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daredevil.shark on 24 April 2014

Report – ‘Halo’ on Xbox One Coming Before September 4th

April 24, 2014Analog Addiction

A few hours ago, Analog Addiction has confirmed that Microsoft’s Xbox One will be launching in Japan on the 4th of September. Pretty standard stuff so far, right? Well, there might be more to it.

In our previous article, we’ve also mentioned the fact that Famitsu has confirmed a few changes to the launch-titles lineup, mainly the addition of games like Sunset Overdrive and Halo. Now, we don’t know much about Sunset Overdrive, but we do know that a remastered Halo 2 has been rumoured for quite some time.

Why Halo 2 and not Halo 5, you might ask? Simply because we also don’t know much about #5, and a release date coming so soon seems almost impossible. On the other hand, a remastered Halo 2 seems almost guaranteed, given the fact that it would take considerably less time, and a smaller budget to get it out.

Of course, this is more or less speculating, so take it with a pinch of salt. A Microsoft representative will be contacted by us for an official confirmation. For all your latest gaming news, stay tuned to Analog Addiction.

Source: http://analogaddiction.org/2014/04/24/report-halo-on-xbox-one-coming-before-september-4th/

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vivster on 24 April 2014

Why so early? What have they lined up for November and Decemeber?

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DerNebel on 24 April 2014

Did the Famitsu article really state launch? I thought it meant that Halo and Sunset Overdrive are launch window titles.

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TheGoldenBoy on 24 April 2014

That is really early. I would have thought that Quantum Break would have released around that time frame. If it is Halo, I'm interested in seeing what they have lined up for Holiday 2014.

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Seece on 24 April 2014

meh, I don't buy it. Until we see it from an official/more trustworthy source.

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celador on 24 April 2014

I get that a lot of information is coming from Famitsu but not really sure why the focus is on Japan for Halo 2. I don't see that being a big deal there.

Where it might be a big deal is in a lot of the other countries launching in September. Maybe there will be a Halo 2 Anniversary bundle with the system in the new territories, I can see that shifting a few more units than a standard edition. Perhaps Microsoft will really go for it with bundling Halo 2 Anniversary and Titanfall with the system in the new territories, they might as well take a risk in these countries that have traditionally been overwhelmingly Playstation focused

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Xbox One Halo and Sunset Overdrive’s Release Not Set Before 9/4; Japanese Announcement Misinterpreted

by Giuseppe Nelva (7 minutes ago) 0 @abriael

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It has come to our attention that many misinterpreted yesterday’s announcement of the Japanese release of the Xbox One on September 4th, and in particular a Famitsu article reporting the official press release from Microsoft Japan. The rumor is starting to filter over to media sources via the usual mechanics of internet rumors feeding upon themselves, so it’s time to squash it once and for all.

Many misinterpreted a list of titles coming to Xbox One including the next Halo and Sunset Overdrive as a list of launch titles for Japan, due to the way machine translators translate the article. That led them to believe that those titles are set for release before September 4th, but that’s simply not the case.

The original press release and the article on Famitsu simply say that those titles are going to be launched on Xbox One, but it does not say when. Nothing in Microsoft Japan’s announcement leads to believe that those are intended as launch titles in Japan or elsewhere.

So, if you read rumors of a release of said games before September 4th, now you know they’re simply not true.

The only thing we do know is that the new Japanese Xbox One site says about the next Halo:“The Latest of the Award Winning “Halo” Series Appears on Xbox One. An Epic Journey Begins in 2014″

That’s a very similar wording to what’s already included on the American site and leads us to believe that the next Halo game will come in 2014. But what that game will be exactly is open to interpretation.

One thing is for sure. It’s extremely unlikely it’ll come before September 4th, and in any case that hasn’t been announced yesterday by Microsoft Japan’s press release.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/04/24/xbox-one-halo-and-sunset-overdrives-release-not-set-before-94-japanese-announcement-misinterpreted/