Agent Locke, the star of Ridley Scott's Halo: Nightfall, is a playable character in Halo 5: Guardians , 343 Industries revealed today during a San Diego Comic-Con panel.

Nightfall is the origin story for Jameson Locke , which leads into his role in Halo 5. Set on a broken piece of the Halo ring from Halo: Combat Evolved, this is the story of Locke growing into a Spartan. 343's Frank O'Connor described Locke's story as "a superhero origin story" that's more closely integrated to Guardians than Forward Unto Dawn was with Halo 4.Locke also appeared in the debut trailer for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, as a secondary character observing Master Chief's past, connecting Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 4 bundle to 2015's Halo 5: Guardians. Locke actor Mike Colter (The Good Wife, The Following) is doing motion capture and voice work for the character in 343's Xbox One game.Whether Colter's character is friend or foe to Master Chief is to be determined. Colter wouldn't answer during the panel's Q&A, but O'Connor explained, "We'll answer that question one year from now in this very room." Indeed, 343 is already planning reveals for SDCC 2015.The team behind Nightfall is vague about it for now, but teased the digital series would feature interactive elements of some kind. More will be revealed at Gamescom in August.Below is the key art for Halo: Nightfall.

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