343 setting realistic expectations
Xbox’s biggest character won’t be at the year’s biggest video game show. Master Chief will be standing on the sidelines, not helping anchor Microsoft’s efforts at E3 2017. (Well, unless he ends up part of some offshoot project.)
A 343 Industries employee confirmed that Xbox is not bringingHalo 6to E3 this year. “We’ll have a little something at E3 but it’s not related to the next major entry in the franchise,”Halocommunity manager Brian Jarrard said onreddit. Some potential candidates for that “little something” might be:Halo Wars 2DLC,Haloesports stuff, or maybe something virtual reality-related withXbox app on Oculus.
What it definitely won’t be isHalo 6, though. Really, we could’ve seen that coming.Halo 5released in 2015 and there’s almost always at least three years between majorHalotitles (with two years betweenReachandHalo 4being the only major exception). Master Chief will have to wait until 2018 or longer. In the meantime, Xbox needs someone else to step up and fill his big green shoes.
