The Halo Channel announced along with the Halo 5: Guardians beta date

[Unease Peanut]

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!

 

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This post has been promoted to an article Edited August 12, 2014 by Unease P34nut

[MCPO Mayh3m]

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!

[TRF BaDInTentZs]

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

[Composite Armour]

"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

[Unease Peanut]

"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.

[Is not JL]

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.

[RedStarRocket91]

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.

[Guts]

Its surprising how much they are letting us see and interact with.

[Coldfreeze]

Just dropping this

 

BECAUSE I HEARD THE GOSHDARN MJOLNIR THEME YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Connor Kenway]

Midship and maybe a Skyline re make? (Bottom screenshots) this looks siiick I wanna see some gameplay now

[VinWarrior]

 

DAT SMG DOOOOOOOE

 

Also, anyone know what weapon this is?

 

 

Looks like a rocket launcher/Spartan laser hybrid?

[TheBritishSpartan]

So, This is just Waypoint 2.0 but this time with a terrible name?

[The Director]

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.

[WonderWombat]

"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.

[Coldfreeze]

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.

[TheBritishSpartan]

How can "Waypoint" be considered better than The Halo Channel?

 

lulz THC.

 

How can it not?

[The Director]

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.

[rrhuntington]

Keith David. I have missed your voice so much.

[The Director]

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.

[WonderWombat]

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.

[rrhuntington]

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."

[Unease Peanut]

Sacrifices must be made

[Akali]

Well 343i are finally giving us a beta

 

Nice article N3wsnut, congratulations on your promotion and enjoy that 600th like

[rrhuntington]

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!

[Apoc Video]

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?