Halo 5 Hype Builds with Build a Halo Spartan Sweepstakes, Warzone Medals

All the hype of games are piling up for the holiday season. Trains of Halo 5, Destiny: The Taken King, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Fallout 4, and more are leaving the station at bullet speeds. Though the hype train for Destiny: The Taken King will slow to a halt tomorrow, Halo 5 has been currently picking up steam at a rapid pace.

How? Well, take a look at the upcoming sweepstakes brought to you by GameStop. Called "Build a Halo Spartan," this sweepstakes centers around adorability. To quote the introduction of the sweepstakes:
 

"Where does your allegiance lie - with the Hunter or the Hunted? Celebrate the launch of Build a Halo Spartan at GameStop Sweepstakes by choosing a side, building your Spartan, and entering to win!"

What makes this contest stand out is that you have to build a Spartan Cubee and show them off on Twitter with the hashtags #Halo5atGameStop, #Sweepstakes, #TeamChiefUS, or #TeamLockUS. The best part is the fact that it's easy to enter. Just head to this official page here, enter your info, optionally answer three questions related to Halo 5, Sign In to Twitter, Follow @GameStop, download, print, and assemble Cubee Art, and either Tweet the art (with #TeamChiefUS or #TeamLockeUS) or just tweet the hashtag #Halo5atGameStop and #Sweepstakes. However, you gain more entries per week (five, to be exact) by tweeting your art.

In concerns to prizes, winners will be receiving weekly and monthly prizes, but only one will earn the grand prize. Weekly winners will receive Musterbrand Spartan gear or a signed Master Chief or Spartan Locke Cubee standee. Monthly winners will take home an Xbox One Limited-Edition Halo 5: Guardians The Master Chief wireless controller, but the grand-prize winner will win a Halo 5: Guardians custom Xbox One 1TB console and controller with game bundle. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal, huh?

Winners will be notified via e-mail and Twitter on or around October 29, 2015.

In additional news, 343i also revealed the Halo 5 Warzone Medals and a brand new AI enemy type. Below is the list of the new Warzone Medals:

• Boss Takedown and Legendary Takedown medals for eliminating Bosses
• AI Kill and Assist Medals such as Grunt Kill, Elite Kill, and Knight Kill for killing non-boss Minions
• Vehicle Destruction and Assist Medals such as Warthog Destroyed, Scorpion Destroyed and Phaeton Destroyed for destroying enemy vehicles.
• Base Capture and Base Defense Medals for capturing and defending bases.

In Warzone, bosses will appear, coming from a variety of enemy factions. They will be considered the best of the best, so you'd best be on your toes! Regular and Legendary bosses will be available in Warzone--Regular bosses will be worth 25 victory points, whereas Legendary will be worth 150 points. Additionally, one spartan will earn you one victory points, so basically taking out bosses will turn the tide of the match.

Halo 5: Guardians will release exclusively for the Xbox One on October 25.