--- description: Microsoft released the first trailer for its upcoming live-action digital series Halo: Nightfall. The series, which is being executive produced by Ridley Scott, will feature... title: Halo: Nightfall Live-Action Movie: Watch the Trailer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt360b0551b42cca59/69869d39169ab074e527a7ba/155038165.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the First Trailer for _Halo: Nightfall_ by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2014 2:31 PM CUT  Master Chief stands guard at the Liechtenstein border during the HALO 4 launch by Xbox 360 on October 29, 2012 in Balzers, Liechtenstein. Master Chief stands guard at the Liechtenstein border during the HALO 4 launch by Xbox 360 on October 29, 2012 in Balzers, Liechtenstein.Getty Image—2012 Getty Images by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2014 2:31 PM CUT Microsoft released the first trailer for its upcoming live-action digital series _Halo: Nightfall_. The series, which is being executive produced by Ridley Scott, will feature a new character named Jameson Locke, who is an agent for the secretive Office of Naval Intelligence. The series will be bundled with Halo: The Master Chief Collection, a compilation of past Halo games that launches this November. **MORE:** The History of Video Game Consoles ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3033914/halo-nightfall-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3033914/halo-nightfall-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch the First Trailer for Halo: Nightfall","datePublished":"2014-07-25T14:31:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:50.912Z","description":"Microsoft released the first trailer for its upcoming live-action digital series Halo: Nightfall. The series, which is being executive produced by Ridley Scott, will feature...","url":"https://time.com/3033914/halo-nightfall-trailer/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","Microsoft","xbox","Halo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt360b0551b42cca59/69869d39169ab074e527a7ba/155038165.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt360b0551b42cca59/69869d39169ab074e527a7ba/155038165.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Experience: HALO by Xbox 360","caption":"Experience: HALO by Xbox 360","creditText":"Getty Image—2012 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3033914/halo-nightfall-trailer/","name":"Watch the First Trailer for Halo: Nightfall"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A History of Video Gaming Consoles","description":"The full series on gaming consoles packed into one video for you to watch.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/c8bQ37tV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-08T16:50:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/c8bQ37tV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3033914/halo-nightfall-trailer/","duration":"PT23M45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3033914/halo-nightfall-trailer/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```