During an event in Japan some new footage of Halo 5: Guardians was leaked featuring Master Chief’s campaign mode. There are obvious spoilers contained within the video and it also highlights some of the new features that 343 Industries has implemented into the game, exclusively for Xbox One owners.

The 11 minute gameplay video isn’t all just gameplay, there are also cinematics in there that contain what you might consider to be a big spoiler, so maybe you shouldn’t read or watch beyond this point.

[Obvious Spoilers Are Very, Very, Very Obvious!]

The video comes from MythicTyrant but they weren’t the ones who originally filmed the off-screen footage. So far the video has been circulating around and getting pulled once Microsoft catches wind of it. Nevertheless, once this particular video gets pulled there will be duplicates made available if anyone decides to download the video and re-upload it. Anyway, you can check it out below.

Halo 5 Master Chief Campaign Footage! This is NOT my gameplay. We finally get a look into the Master Chief’s campaign as he fights along side Blue Team! So what are your thoughts so far? How do you think this game will fair with the others in the series? Does it meet your expectations? Fall below?

Yeah, so there are a few things worth discussing. While majority of the gameplay is basically standard fare first-person shooter stuff, the one thing that stood out was with the squad commands.

Even though we knew beforehand that you could issue commands to your squad members, what wasn’t made clear before was just how detailed some of those commands could get. For instance, you can order teammates to specific cover positions as well as order them to attack specific targets. Even more than that is that you can direct them to pick up certain weapons. This could very useful for some segments where you might be inclined to have all your teammates utilize close-quarters weapons in tight corridors or use sniper rifles during larger, open areas.

Now of course, the main topic of discussion is about Cortana… we all thought she sacrificed herself and died at the end of Halo 4. Apparently that’s not entirely true.

Cortana appears as a sort of specter in the cinematic above, goading John-117 to fulfill his destiny. Master Chief comes across the ghostly apparition of his digital love-interest while scavenging through some ancient caves after being separated from the rest of Blue Team. Cortana is activated after Chief touches some relic on the ground that sparks and seemingly opens up a gateway that allows his former partner to inform him that the “domain is open”.

Speaking in vague prophetic terms, Cortana informs Master Chief that “Meridian is next”. She tells the Chief that “The Reclamation is about to begin” and then the cave gets disrupted by something.

The whole thing comes across as more of a dream sequence than anything. There’s no explanation on how Cortana is back and what role she plays in helping Chief. You’ll have to play the game to find out. If you were hoping for big ending spoilers you won’t find them here.

Anyone too weak-willed to stay away will more than likely want to seek answers than find themselves frustrated because even as an on and off-again fan of Halo I am kind of curious what’s going on with the Master Chief and whether or not he’s really seeing Cortana or if it’s all just in his head? I guess we’ll find out when Halo 5: Guardians launches on October 27th for the Xbox One next month.