Is there any form of local multiplayer in Halo 5?

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The articles I've found say that Halo 5 has no local co-op and reference the story campaign. They don't make it clear if it's just the campaign co-op that's been cut or if competitive local multiplayer has been cut as well.
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Is Halo 5 local multiplayer?
Unlike previous first-person shooters in the Halo franchise, Halo 5: Guardians does not feature any offline multiplayer capabilities, like split-screen cooperative campaign and multiplayer modes. It also does not have any local networking options.Can 2 people play Halo 5 campaign?
Fans breathed a sigh of relief having previously been disappointed to see this feature missing in Halo 5. So the game will support a two-player Split-screen co-op campaign (or as we lovingly call it, 'couch co-op'). As for the online co-op, it will support up to four players.Why does Halo 5 not have split-screen?
At the time, then 343 chief Josh Holmes said the decision to remove split-screen from Halo 5 "was one of the most difficult ones we've ever had to make as a studio". "We know that for many of our fans, Halo has meant playing together with friends in the same room," he said.How do you play local multiplayer on Halo 5?
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