{"id":23433,"date":"2015-10-06T04:31:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T09:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=23433"},"modified":"2015-10-06T04:31:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T09:31:45","slug":"building-a-warzone-343%e2%80%b2s-kevin-franklin-on-halo-5%e2%80%b2s-new-multiplayer-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=23433","title":{"rendered":"Building a Warzone \u2013 343\u2032s Kevin Franklin on Halo 5\u2032s new multiplayer mode"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a reblog from rocketchainsaw.com.au:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Making a game of the calibre of\u00a0Halo<\/i>\u00a0is no easy undertaking. \u201cWe built a lot of momentum crafting the first game,\u201d explains 343 Industries\u2019 Design Director Kevin Franklin. Now onto their second major title in the\u00a0Halo\u00a0<\/i>universe, Franklin concedes that taking over development from original studio Bungie wasn\u2019t easy. \u201cWe felt a lot of pressure,\u201d he says, speaking to us about\u00a0Halo 5 Guardians\u00a0<\/i>while taking a quick break at last weekend\u2019s EB Expo.<\/p>\n

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Franklin knows how fond locals are of\u00a0Halo<\/em>, describing Australia as one his \u201cfavourite destinations\u201d. \u201cEveryone has been really enthusiastic,\u201d he says. \u201cPeople are really excited about our local dedicated servers,\u201d Franklin notes, referring to infrastructure established to look after the Australian Xbox community. This network of local servers will be playing host to a high volume of players when\u00a0Halo 5<\/i>\u00a0launches Warzone in October \u2013 the largest addition to the franchise for some time. \u201cFans shall be able to create custom game modes on our dedicated servers,\u201d Franklin says. Continuing the thread of community features, I asked about file sharing, but Franklin said it was \u201cnot something we are discussing at this time\u201d.<\/p>\n

Unlike the Creative Director, who focuses more on the campaign and narrative, Franklin is chiefly responsible for Arena and Warzone, or as he describes it, \u201ceverything that is multiplayer\u201d. Leading a team tasked with creating a brand new iteration of one of gaming\u2019s most loved multiplayer experiences can be challenging, to put it simply. \u201cThere is a lot of pressure making such a big game\u201d Franklin admits. Keeping gameplay fresh, while still staying true to the\u00a0Halo<\/i>\u00a0legacy, is a tough endeavour. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of competition,\u201d Franklin says, \u201cbut\u00a0Halo<\/i>\u00a0has always led the way, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing with Warzone\u201d.<\/p>\n

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For the uninitiated, Warzone sees two large teams of Spartans on opposite sides on a vast map facing off against waves of AI enemies, and each other. Franklin explains how 343 Industries dreamed of making Warzone, or as what he terms as a \u201cHalo<\/i>\u00a0battlefield\u201d, since\u00a0Halo 4<\/em>. \u201cThe Xbox One allowed us to do something we could not have done before,\u201d he says. \u201cWith 60 frames per second and dedicated servers, we can finally offer this amazing game experience\u201d Franklin proudly says. Seeing Warzone for myself at E3 earlier this year, the new mode is certainly something that fans should be excited for (you can read all about it\u00a0here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve always dreamed of introducing Warzone,\u201d Franklin recounts, citing\u00a0Halo<\/i>\u2018s deep lore as the team\u2019s inspiration for the new mode. \u201cReading through the books, learning about the large-scale missions with Spartans and Scorpion Tanks, we though, wouldn\u2019t it be awesome to build this into the game?\u201d Franklin also alludes to\u00a0Halo<\/em>\u2018s own catalogue of games as providing 343 Industries with the idea for Warzone. \u201cSeeing the huge AI battles in\u00a0Halo Wars<\/i>, we thought, how can be bring this experience to the players?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Speaking of the challenges when introducing new features into a game, I asked Kevin if there was anything that didn\u2019t quite make the final cut. After a pause, he says, \u201cwe really got together and did as much as we possibly could, and there were things we had to get rid of.\u201d Nevertheless, Franklin believes Warzone is finally ready for the masses. \u201cRight now, the team\u2019s really happy where things are at with Warzone,\u201d he concludes.<\/p>\n

Fans shall be able to experience the chaotic multiplayer of Warzone from October 27 when\u00a0Halo 5 Guardians\u00a0<\/i>releases on Xbox One.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a reblog from rocketchainsaw.com.au: Making a game of the calibre of\u00a0Halo\u00a0is no easy undertaking. \u201cWe built a lot of momentum crafting the first game,\u201d explains 343 Industries\u2019 Design Director Kevin Franklin. Now onto their second major title in … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23433","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\/23433","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=23433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23438,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23433\/revisions\/23438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}