Halo 5: Guardians’ 9GB day one patch adds multiplayer to the mix

21 Oct 2015

Steve Wright

343 Industries today confirmed details of Halo 5: Guardians‘s 9GB day one patch, an update that will add multiplayer functionality to the release.

343’s Josh Holmes made the confirmation via Twitter:

https://twitter.com/JoshingtonState/status/654692642421272576

As you might expect, this greatly impacts our ability to review Guardians‘ multiplayer ahead of its release. Expect our thoughts on Halo 5‘s campaign first, followed by our thoughts on PvP shortly afterward.

Halo 5: Guardians is available on Xbox One from 27 October.

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Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

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