343 Industries today added new content for the ongoing Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer on Xbox One, introducing a new map, mode, and weapon to the pre-release trial.

Defeating Orion in a fan vote, the new map available today is Pegasus, which was developed using Halo 5's new Forge map-editing suite. Pegasus has long sightlines, making it an ideal map for players proficient with ranged weapons like the Sniper Rifle or DMR.

343 adds: "Holding down the raised area with the Sniper Rifle, Rocket Launcher, or Light Rifle gives a team excellent presence, and the ability to lock down huge swathes of the map. However, this spot is vulnerable to grenades and flanking routes that the opposing team should use to retake the high ground."

As mentioned above, the new weapon added to Halo 5 today is the Rocket Launcher, which is a highly deadly gun that can kill multiple enemies with one shot.

The final new addition to the Halo 5 multiplayer beta today is the Strongholds mode, which is playable on the Regret and Empire maps. Strongholds features three zones spread throughout the map that players need to control to defeat the opposing team.

Only the team that controls two Stronghold zones will score points, meaning players must coordinate if they want to win. 343 warns that attempting to control all three zones at once will likely spread you too far thin. The first team to 100 points wins.

The arrival of Stronghold doesn't come at the expense of the Halo 5 beta's other modes, Slayer and Breakout, which will remain available to play for the duration of the beta, which ends January 18.

For more on the Halo 5 beta's new content, check out the image gallery below. Be sure to click each image to see a full-size version.

There are two ways to get into the Halo 5 multiplayer beta, the first of which is probably the most straightforward: owning a copy of Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Microsoft is also allowing Xbox One Preview Program members to play the beta, though access to this program is available by invitation only.

Microsoft will not hold a second multiplayer beta for Halo 5, so this is your only chance (outside of gaming conventions like PAX) to play the game ahead of its full release later this fall.

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