'Halo' TV Series, 'Halo 5' Game Launching in 2015

It's Friday, and that means it's time for another GamesBeat weekly roundup. This time, we got an early glimpse of future blockbusters Far Cry 4 and Halo 5, Microsoft announced a cheaper, Kinect-less Xbox One bundle, and 

But Ross did promise that Halo 5 will incorporate lessons learned from the previous game—including technology, aesthetics, performance, and scale—as well as a better understanding of the gaming community, which remains undyingly passionate about the 

We've known for a while that there's new Halo game coming to Xbox One and that it could possibly make its debut this year. Today, Microsoft and 343 Industries provided some additional details on the project, most notably 

"Halo 5: Guardians is a bigger effort than Halo 4. That applies to the content and scope of the game, as well as the technology in what's now a brand new and more powerful engine," 343 Industries general manager Bonnie Ross wrote in the announcement 

Microsoft today revealed that the next chapter in Master Chief's adventures will be called Halo 5: Guardians. The first-person shooter will be produced by 343 Industries and will be released in fall 2015. The game is being developed to run at a silky