Microsoft gives Halo 5 fans a release date and two new trailers

IF YOU have been patiently waiting for the next instalment of Microsoft’s hugely popular Halo series, we have some good news and some bad news.

Halo 5 announcements hype gamers

IF YOU have been patiently waiting for the next instalment of Microsoft’s hugely popular Halo series, we have some good news and some bad news.

The good news is Microsoft’s Xbox team has announced an official release date and coincidently released two trailers for the game.

The bad news is gamers will have to wait until October 27 to play the long-awaited game from the critically acclaimed series.

Opting to steer clear of gameplay, the new trailers have been shot in live action and give viewers little insight into the storyline of the game.

Essentially, viewers see the Master Chief — the protagonist from the previous games — struggling to cope with the consequences of his previous wars.

However, they are also introduced to a new super soldier named Locke who believes the Master Chief is a traitor who must be punished.

The mysterious trailers may not have given many details away, but gaming forums have been running hot with speculation.

“I don’t get this ... Master Chief was always the good guy through each game ... now all of a sudden this new guy shows up and he’s bad??? I loved the MCC, but I don’t understand these trailers,” BSford wrote on IGN.

“My theory is that there are two endings to this game, and it will depend on the choices you make during the levels you play as Locke and the levels you play as Chief,” wrote Faddy117.

In addition the live action trailers, Microsoft are continuing the rich tradition of storytelling from previous games in the franchise with an audio podcast called HuntTheTruth.

Available on Tumblr and syndicated across multiple podcast platforms, the series will be spoken by a fictitious war journalist who slowly unearths startling new revelations about the Master Chief.

Episodes will be released each week for 12 weeks as a lead up to E3 in June 2015.

To date, the Halo franchise has collectively sold more than 60 million copies across the globe and grossed more than $US3.4 billion since 2001.

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