Halo Online is Happening, but Only in Russia

Halo Fans, you may want to halt your excitement for Halo 5 temporarily, as an unexpected bomb has been recently dropped.

Syber Interactive Studio and publisher Innova revealed a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter called Halo Online. As in, it's based on the Halo franchise. It will be coming exclusively on the PC and will be powered by a reworked version of the Halo 3 Engine.

Okay, you can go back to being excited for Halo 5, console fans.

What is possibly a little bit of a downer is that the game will release in Russia, so a North American or European release is uncertain.

And now most of us can cry.

According to the Russian website SHAZOO, the following features will be available in Halo Online:

The game will include special packages and abilities: fighting, safety and support.
The system will be similar to the perks system in Call of Duty
Characters have levels, but the maximum level has not been revealed
Maps are specifically designed for Halo Online and for 16 people
Players will receive trials and missions like score a head-shot, jump ten times, kill 30 enemies, etc.
Players can find different weapons like Bazookas all over the map
When you are respawning, you can change class and weapons
Backstabbing is confirmed
There are five slots per class, of which two are available immediately
The game does have a lobby system
Each piece of armor has its own parameters such as movement speed
The plot and PVE missions have not been considered
Team Slayer and Assassination modes have been confirmed
Microsoft is co-distributing the game in Russia

Seems unfortunate, but there will be a guarantee that several players outside of Russia will try to access this F2P game.

In the meantime, let's hope that there will a be European and North American release. Well, if not, we always have the anticipated Halo 5 to keep us company.