As we all know Halo 5 got a substantial update today. Hammer Storm includes a new map, weapons, armor and a lot of new REQ cards to collect. Apart from that there’s also a tribute from 343 Industries related to the loss that one of the Halo community members suffered.
The best way for everyone to understand what happened and how 343 Industries decided to honor the community member is by simply transcribing what Josh Holmes has written on Halo Waypoint. You can read it below.
Last month we learned about a community member’s tragic loss. Adam (aka thecrzedspartan) and his wife Rebecca lost their daughters Trinity and Lena when their lives were claimed by an electrical fire in their family home. As a father, I can only imagine the heartache and pain caused by this loss. In the days following the tragedy, it was inspiring to see the Halo community come together to support Adam and Rebecca in a variety of ways.
In honor of Adam’s family and his daughters, Trinity and Lena, we’ve created the Spartans Never Walk Alone pack. This pack contains the True Light emblem, which is named after the first initial of each of his daughters’ names, and is the first animated emblem to come to Halo 5. All players will receive this pack as part of this month’s free update.
As well we have included a special feature in our new Arena map, Torque. As players look up and scan the stars above, the names Trinity and Lena will be visible in the night sky. These are but small gestures meant to honor Adam’s daughters, ensuring that their memories are always close at hand within the universe he loves.
/Josh
Apart from the emblem displayed above, I’ve managed to get a screenshot and a video clip of Adam and Rebecca’s daughters names that were included among the stars of the new Halo 5 map. Both were taken by a friend of mine since I wasn’t home to take them myself.
I’ve been playing games for about 20 years and, as much as I can recall, this is the first time that I’ve ever seen a developer’s studio making something like this, which in my opinion is definitely a great homage to the couple’s daughters and shows the respect that 343 Industries has for their fans.
I couldn’t stand without giving my condolences to Adam and Rebeca for their loss.
I also would like to thanks my friend CAT for doing me the favor of taking the screenshot and recording the clip.
Source: Halo Waypoint
João is a games journalist, Senior Editor at XDA Developers. They contributed 156 articles to ICXM between 2015–2017, focused on game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news: previously reported for Neowin before joining XDA Developers in 2021, where he leads coverage of Windows, Microsoft, and hardware.