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The Banished is comprised of ex-Covenant forces led by Atriox, a Jiralhanae Warlord who survived multiple skirmishes with UNSC forces, and grew to become disillusioned with his masters. The recent release of the new Halo Infinite gameplay trailer confirms that the Banished will indeed be the Master Chief's primary


Halo: Infinite is arguably the most important release for the Xbox brand since the original title. That may sound hyperbolic, but looking a little deeper will provide the appropriate context as to why this statement rings t


League of Legends is one of the biggest and most engaging MOBAs available on the market, alongside DOTA 2 . These two top-down-style PvP releases can be a ton of fun but players won't be able to enjoy them on Xbox. Instead, players seeking a MOBA experience can download Smite for free on their Xbox console, giving them access to MOBA-inspired access that plays much better on a console than LoL or DOTA 2 would. The third-person over-the-shoulder perspective works insanely well for consoles, giving players the ability to aim their skill shots and abilities better, while also allowing them to move easily across the battlefield via thumbstick contr


Though Halo companion titles have done well in the past (think Reach or ODST), it's nice to see that 343 is dedicated to continuing a story that began largely with Cortana's rampancy, and her eventual ascendancy to one of the franchise's main antagoni


One thing we can all agree on is that the writing and characters simply weren’t up to par in Halo 5 . That’s the general consensus since launch. Which is strange, because even between the original and its remarkable sequel, Cyber Showdown schedule the world-building lore was exponentially increa


A director prone to misdirection, Shyamalan’s The Village was famously sold as a monster movie when in reality it’s just a strange romance story. And audiences didn’t care to have the rug yoinked from their feet. Nor did Halo fans, when the marketing leaned so hard into a confrontation between Locke and a rogue Master Chief. If you aren’t especially proud of what you’ve made, at least be truthful about


Mouths are no doubt watering over the prospect of catching a glimpse of Halo Infinite, even in an unfinished state. Those interested in participating will need to keep their ear to the ground and sign up to become a Halo Insider, so they can particip


In a way, this format could also be the driving force that makes the next Halo the 343 game that captures the magic of the original trilogy. While Halo Infinite will definitely have a narrative that continues on from the mostly derided revelations of Halo 5: Guardians , its open-world structure opens the door for a lot of side stories covering other corners of Halo's extended universe . There is room for side stories featuring the cast of Halo 3: ODST , RTS title Halo Wars 2 , and the best of the novels. In this way, maybe Infinite can find a narrative that satisfies everyone and forges its own path away from Bungie's **Halo ** tril


Players of the well-received Halo 3: ODST __ got to explore the city of New Mombasa through a very different visor. The four Orbital Drop Shock Troopers players meet throughout ODST don't show up in future games, but their story does pick up in a pair of novels written by Matt Forbeck. Starting with a short tome called Halo: New Blood and continuing with a full sequel titled Halo: Bad Blood , Buck, Dutch, Romeo, and Mickey continue to find their way in a changing UNSC. Dealing with feelings of disillusionment once fighting shifts from aliens to rebel factions, the story also explores the unseemly aspects of the UNSC and other Earth governmental bodies in this unive


In truth however, this has been a Microsoft trend for the last few years. It's difficult to find many Xbox exclusives that haven't made their way to the PC platform, which is a step in the right direction. If 343 successfully implements cross-platform play (which shouldn't be too hard given Windows 10's Xbox apps), then Microsoft will have a much larger hit on their ha


Nyland would sadly only return once more to the series following his initial two works, but Ghosts of Onyx is quite the sendoff. While his first two novels focused on Master Chief's birth as a Spartan and his trip home following the events of Combat Evolved , Ghosts of Onyx shifts away from John-117 and focuses on the Spartan-III program. When John's wave of Spartan soldiers was mostly declared missing in action, the UNSC replaced them with a new program that recruited minors orphaned by the ongoing war. Onyx covers the beginnings of that program and the discovery of a Forerunner artifact that would narratively help bridge the gap between Bungie's work on Halo __ and the story 343 Industries wanted to tell. All three books feature throughlines and story beats that serve as the backbone for every future story told in Halo 's unive


Halo Infinite seems to suggest a paradigm shift for the franchise in terms of visuals, gameplay and story, but it's not abandoning its old bag of tricks just yet. There will be no Battle Royale mode, and no loot boxes (thank goodness), but it will retain some signature staples of the franchise's past installmen