Adventurer, below you lurks a new Xbox One sizzle video that’s mostly a collection of lingering hardware close-ups. There is, however, one Point of Interest: the magical phrase “Halo 5” is visible during a shot of the console’s UI. Your choices at this point are twofold: you could jump around ecstatically at the idea that Halo 5 is most definitely and certainly A Thing. Or, you could read this enthusiasm-killing clarification from developer 343 Industries.
“The Xbox One dashboard images shown in the recently released Xbox One Design Show video, were placeholder and not indicative of future game content,” it reads. “As previously stated, your next Halo journey will begin in 2014, and we’ll have more detail to share at E3 in June.”
If you’ve read any of recent rumours about the first Halo game on Xbox One, you’ll gloss “your next Halo journey will begin” as “we’re making Halo 2 Anniversary first”. The latter is said to be down for release in November, and will allegedly grant access to a Halo 5 beta. Various sources claim that 343 – which has teased unannounced projects in addition to Halo for Xbox One and the Halo TV series – has enlisted Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary co-developers Saber Interactive and Certain Affinity to help out.
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