC’s elite man hunter, Spartan Locke, and Fireteam Osiris. As the pursuit continues, they begin to unravel the mystery behind an unstoppable force that threatens the entire galaxy.
• Your Team is Your Weapon: Play with up to three friends through seamless drop-in/out online cooperative play on dedicated servers and experience the story through the perspective of each Spartan Fireteam, or play solo and issue unique commands to your Spartan team letting the new Fireteam AI turn them into deadly weapons on the battlefield.
• The Next Evolution of Halo Combat: Halo 5: Guardians evolves Halo’s core gameplay with new and improved movement and gunplay, powerful Spartan Abilities that deepens the battlefield experience with a dynamic arsenal of new ways to engage enemies, all at a bristling fast 60 frames per second using an overhauled Halo engine.
• Iconic Score and Immersive Audio: With an engrossing score that embodies classic Halo themes, brand-new audio effects and dialogue that dynamically captures the changing action on the battlefield, Halo 5: Guardians makes every piece of music, gunfight and explosion come to life like never before.
• Warzone – An all-new massive multiplayer experience, Warzone is built from the ground up to take advantage of Xbox One and Xbox Live. With up to 24 players, Warzone combines the best elements of Halo into one, gigantic multiplayer mode. Featuring maps three to four times larger than any previous map in Halo, players will freely take on multiple objectives, battling against enemy players as well as AI opponents, all linked together through the Requisition System (REQ System).
• Arena: Halo’s established legacy of pure, skill-based 4-vs-4 competitive combat, thrives in the Arena multiplayer mode. Featuring maps, modes, weapons, movement and combat abilities that have been fine-tuned to be perfectly balanced, Arena is designed for competitive gamers and eSports with new features, such as CSR (Competitive Skill Rating) system and spectator mode.
• Requisition (REQ) System: The REQ System richly rewards players with REQ Points after each match in Arena or Warzone. Redeem REQ Points to unlock weapons, armor, skins, assassination animations and more. In Warzone, use the REQ System to call in weapons and vehicles to turn the tide of battle.
• Extensive Multiplayer Content: Halo 5: Guardians features the most multiplayer content in any Halo game, with over 20 multiplayer maps available at launch and more than 15 additional multiplayer maps being added through June 2016 at no additional cost². Post-launch, players can also expect new community created maps, a constant rotation of multiplayer game modes and a huge variety of unique armor sets, weapons, skins, visors, emblems and more through the REQ System.