Halo 5’s next update ‘Hammer Storm’ previewed

343 Industries used its latest blog post to briefly preview Halo 5: Guardians' next udpate — Hammer Storm. The February update, scheduled for February 26th, will bring new weapons, new game modes, a new map, tons of new REQs, and more.

As previously mention, Grifball is one of the new modes, along with Assault. Additionally, players will have the ability to create game types like Oddball and Ricochet thanks to custom game options. Fiesta Slayer is also included.

The new map, named Torque, also received a concept image (above). 343 Industries will show it off further in a livestream.

And, of course, Hammer Storm will bring new REQs and armor sets.

Lastly, Hammer Storm brings with it a number of game improvements across Forge, bug fixes, UI improvements, and more.

"In an effort to give players more choice and control over the look of the Spartan and Emblem the UI team worked to expand the color palette," detailed UI Art Lead Kevin McGinnis. "For Armor, we now allow individual selection of Primary and Secondary colors, and for Emblems, individual selection Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary colors. There are no restrictions, so players can choose 2 of the same color to create a totally different looking emblem."

As a result, the following changes will be made in the February update:

• Expanded the color palette for armor and emblems from 32 to 60 colors
• Replaced the emblem harmonies with simple, primary, secondary and tertiary color options (see below)
• These new options have no restrictions – you can make any 2 of them the same color and get a completely different looking emblem shape
• These new colors carry over to Waypoint as well