Ahead of the final match at today’s 2024 Halo World Championship, we saw an unexpected video. It depicted landscapes you might expect from the Halo series – Forerunner architecture jutting from dramatic landscapes inspired by the Pacific Northwest, gorgeous fields of ice, even a vista blighted and consumed by The Flood. We of course saw glimpses of the Master Chief, and his iconic enemies, even a Banshee arcing past the camera. But what we saw wasn’t a look back – this was something entirely new.
We’re entering a new dawn for Halo. Those new visuals were created using Unreal Engine 5 – and we learned that all future Halo projects will use the engine, and that multiple new games using it are in development. Alongside the engine change, the studio is seeing changes in culture, workflow, and how its teams are organized. To match that new approach, franchise stewards 343 Industries are changing their name – Halo Studios is here.
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SummaryLearn about some of the ways Ara: History Untolddifferentiates itself from other grand strategy games.Unique elements like crafting, simultaneous turns, and a diverse group of well-known and lesser-known historical figures are just some of the ways it stands apart.Ara: History Untoldwill launch September 24, 2024, for Steam, Windows PC, and available day one with PC Game Pass. It’s currently available for pre-order on Steam and the Windows Store.Grand strategy games are an incredibly unique gaming experience — where else can you find the joy in learning how to harvest food, research pottery, and fight in a war of attrition all in one game? Many of them apply their own tweaks to a variety of game mechanics to make their mark, but none – in my opinion – are taking as big a swing as what Ara: History Untoldis endeavoring to pull off.
Throughout our coverage of Ara here on Xbox Wire, we’ve learned a lot about what the team at Oxide Games is trying to achieve, pouri..
