Microsoft credited it half the console’s sales during their first 60 days of release. Halo: Combat Evolved, the first entry in the billion-dollar franchise, was an exclusive launch title for the original Xbox and its undisputed killer app. Regardless, for the first time in the franchise history, this Halo will run at 60 frames per second - the holy grail of video game performance - and have dedicated servers powering its multiplayer. Microsoft’s presentation didn’t specifically call the game Halo 5, but as first-person Halo game, it seems unlikely it could be anything else. The scene ended with the Chief gripping a pair of dog tags in his fist and looking up at the monster. The wind kicked the figure’s hood off, revealing the Master Chief’s iconic helmet. The teaser trailer gave little away, but showed a lone, hooded figure wandering a desert until a massive sinkhole opened up in front of him and a colossal Promethean construct rose up into the air. It appears 343, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft, may cut production time down to a shorter cycle.
Bungie Studios, the original developer behind Halo, spent three years creating the first three Halo games and Halo: Reach, and it rarely even dropped teaser trailers until they were well within a year of release. Another sequel was expected - developer 343 Industries promoted Halo 4 as the beginning of “the Reclaimer trilogy” for Microsoft’s premiere first-person shooter - but not until 2015 at the earliest.
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