Halo 5: Guardians Getting New Ball Game Modes, Griffball Returns

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Ball game modes are coming back to Halo 5: Guardians in 343 Industries’ latest content update arriving later this month, including a fan-favorite and something a little new.

Multiplayer Designer Max Grossman explains what’s in store in Halo 5’s next free update:

“Our first ball-based mode is an upgraded version of the classic Neutral Bomb Assault mode, simply called: Assault (cue Halo theme). The core rules are more or less unchanged: a ball spawns on the center line of the map and players must deliver the ball to the enemy team’s goal and it explodes (Woot!).”

Exact spawn locations will be different each time, but Grossman says players will be able to learn its order. The ball-carrier will have the ability to instant-kill with a melee, thrust more often, and sneak their way into the enemy team’s goal, as spotting mechanics will be similar to Capture the Flag.

For a more relaxed (and more familiar) experience, 343 is also throwing Grifball back into the mix. Grossman says the studio brought in Grifball expert Jeffrey “Nokyard” Fischer who built the game’s first Grifball Court that’s “unlike any Grifball court you have ever seen before.” He also worked with 343’s Weapon Designer, Daniel Wiksten, on “trying to get the damage and impulse blast of the hammer to feel right.”

“This collaboration helped us hammer out (pun intended) the delicate balance of Gravity Hammer vs. Sword vs. Ball that Grifball so heavily relies upon,” Grossman explains. “We leveraged Nokyard’s wealth of Grifball knowledge to try to make the most exciting Grifball yet, complete with thrusting Grif, Ground Pound kills, and ball throwing.”


Players will also enjoy support for ball game modes in Custom Games and Forge.

Finally, Halo’s Fiesta mode will also make a return this February.

Halo 5’s last big content update, Infinity’s Armory, dropped late last month, so we can probably expect a similar, end-of-month launch window for the game’s next one, which doesn’t appear to have a proper name just yet.


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Source: http://mp1st.com/2016/02/06/halo-5-guardians-getting-new-ball-game-modes-griffball-returns-this-month/

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OGPosted:

Heard grifball is one of the best game modes there is. Going to jump back into Halo to play it

DeluxeHazardPosted:

I do not think any game mode in Halo will be as fun as Griffball. Griffball will always be the most fun game mode in Halo.

SeamPosted:

Now we are just waiting on infected and the game will be perfect.

ValorPosted:

So glad that grifball came back!

ProPosted:

Halo was the type of game that I never got in to!

AR15Posted:

Grifball is literally one of the best game modes in any game ever. So much fun to play with some friends.

SkyPosted:

i saw this on youtube looked pretty cool !!

TeravainenPosted:

Too bad I sold Halo 5 last week. Griffball and Fiesta were some of my favorites!

XboxPosted:

I don't think I will be playing any of these new game modes.

KxrLPosted:

Hurleh Pretty cool but you never hear about Halo 5 Halo is sort of dead now days unfortunately


Yeah although there is still a lot of people that play it, there will never been the same amount there was 3 years ago, IMO it's going downhill fast