343 Industries has confirmed a new Halo title but unfortunately if will only be available on arcade customized consoles. While fans were hoping that the new Halo: Fireteam Raven might see the light of day on Xbox One too, the company has debunked this theory in a new blog post.
According to the Halo team through HaloWaypoint, Halo: Fireteam Raven will debut this summer exclusively at Dave & Busters in North America. This doesn’t mean that the title will be available only in America, as more information about its future availability throughout the world will be announced further on.
What is Halo: Fireteam Raven though? As 343 Industries revealed, it is a cooperative arcade sci-fi shooting game housed in a massive and imposing coin-operated arcade machine designed and built by Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix. An enormous 130-inch, 4k screen experience and four turret-mounted, multipurpose machine guns allow four players to fight off alien enemies in frenetic, explosive combat.
So you are practically aiming a turret on this one, rather than having a classic Halo shooting experience. Set in the timeframe of Halo: Combat Evolved, players are dropped into the boots of Fireteam Raven – a group of elite Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODST) on the surface of Alpha Halo as they try desperately to prevent the alien Covenant alliance from taking control of the ancient superweapon. Sounds pretty cool right?
We can’t help but notice how cool the idea of Halo: Fireteam Raven is but, in reality, it looks a little too “extra”. While the concept of the cannon-mounting arcade console is pretty cool, we might actually never have the opportunity to try it out. In the long run, we might see such arcade consoles being available over at big conventions and events, but don’t expect them to start popping up at neighborhood gaming stations.