Halo: Fireteam Raven is the new arcade game you never wanted

Halo fans, rejoice – Microsoft has appear a new entry to its striking shooter franchise, scheduled to launch this summer. Three years since the last major title, "Halo: Fireteam Raven" lays its focus on a group of ODST soldiers during events parallel to Halo: Combat Evolved. Featuring iconic scenes at 4K resolution with four-player split-screen, the game offers a diversity of features desired by long-term fans. Move over Halo 6, here comes the… Halo coin-operated arcade machine.

While development on the next Halo game is firmly under wraps, Microsoft continues to expand the Halo universe post-obit investments in mobile, virtual reality, movie theatre and now, arcades. Developed by Raw Thrills and PlayMechanix, Halo: Fireteam Raven is a paid arcade cabinet under a collaboration with 343 Industries. Capitalizing on established Halo lore, the game offers a casual spin on Master Main's origin story.

With a 130-inch 4K display and 4 turret-mounted guns, like many arcade shooters, Halo: Fireteam Raven is built for four-player cooperative play. Players will work together to defeat enemies through an on-rails experience, across locations from the first game. Halo Waypoint users can also share loftier-scores on the service, using a scannable QR code presented later on a session.

This motility probable won't sit well with veterans of the Halo franchise, as Microsoft continues to cater to a marketplace exterior of its Xbox I console. Halo's competitive scene is in disarray, Halo: The Master Main Collection is still beingness fixed and with piffling on the franchise's future, it'southward hard to maintain organized religion. Despite interest in this projection, 343 Industries' resources are notwithstanding concentrated on the adjacent major Halo – only it's however not a great image for one of the biggest names in gaming.

Microsoft is gearing up for a launch of Halo: Fireteam Raven in the coming months, at Dave & Busters across the Us and Canada. Expansion to further locations is also planned for afterwards this Fall.

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