The next major update for Halo 5: Guardians detailed
343 Industries has detailed the next content update for Halo 5: Guardians. It's called Monitor's Bounty, and will offer a lot more than just new REQ items:
• Custom Games Browser: enables you to search for in-progress games from the main menu. Games you can join are based on their privacy settings when they are created in the lobby. They've also updated the Content Browser so that if you find a map or mode that you like, you'll be able to browse for in-progress custom games from that file's options. This is coming to both Xbox One and Windows 10, so PC players will get to join the fun as well.
• Observer Mode: enables any user in a Custom Game lobby to enter the match as an observer. Unlike spectating, observers don't have to wait for a film to be available. All you have to do is create a Custom Game or join a fireteam that's already in one, change your team affiliation, and watch the match in real-time when it starts. You'll see what the other players see since you're in the same game and connected to the same dedicated server.
Most camera controls are available along with player outlines and you can toggle the Observer HUD on or off. The overlay supports up to eight players and two teams, which makes it perfect for Doubles, 4v4 Arena, or Free-for-All.
• REQ Gifting: gives players who are Spartan Rank 5 or higher a new choice when purchasing Gold Packs from the Marketplace store. To help familiarise the community with this new feature, all Halo 5: Guardians players will automatically receive a Gold Gift Pack in their REQ Inventory on December 8. This can only be gifted to someone else - you literally can't open it yourself. It's very important to note that this is only possible to do with Gold Packs, as 343 has found that other options might lead to exploits. "How does it work?" Well, it's quite simple:
1. Go to the REQ Store and find the REQ Pack you would like to buy and gift. (Make sure it's "GIFTABLE")
2. Select the purchase option "GIFT FOR ..."
3. Pick the person you'd like to send it to.
4. Confirm the details of your gift - make sure it's setup to go to the right person. Note that the recipient will receive an automated Xbox Live message from you. If it looks correct, select "Confirm."
5. The Gold Pack will be gifted to the recipient and you'll receive a confirmation that your gift has been sent. You'll also have an option to send a personalised message to the recipient as a follow-up.
If you buy more than one Gold Pack at a time, all of your packs will show up in your inventory just as they always have in the past. Except now, when you navigate to your Requisitions you'll see that these recently purchased packs are flagged as GIFTABLE. You can select each pack and then decide who to gift it to in the same manner as noted above, or open it yourself.
• "Voices of War" Premium REQ Pack: This is the only thing that won't be free, as it'll cost $9.99 (European price not yet known). It includes three new multiplayer announcers, with Spartan Buck, 031 Exuberant Witness, and Yabda the Merciless joining the cast.
This is only the first part of the DLC. 343 will tell us more about the "massive update to Forge, Canon Fodder, tweaks to Warzone, and some big changes to Arena Matchmaking Playlists" later today. Stay tuned.
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