Happy 10th Birthday Halo 5

[p align="start"]Fireteam Osiris, the light is green!

[p align="start"]It has been ten years since Spartan Locke sent Fireteam Osiris to Kamchatka, thus setting in motion the events of Halo: 5 Guardians.

[p align="start"]We’re celebrating in Halo Infinite by bringing some fan-favorite armor sets to the Exchange and bringing back the new, unique mode, Extermination.

Anniversary Armors

[p align="start"]If you’ve banked enough Spartan Points, you’ll be able to grab these sets as soon as they drop out of slipspace. If not, fear not – they will be available from the Exchange so you may obtain them at your leisure. (Or you can grab them from the Shop if you prefer that route.)

•  Hunter: Savvy Spartans choose HUNTER technology for its customizable interfaces, a puissant surveillance suite, and dependable maneuverability in hand-to-hand sparring.

• Helljumper: Thanks to innovative field upgrades by Cascade Stronghold Technologies, testbed HELLJUMPER armor can reliably endure the atmospheric rigors expected of GEN3 Mjolnir.

• Copperhead: When it comes to building interspecies alliances, COPPERHEAD armor has consistently proven its merits for both kinetic diplomacy and charm offensives.

• Shinobi: Though the design’s origins remain obscure, the undisclosed reasons behind its approved use among Spartans of the UNSC may prove even more unknowable.

Exacting Extermination

[p align="start"]We’re all familiar with Team Slayer where it’s 4v4 and you score a point for each kill on the opponent’s team. And first team to 50 points, wins the match. Extermination is the same at the very basics: 4v4 and you gotta kill the enemy. But you’re not trying to get to 50 kills.

The Goal:

[p align="start"]Eliminate all members of the enemy team at once.

[p align="start"]Super simple right? If you can kill the entire enemy team before anyone respawns, you win the round.

[p align="start"]Were it so easy.

[p align="start"]So what’s the catch? If a player can stay alive long enough for their teammates to respawn, the round continues. You’ll have a 15 second respawn between each death. And for the record: this goes by fast when you’re hunting that last elusive Spartan but somehow seems to last an eternity when you’re desperately evading, trying to let your teammate respawn.

Combat Components

[p align="start"]Alright let’s get the lowdown before you throwdown:

• Short, two-minute rounds

• First to win five rounds, wins

• Teams swap sides after each round

• Round ends at time or when an entire team is on respawn

• Ties can occur when no team was Exterminated before timer runs out

• If three ties occur, the team with the most points wins

Strategic Spaces

[p align="start"]With a new playlist comes new maps! Bookmark the mode here, then grab the maps and check ‘em out!

[p align="start"]**Collateral

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Credits: **Pat Sounds, Dellsoto

[p align="start"]No uplink. No Signal...Nothing but static and rain

[p align="start"]**Stadium

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Credits:** Pat Sounds

[p align="start"]1...2...3 kills, you're out.

[p align="start"]**Breakthrough

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Credits:** Silencer EU, Kat Rat A Tat

[p align="start"]Just listen to the rain and the wind.

[p align="start"]**Eyrie

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Credits: ** DanZama, ArturBlooshot, Starkey213036

[p align="start"]Guess some of us just don't like leaving a job half-finished.

[p align="start"]**Ilex

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Credits:** Igrizhar, Yeehaw J24, JoValiant, Virus11010

[p align="start"]It's the facility, not the goat.

[p align="start"]**Oppressor

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Credits: **Starkey213036, ArturBloodshot

[p align="start"]Drowned desperate screams of useless defiance.

[p align="start"]**Runoff

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Credits: **Cousin Tim, MikRips

[p align="start"]Where does the water come from?

[p align="start"]**Abbiocco

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Credits: **bullet2thehead9

[p align="start"]Grab a pizza on your way out.

Closing Contemplations

[p align="start"]The light is still green, Spartans. Grab the new gear and check out Extermination today!