343i has released all new campaign & multiplayer details for Halo 5: Guardians to prepare fans for E3 next week

If your a major Halo fan then you’ve probably been scouring the web each week for the tiniest new details on Halo 5: Guardians. The next evolution of the Halo franchise, excitement for the game has been reaching a fever pitch thanks to its marketing campaign. Each week thousands of fans have been tuning into the Hunt the Truth podcast drama that’s been building up the story.

Growing more intense as we draw closer to E3 next week, its become one of the biggest viral marketing campaigns ever attempted, but that’s not enough for 343i. They want to be sure fans are as excited as humanly possible for their E3 reveals, so they’ve released all new details and a teaser trailer to Game Informer.

Game Informer was given special access to the Halo 5: Guardians campaign and revamped multiplayer for their July issue, giving them a chance to unload a huge pile of new details. While most of that info is for magazine subscribers only Game Informer did release a new teaser trailer to go along with the July issue announcement. That trailer and the article that go with it give details on Halo 5: Guardians that are sure to set fans excitement ablaze.

First was the reveal that gamers will be controlling both the Master Chief and Spartan Locke throughout the Halo 5: Guardians campaign, switching between the two. What’s more surprising is the reveal that players will be able to give commands to the famous Blue Team while playing the Master Chief and Locke’s Fireteam Osiris. Gamers can also have friends drop in and out of co-op to control different members of each team who will come with unique loadouts.

This is the first time we’ve heard the name of Spartan Locke’s team and in the July issue of Game Informer gamers will see a breakdown of who has joined the hunter. They won’t have to be subscribers to Game Informer to see one of the most important members of the team however. If you watch closely during the teaser trailer you can see the reveal of Buck, from ODST, as a member of Fireteam Osiris. This confirms that famous Helljumper and his voice actor Nathan Fillion will be returning in Halo 5: Guardians.

We’re only a week away from E3 and 343i is promising even bigger reveals than what we’re seeing in the latest Game Informer, so stay tuned to Geekreply for the latest.