Microsoft released the opening cinematic for the highly-anticipated Halo 5: Guardians this morning. It’s a 3 minute, 36 second thrill ride that lays out the basic story for the game–a team of Spartans needs to penetrate behind enemy lines and rescue a scientist from the Covenant–but more importantly shows off its incredible graphics. Also: Nathan Fillion.
Halo 5 will be available exclusively for the Xbox One, and is set to be released on October 27. The game is available for pre-order today, along with Limited Edition version that includes codes to upgrade your Spartan and a Metal Earth Guardian statue. For the truly hard-core fan, $250 will get you the Limited Collector’s Edition that includes a Master Chief statue. And finally, if you want to upgrade to the Xbox One so that you can play Halo 5, there’s a Console Bundle that includes everything from the Limited Edition, along with a 1TB custom Xbox One console.
More details about the game can be found on the official site.
Rob Huddleston
Rob, GeekDad's Gaming Editor, is a technical writer for Google (provided by HCL). He is alo college professor teaching design, programming and 3D printing, watches a ridiculous number of movies, plays as many board games as he can, and loves history, from the medieval period to the technological age. He's also the Umpire-in-Chief for his local Little League, and is a Little League Certified Tournament Umpire. His kids are a 20 year old college junior and a 16 year old high school senior. (Although there's a good chance that they're older now and this just hasn't been updated.)
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