Halo: Spartan Assault heads to Xbox One on Christmas Eve

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Halo: Spartan Assault, the top-down spin-off of the popular sci-fi shooter series, is heading to Xbox One on 24th December.The game will be priced at £11.99 / $14.99, but those who purchase Spartan Assault on Windows 8 or Windows Phone prior to 15th December will be eligible to upgrade to the Xbox One version for a mere £3.99 / $4.99.This will be worth it for a lot of players as this console rendition of Spartan Assault comes with loads of extras. Chief among them are online co-op and the new Operation Hydra single-player expansion.Additionally, this next-gen version will run naively at 1080p and 60fps and feature new weapons, enemies, and abilities - like being able to teleport, which 343 Industries executive producer Dan Ayoub noted was a personal fave on the Xbox News Wire (http://news.xbox.com/2013/12/games-spartan-assault-qa). There will also be new achievements, as detailed on Halo Waypoint (https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/11/13/Xbox-360Xbox-One-Halo-Spartan-Assault-Achievements-Revealed.aspx).Halo fans who've not invested in the next generation of consoles will still receive Spartan Assault on Xbox 360, but this version won't be ready until January."Halo's touch-screen debut is good-looking, colourful, and fun," wrote EG's Chris Donlan in his Halo: Spartan Assault review (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-22-halo-spartan-assault-review) from this summer. "Here's hoping it eventually gets ported around a little," he concluded. Glad to know someone's listening.

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