As you can see from the picture, It's Christmas time in Halo-land too, with Microsoft and 343 Industries announcing a bunch of goodies for the holidays, like the double-XP period for Halo 5 and The Master Chief Collection across all platforms and some Halo Infinite info.

Microsoft's Phil Spencer has taken to Twitter recently to point out that making a battle royale game at the moment seems to be a fool's errand. Making a game just for the sake of making a game is not what Microsoft is about, Spencer thinks.

Halo 5 is getting some new modes. Rock 'n' Rail from Halo 4 is making a comeback, and two Warzone modes are set to be available in May.

Patches for Halo 5 and Halo Wars 2 deployed