Unease Peanut Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) The Halo Channel announced At Gamescom, 343i announced that they will release a central hub called The Halo Channel. From this hub you'll have acces to all halo games and content that will be available on the Xbox One. The Master Chief Collection will of course be integrated in this hub and from within this channel you'll also be able to stream your gameplay to Twitch and show of your l33t skills. They also made a small announcement regarding The Master Chief Collection. They've now shed some light upon the ranking system which will be similair to the one in Halo 2. Halo 5: Guardians beta date Along with The Halo Channel announcement 343i gave us the time period in which we can play the Beta. The Beta will be playable from the 29th of december untill the 18th of January. Which is 3 weeks playing time! (Talk about a Happy New Year) The Beta is focussed on 4v4 combat on 7 maps and 3 gametypes. You'll also be able to play around with 11 different weapons and a few armour skins. Along with all that you will be able to unlock items that will carry over to the full game. Loadouts will not be in this beta so every Spartan starts out equally. In the press conference 343i revealed some screenshots as well which can be viewed down here: How hyped are you now? Let me know down below! Thank you for reading! Source Source Source Source This post has been promoted to an article Edited August 12, 2014 by Unease P34nut 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCPO Mayh3m Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Yes! Looks and sounds excellent. I also love the inclusion of fair stars into Halo 5: Guardians. Everyone starts with the same weapons. A Midship remake as well seen in some of the screenshots above. Great Article P34nut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRF BaDInTentZs Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) Excellent!! The H2 ranking was far superior to the latter ones. Mucho stoked!! Reducing the beta time by a week is garbage though Edited August 12, 2014 by TRF BaDInTentZs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Composite Armour Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) "Loadouts will not be in this beta so every Spartan starts out equally." That makes it sound like they'll be coming back in the full game... Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Edited August 12, 2014 by Ledgend1221 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unease Peanut Posted August 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 "Loadouts will not be in this beta so every Spartan starts out equally." That makes it sound like they'll be coming back in the full game... Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! They might... They might not. They haven't really specified that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Is not JL Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Wait so Is The Halo Channel basically Waypoint on Xbox One Also I'm certian they'd be bringing back loadouts, within selective playlists. It's just that within the beta, loadouts aren't available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedStarRocket91 Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Wait... seven maps in the beta? That's fantastic, as hopefully it means that there's going to be even more maps available once the full game is released. I'm a little disappointed by the fact that there aren't going to be loadouts in the beta, but hopefully they'll make a return, and if anything unlocked is going to carry over to the full game it'll be nice to be able to get a feel for it before I have to use it for real with my stats on the line. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guts Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Its surprising how much they are letting us see and interact with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldfreeze Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Just dropping this BECAUSE I HEARD THE GOSHDARN MJOLNIR THEME YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Kenway Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Midship and maybe a Skyline re make? (Bottom screenshots) this looks siiick I wanna see some gameplay now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinWarrior Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 DAT SMG DOOOOOOOE Also, anyone know what weapon this is? Looks like a rocket launcher/Spartan laser hybrid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBritishSpartan Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 So, This is just Waypoint 2.0 but this time with a terrible name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 So, This is just Waypoint 2.0 but this time with a terrible name? How can "Waypoint" be considered better than The Halo Channel? lulz THC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonderWombat Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 "Loadouts will not be in this beta so every Spartan starts out equally." That makes it sound like they'll be coming back in the full game... Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Might be seeing what kind of reception they get for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldfreeze Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Might be seeing what kind of reception they get for it. I don't see harm in loadouts. It gives me the option to master my own play style and not everyone plays with br and have fun with that. With loadouts I can change tactics on the fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBritishSpartan Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 How can "Waypoint" be considered better than The Halo Channel? lulz THC. How can it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 Loadouts came to be because of all of the complaints about AR/DMR/BR starts in previous Halo releases. If loadouts are in this game, and you have previously complained about the starting weapons in previous titles, you literally have no one to blame but yourselves if you don't like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrhuntington Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 Keith David. I have missed your voice so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 How can it not? Meh, it's completely a matter of different tastes. To me, "Halo Waypoint" sounds really tacky. To you, I guess, "The Halo Channel" sounds really tacky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonderWombat Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 I don't see harm in loadouts. It gives me the option to master my own play style and not everyone plays with br and have fun with that. With loadouts I can change tactics on the fly. I don't mind them either, but if getting rid of them means the return of the online population then I am for getting rid of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrhuntington Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 I don't mind them either, but if getting rid of them means the return of the online population then I am for getting rid of them. "What I do... I do for the Greater good." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unease Peanut Posted August 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 Sacrifices must be made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrhuntington Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 I always loved Halo Waypoint on the console because of the old Halo 1-3 music that would play while browsing stats. I would turn waypoint on just to listen to the soundtrack. So heavenly. + it's a decent place to get information on different story elements. I also thought that white and black sketch on waypoint comparing the sizes of ships and random objects in the universe was really cool. Excited to use the new features! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apoc Video Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 I'm looking forward to Halo 5, also the new character. (Since it's been annoying to play as MC all the time.) Also, does anybody have any news about the new character? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldfreeze Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 I'm looking forward to Halo 5, also the new character. (Since it's been annoying to play as MC all the time.) Also, does anybody have any news about the new character? You call the savior of the human race annoying? I play Halo for the chief. I really find the other characters either lacking or just really random (What did the rookie do, besides wandering through the city in ODST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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