Microsoft has announced that the next expansion for Halo 5: Guardians called Warzone Firefight will arrive on June 29 and gamers will be able to play it for free until July 5.
Halo 5: Guardians is a first-person shooter video game developed by 343 Industries and published by Microsoft Studios. The game was released in October 2015 for Microsoft Xbox One.
The game developer released the first DLC called Battle of Shadow and Light in November 2015 and Warzone Firefight is the eighth expansion pack for the game.
The first expansion for Halo 5 was Battle of Shadow and Light, which was released in November 2015. A month later Cartographer's Gift, and in January 2016 Infinity's Armory was released. It was followed by Hammer Storm in February and Ghosts of Meridian in March. Memories of Reach and Hog Wild both rolled out in May.
Warzone Firefight is by far the biggest post-release content for Halo 5 and on June 23, Microsoft announced that the expansion will be available on June 29.
"To celebrate the release of Warzone Firefight next week, the full game of Halo 5: Guardians will be available to download and play FOR FREE to all Xbox Live Gold members from June 29 to July 5 as part of Xbox Live's 'Free Play Days' program. Additionally, Halo 5: Guardians will be on sale for 50 percent off during this same time. There's no better time to join the Spartan ranks!" says an Xbox blog post.
The game developer released the beta version of Warzone Firefight in April. Microsoft says that 343 Industries has taken feedback from players to improve various aspects of the expansion before the official launch.
Gamers will have to fight a new boss called Grunt Goblin in the upcoming expansion. The DLC will also bring three new multiplayer maps, including two for Warzone (Prospect and Attack on Sanctum) and one for Arena (Molten).
The expansion also includes REQ items such as new armor sets, weapons and vehicle variants. The game developer is also bringing a Score Attack mode to Campaign.
"We're big fans of scoring in past Halo games, and we wanted to bring it back to Halo 5: Guardians, but with a few new twists. We call it: Score Attack," says Gabe Deyerle, campaign engineer at 343 Industries, in an interview with Halo Waypoint. "With over 50 medals to earn in Score Attack, you'll earn the most points for defeating your foes as stylishly as possible."
343 Industries will announce more surprises about the upcoming expansion during the pre-release live stream on June 28, which will start at 2 p.m. PDT on the game's Twitch channel.
