Halo 5: Guardians Announced

343 Industries announced that Halo 5: Guardians will launch for Xbox One in the fall of 2015.

But they have lots of plans for Halo, and we’ll hear more about them at E3 in just a few weeks. Bonnie Ross, general manager of 343 Industries, said in the announcement: “Halo 5: Guardians is a bigger effort than Halo 4. That applies to the content and scope of the game, as well as the technology in what’s now a brand new and more powerful engine. Certainly there are some core elements carried over from prior games, but we’ve invested a huge effort in retooling our tech to take full advantage of the Xbox One’s hardware and ecosystem to create worlds and experiences worthy of next-gen.” The game will run “at 60 frames per second, on dedicated servers, with the scope, features and scale we’ve been dreaming of for more than a decade.

“Many fans noted that I was very deliberate with my phrasing on stage at E3 last year. I spoke about a ‘journey,’ rather than a destination – and that journey definitely begins in 2014 with a giant leap, rather than one small step. We’ll give you much more information about our plans for this year at the Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing on June 9, and we’re confident that Halo fans will be pretty excited [about] the special plans we have in store.”

If they’re teasing this announcement now, what else will they reveal at E3?? Could the “giant leap” that “begins in 2014” be that brand new game engine – running a Halo 2: 10 Year Anniversary Edition?!