After releasing last week a 15-second cryptic video teaser of the first-person shooter video game “Halo 5: Guardians,” Microsoft has officially announced the worldwide release date of the most anticipated game on Xbox One by stating that it is going to be on October 27.
With the announcement, “Halo 5: Guardians” becomes the only Xbox One video game retail exclusive with a confirmed release date this year. Since both the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Wii U have yet to get a release date for their video game retail exclusives this year, “Halo 5: Guardians” is also the major console exclusive of any kind that is already confirmed for 2015, notes Metro.
The original “Halo: Combat Evolved” has been the flagship video game of Xbox since 2001. It was because of the game that millions of video game enthusiasts were convinced to purchase the original Xbox gaming console.
Microsoft is obviously optimistic that “Halo 5: Guardians” will give the Xbox One the splendid and superb performance that the first video game gave the original Xbox consistent with its highly-touted billing as the best game on the next gen gaming console.
Two new trailers
In order to highlight the announcement of the official release date of “Halo 5: Guardians,” Microsoft has also launched two new gameplay trailers, both 74 seconds long, that focus on the two main protagonists of the game.
The first one focused on series regular and sentimental gamer favorite Master Chief, while the second one dwells more on Spartan Agent Jameson Locke.
The tagline of the “Halo 5: Guardians” advertisement is ‘who is the hunter and who is the hunted’ alluding to the likelihood that players can actually chose to play Master Chief or Agent Locke, similar to “Halo 2,” where gamers had the opportunity to play either the Master Chief or his nemesis.
Based on the cinematic trailer showed by game developer 343 Industries at the E3 event in June 2013 at Los Angeles, Master Chief, a.k.a. John-117, is still to be the game’s hero. It was said then that he would face a number of challenges and would need a Herculean effort to stay alive while continuously being hunted and on the run.
Worth the wait
Bonnie Ross, boss of game publisher 343 Interactive, says that they really wanted that “Halo 5: Guardians” to be a game that is really worth the wait for gamers. He added that the video game shall really pay off the epic promise of the Halo universe in terms of scope, scale, and drama.
The 343 Interactive chief said that they wanted to mesmerize players with the sheer size of the worlds and battles that “Halo 5: Guardians” would offer them to experience like they have never experienced before.
Ross said that “Halo 5: Guardians” would certainly leave players and gamers questioning their previous perceptions about heroes, marvels, and mysteries.