Master Chief and The Weapon will continue the fight in what's being touted as the biggest Halo campaign to date.
Director Todd Howard talks about the more grounded and realistic setting of the RPG, along with having two "step out" moments.
Other features including enabling in-game player scores, viewing the map post-match and loading saved games immediately after defeat.
"We're prepared and committed to releasing consistent improvements to our game’s systems and taking action on bad actors," says community manager John Junyszek.
Black Friday deals resulted in a dominant sales performance for the Nintendo Switch, with the Xbox Series S following in "a very distant second place."
The change is expected to go live tomorrow and will provide 1,000 XP in total from the first six multiplayer matches played in a day.
The new feature is currently available on Edge Canary and hopes to improve the image quality of streaming games, and will come to all Edge browsers soon.
Windows Central's Jez Corden has hinted at an "intriguing" announcement coming during the week with regards to Xbox Cloud Gaming.
The Tactical Ops event is supposedly kicking off in February, and a new datamine gives a glimpse of the rewards it could bring.
343 Industries' Jerry Hook says that he feels "everyone's pain on progression" and that the team will be back next week to address it.
343 Industries has confirmed in a recent tweet that the playlist is not permanent (though it will return alongside the event in January 2022).
The first highlights heroes throughout history while the second sees Master Chief taking down scores of Banished enemies.
These games saw some impressive leaps across generations.
According to the Adobe Digital Economy Index, the $300 console beat out the Xbox Series X, PS5 and Switch OLED during Black Friday.
Mitri Van, who worked a number of Saints Row games over the course of more than two decades at Voition, has joined Undead Labs.
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer reveals his most probable pick for Game of the Year, which is none other than Double Fine's Psychonauts 2.
"It’s definitely an area that I wish were able to make more progress this year than we did but it will definitely be a priority for 2022," says Xbox's Jason Ronald.
Much like in Halo 5: Guardians, these weapon variants offer faster fire rates, larger magazine sizes and other interesting modifications.
343 Industries' Joseph Staten says that it's a "pretty safe bet" that more weapons would be added over time and hinted at some secrets.
According to the LinkedIn profile of an Obsidian employee, The Outer Worlds 2 has been in development for a couple of years.