343i reveals more Spartan Ops information – Video Games Update
343 industries, the new studio created by Microsoft to handle the Halo franchise, revealed today that the multiplayer coop campaign in the game called Spartan Ops takes place six months after the single player campaign in Halo 4.
It was revealed that the Spartan Ops mode would span across 50 coop missions with five missions already included on the disc. The remaining would be released in parts with five new missions every week which would be followed by a CGI cutscene.
What’s great about this news is that the story in the Spartan Ops mode will be cannon and the events that occur will influence the single player campaign of Halo 5 when it comes out. This means that the custom Spartan-IV that you will create for multiplayer
will actually have an impact on the game’s story.
343i has also revealed that these Spartan Ops downloadable missions will not be paid DLC but will be completely free. This is great news for fans of the game as they will be getting two campaigns and a solid multiplayer mode, for the price of one. “In Spartan
Ops you’re getting five missions per week, with a CG cut-scene, for free,” said 343i employee Kevin Franklin in an interview with VG24/7.
“It takes place about six months after the events of the campaign, but as you’ve seen in the cut-scene [shown at the Microsoft E3 press conference - Ed] the Infinity features in also the campaign. So we have some ties in the story between the two,” stated
David Berger in an interview at the electronic entertainment expo (e3) show floor while discussing the multiplayer of the game.
Apart from the Spartan Ops DLCs, there will also be paid DLC post launch which will probably include map packs and hopefully some new game modes. Currently there is no news about the Forge mode which was present in Halo 3 and Halo Reach, but 343i has confirmed
that Forge is in the game and will be revealed when the time is right.
343i is planning to support and add on to the game so that the fans stick around until the next installment Halo 5 which will probably be released on the next Xbox as analysts are claiming that Microsoft will be announcing their new console next year.
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