Luke is Games Editor at IGN AU and misses the era when you didn't have to send your friends back home to play a new game with them. The Halo franchise’s previous commitment to split-screen gaming stretches all the back to 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved and its highly-acclaimed two- and four-player split-screen co-op and multiplayer modes. There’s no way to connect with random players and friends at the same time, since there’s no matchmaking in place. Head of creative Joseph Staten said in a developer update video that 'we have had to make. It was confirmed during this year’s E3 that Halo 5 would not feature split-screen support. The good news - if there is any to be had for fans of splitscreen - is that local multiplayer still exists, though it can now only support two players on one screen instead of four. You’ll be able to invite up to 3 friends and if there’s less than 4 players, AI bots will fill up the empty spaces. The long-awaited couch co-op mode for the campaign, a staple of the Halo series, is no longer happening. “Game development is a balancing act of resources, time and technology, and in this case we made the tough decision to sacrifice something that’s been near and dear to us all.” “Many of our ambitious goals for Halo 5 would be compromised in a split-screen setting and the time spent optimizing and addressing split-screen-specific issues would take focus from building other parts of the game. “omething that truly takes advantage of a new platform.” 343 Industries’ most-recent release, Halo Infinite, doesn’t have any level of Co-Operative Campaign features and Forge is still in development. “With Halo 5 we are delivering massive scale environments, improved AI behavior, increased visual and gameplay fidelity,” continued the post. Which Halo can you play split-screen Halo games have split-screen for their Campaign modes, Multiplayer, Forge Everything you can do in Halo with one player, you can do with two co-operatively. Holmes explained the “tough” choice was made due to the team’s desire “for scale, fidelity and focus.”
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