{"id":14334,"date":"2014-05-16T08:26:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T13:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=14334"},"modified":"2014-05-16T08:26:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T13:26:47","slug":"frank-oconner-of-343-chimes-in-on-the-halo-5-guardians-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=14334","title":{"rendered":"Frank O’Conner of 343 chimes in on the Halo 5 Guardians reveal!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here is the article in Frank’s words on Halo Waypoint:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As you\u2019re probably aware, my boss and studio head for 343, Bonnie Ross,\u00a0officially announced<\/a>\u00a0the next installment in the Halo saga:\u00a0Halo 5: Guardians<\/em>, coming in fall 2015 for Xbox One. I will be up front and admit that I don\u2019t have much moredetail<\/em>\u00a0to add, but here at Waypoint, our conversations tend to be a little more insider, a little more\u00a0familiar<\/em>. And this is no exception.<\/p>\n

Last year at E3, Bonnie famously said, \u201cYour journey begins in 2014\u2026\u201d Wait —\u00a0hang on<\/em>\u00a0— you thought: \u201cWhat journey is she talking about and why is Chief wearing a poncho?\u201d Okay, some might call it a cloak, but the fact remains \u2013 you knew something more nuanced was afoot. So it\u2019s quite likely that Bonnie\u2019s 2015 release announcement today surprised no one in the Halo community. In fact, I suspect most of you who read the Halo Bulletin regularly anticipate there\u2019s even more to come.<\/p>\n

Well you might be right, but we\u2019ll have significantly more to say about that at E3 and beyond. Suffice it to say, another shoe has yet to drop.<\/p>\n

But getting the\u00a0Halo 5: Guardians\u00a0<\/em>announce out of the way is a big weight off our shoulders. This audience has correctly stated and assumed that you can\u2019t necessarily squish a full Halo game into anything less than a three year development schedule \u2013 and at least up to and including\u00a0Halo 5: Guardians<\/em>, that\u2019s more or less true.<\/p>\n

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But we\u2019re not just making a new\u00a0game<\/em>\u00a0in that three year span, we\u2019re also making a new engine. During the development of\u00a0Halo 4,<\/em>\u00a0we pushed the Xbox 360 and the engine to its limits, and we were happy with the way we were able to make the Halo universe look. The Xbox 360 still has a few tricks up its sleeve, even now. We are moving to a whole new platform with the Xbox One \u2013 a new architecture, new graphics hardware and bluntly some new ways to think about gaming, period.<\/p>\n

Bonnie also called out 60fps and dedicated servers last year \u2013 attractive, desirable, and possibly expected upgrades to the Halo experience. After all, we won\u2019t be the first 60fps shooter out there.\u00a0That said, these must-haves are not necessarily easy to achieve.<\/p>\n

Previous Halo titles,\u00a0Halo: Combat Evolved<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Halo 2<\/em>\u00a0for example, strove to push the entire ecosystem forward \u2013 dual stick FPS with big open spaces in the case of\u00a0Combat Evolved<\/em>, and broadband matchmaking in\u00a0Halo 2<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 are just a couple of examples of the series innovating or amplifying ideas. So in building\u00a0Halo 5: Guardians<\/em>, we want to push the ecosystem as well as the universe. And we\u2019ll have some surprises in store for new and loyal players of the series.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s it for now, but E3 is just around the corner. So if you bide your time and hold your breath, you won\u2019t have to wait too long to hear about the next steps on this Great Journey.<\/p>\n

Frank O\u2019Connor
\nFranchise Development Director
\n343 Industries<\/p>\n

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HFFL: Well, Frank(ly), I don’t think I can hold my breath THAT long. But suffice to say, we Halo fans are EXTREMELY happy regarding the announcement today. THANKS!<\/p>\n

-Sal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is the article in Frank’s words on Halo Waypoint:\u00a0 As you\u2019re probably aware, my boss and studio head for 343, Bonnie Ross,\u00a0officially announced\u00a0the next installment in the Halo saga:\u00a0Halo 5: Guardians, coming in fall 2015 for Xbox One. I … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halo-5-guardians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14334"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14340,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14334\/revisions\/14340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}