The development team at 343 Industries working on the upcoming Halo 5: Guardians are confirming that they are running the soon-to-come beta for the shooter at a resolution of 720p and a frame rate of 60 FPS, but they are also saying that for the full launch that will take place in 2015 the values might be improved, although nothing is clear at the moment.

Josh Holmes, who is the leader of the group in charge of the future of Master Chief, is quoted by Eurogamer as stating that “We're midway through development. We're balancing and tuning the gameplay systems. All of the polish and optimisation graphically is stuff that typically comes towards the end of the production cycle.”

Most fans were expecting for the game to run at 1080p and 60 FPS even in beta state to show how 343 Industries can extract power from the Xbox One home console.

The testing phase for the title is set to take place over the winter and is open to all those who are interested and have picked up the recently launched Halo: The Master Chief Collection in order to get a code.

Holmes adds, “That's not the final resolution for the game. You can imagine as we go through the remainder of the project we'll be focused on polishing the visual look of the game. You can expect it will look amazing when it comes out.”

A beta that will divide the Halo community

For three weeks, fans of the Halo series will be able to experience the changes that are being introduced by 343 Industries.

So far, the team has confirmed that it plans to introduce a sprinting system to the series and will make changes to how accurate weapons are and the way aiming works.

Long-term fans of the series have not reacted well to the changes and there are threads which are asking the community to organize itself in order to tell 343 Industries which mechanics they need to change.

The studio has said that it wants to deliver a game that can appeal to long-term loyalists while also introducing a range of innovative ideas.

The single-player section of Halo 5: Guardians will feature Agent Locke, whose backstory is introduced at the moment via the Halo: Nightfall live action series that was created under the supervision of Ridley Scott.

Launch will take place on the Xbox One, probably in November of next year.