Halo 5: Guardians Offers More Warzone Firefight Info As Beta Arrives

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Warzone Firefight is one of the biggest additions coming to Halo 5: Guardians after launch and with a beta for the mode going live on the Xbox One today, the developers at 343 Industries are ready to talk a little more about their new take on an experience that has been introduced in previous installments of the shooter.

Gamers who want to enjoy a fully cooperative experience will be able to join eight-man teams that will have to take out waves of powerful enemies while dealing with missions that allow them to get the resources to stay effective for longer periods of time.

The official site offers a Question & Answer session about Warzone Firefight with David Ellis, multiplayer designer, and Lawrence Metten, a senior member of the same team, who explain that the surprises offered include dynamic objectives and extensive cooperation options for those who take part.

The two 343 Industries developers add, "Dealing with more players and enemies than ever before in Halo, we’ve had to establish new methods for creating a compelling co-op encounter that presents a challenge for players across the wide variety of skill sets matchmaking entails."

The mode is designed to give gamers access to the entire arsenal of REQ cards that gamers have collected in the game, which adds more variety to the experience and makes it more interesting to play the same maps again.

Halo 5: Guardians is getting Warzone Firefight at some point during summer

In order to make sure that gamers have the tools required to deal with the new Mythic AI enemies that will be added, the development team at 343 Industries is adding a new special REQ pack for a limited time, priced at 80,000 RP or 9.99 dollars or Euro.

It will offer gamers access to ten Mythic single-use powers weapons and one ultra rare or Legendary weapon or vehicle certification.

Warzone Firefight will be tested by the community over the weekend, and 343 Industries will use the feedback to further shape the mode before it is launched for all owners of Halo 5: Guardians during the summer.

In April gamers received the Ghosts of Meridian DLC, which came with two new maps and balancing tweaks, and next month the developers are planning to introduce a new content package called Memories of Reach.

Infection is another game mode for Halo 5: Guardians that has been recently tweaked, but the developers are not saying when they plan to add it or whether they will first test it using a beta.