Halo: Flashpoint Summer Reveals and Pre-Orders – Join the Battle!

Welcome to the next huge chapter of skirmish wargaming in the Halo Universe - let the Battle for Zeta Halo begin!

Packed with some of the top Halo: Flashpoint community requests like Marines, Jackals & Grunts (yes - at last), this wave is the best yet with something for everyone - whichever faction you play, and whether you're a veteran player or a new recruit.

Check out everything that's coming, refining and expanding on the game you love. And if you're new, it's the best-ever time to start! Everything showcased below is available to pre-order now and will be shipping early September.

UNSC Marines Join the Fight

The Marine Corps makes up the largest part of the UNSC's military strength on land, equipped for a broad spectrum of operations.

UNSC Marines are organised into fireteams, led on the ground by experienced Corporals, and bolstered by the skills of snipers, medics and communications specialists. In the field, these Marine Corps units may even be accompanied by highly trained super-soldiers from the Spartan program - such as Spartan Tomas Horvath, who plays a key role in the Battle for Zeta Halo.

You asked, we heard you, and the Marines are here - with Spartan Horvath fighting alongside them. A fully plastic set (plus cards of course), this new box substantially fleshes out the available UNSC list-building options alongside the Spartans, ODSTs and legendary character choices released so far!

The Banished Retaliate

From the Sangheili to Unggoy 'Grunts' and Kig-Yar 'Jackals', the Banished make widespread use of mercenaries and conscripts to bolster their Jiralhanae forces.

Inspired to battle by the fearsome Warmaster Atriox, these disparate species are forged into a hardened military machine. These mixed units were kept in line during the Battle of Zeta Halo by the ruthless will of Sangheili Enforcers, enacting the strategic ambitions of their warlords through decisive and often brutal action on the ground.

Alongside the UNSC Marines, another top community request was to bring Grunts and Jackals to the game - so here they are as a fully plastic set! They're joined by an imposing Sangheili Enforcer to keep this dangerous pack focused on the objective.

And that's not all for the Banished! Just as Noble Team are starting to make an impact on the tabletop, it's only right that the UNSC's adversaries get some incredible characters to fight back...

Spartan Killers on the Hunt

Among the most feared warriors of the Banished are those handpicked for their brutal efficiency in dispatching humanity’s finest.

From the deadly blademaster Jega ‘Rdomnai to the towering Jiralhanae pack brothers Hyperius and Tovarus, these warriors embody the Banished ideal of strength above all else. Each of their number has earned their reputation through countless battles, hunting down Spartans as priority targets during the Battle for Zeta Halo.

Towering over a Marine, or even a Spartan, these are the largest MasterCraft characters ever made for Halo: Flashpoint! As a Special Issue box of high-end miniatures, we'll only be making a fixed number of these sets a year - so make sure to secure a copy while they're new and available.

Take Your Games to Zeta Halo

Part of the awe-inspiring Halo array, Installation 07 bears a history defined by conflict, and a fractured legacy that stretches toward an uncertain future.

Zeta Halo is a fresh new location just waiting for your fireteams to engage in fast-paced, high-energy combat!

This full-colour, non-slip gaming mat is a limited run item, and the perfect companion for all the new Zeta Halo themed sets. Click below and get ready to battle across the green flora and gleaming Forerunner architecture of Installation 07.

The 1.5 Update - and a New All-In Bundle

With thousands of battles played over the last 18 months, plus your fantastic suggestions and loads of organised play data - we've been able to get Halo: Flashpoint in better shape shape than ever, even more balanced and properly futureproofed for lots of exciting things to come.

We've got a whole blog all about the exciting updates right HERE.

So you won't have to keep continually referring to a changelog, we're actually updating the rulebook and any affected cards - which will now be easy (or in some cases even FREE) to get your hands on as proper physical components.

Full details in the blog, but most simply you can get them together as an update pack for FREE when you order the Zeta Halo All-In Releases Bundle. And this one is all killer, no filler!

New Ways to Get Started

With the 1.5 ruleset on the way, the Spartan Edition is getting some quality of life updates. If you're brand new, this flagship Starter Set pits UNSC Spartans against each other, or Banished Elites, in a fully 3D combat arena!

With the new 1.5 rulebook, the game been balanced and updated - and now also includes all the most important content from the old War Games Expansion, meaning anyone can start designing custom Fireteams straight from the starter set without needing anything else first. That means an exciting and better balanced game, even more content from the start (it's a mystery how we get it all into that box!), and a far more intuitive journey for new players.

Next up, we have the other place you can now start your journey - the Game Rulebook Pack. It's a super-accessible way to check out the rules (with starter tokens and even your first pieces of terrain), with everything brought up to date in one place.

Plus, it's ideal if you want a rulebook to accompany one of the faction boxes - like Rise of the Banished or Feet First Into Hell - effectively turning them into a 1-Player Starter Set. All of this means that new players now have more choice as to how you start a collection, and most importantly - how you get battling in the Halo Universe!

Returning to the Front

By popular demand, the Master Chief Paint Set is BACK.

Containing some fantastic custom paints from The Army Painter plus brush and the Master Chief himself, it's perfect for painting up your first Halo: Flashpoint miniatures.

Grizzly by name, grizzly by nature. Bristling with lethal weaponry and encased in MJOLNIR armour, this next set is one you don't pick a fight with...

Veteran players will recognise these miniatures from the War Games Expansion, the core rules content of which has now been incorporated into the updated rulebook and starter set. That means these Spartans are now available as their own smaller fireteam box - great for new players, and also more convenient if you wanted to add any extras to your fireteam!

Wrapping Up

Once again even more of the Halo Universe is coming to life, and we can't wait to welcome even more of you to come and discover the slick, tactical gameplay of Halo: Flashpoint.

Bring yourself. Bring your friends. In fact, just bring everyone - because it's going to be awesome.

And right now? Arm yourself and gear up. Because we're all inbound for the surface of Zeta Halo, and the battle is just beginning!