Halo Infinite, the tech preview anticipates numerous single player and multiplayer modes
Halo Infinite
Not just spoilers: the technical beta of Halo Infinite, in fact, may have revealed the arrival of a much awaited and chat mode. The first person shooter house 343 Industries, arriving later this year on Xbox One, Xbox One, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X, as well as on PC could in fact equip itself with a new, particular section to play with your friends and more.At the moment not all online modes of Halo Infinite have been confirmed or officially announced. The data mining of the technical preview files, however, revealed that the Battle Royale is also present in the plans of the development team. That's right, you got it right: the most anticipated first person shooter by all owners of an Xbox console could in the near future integrate a mode very similar to those of Fortnite and PUGB, although we assume that there could be substantial differences. >
In addition to the Battle Royale mode, the files would also include a rework of a Reach map. Not only that: Halo Infinite could also have more single player campaigns, since a photo appeared on Waypoint (the official blog of the franchise) you can see a menu tab that says "Campaigns", or "Campaigns" but in the plural.
Obviously, at least for now, nothing is confirmed on paper. 343 Industries has repeatedly said non-definitive words on the introduction of a Battle Royale mode within Halo Infinite. The presence of these files, however, make us assume that the intention of the development team is actually the will to want to insert this particular game option. However, it shouldn't be a very strange case: over the last few years, in fact, even Battlefield and Call of Duty have decided to aim for Royal Battles, with very satisfactory results.
We remind you that Halo Infinite will also be available on Xbox Game Pass, the Microsoft service that allows you to play all Xbox Game Studios games on day one by subscription. We look forward to further news on this, not only related to the Battle Royale but also to the release date, which has not yet been officially announced today.
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‘Halo Infinite’ Is Good, Says Everyone
Halo Infinite
343The Halo Infinite technical test is still ongoing, as players get their hands on the game for the first time. As expected, it is full of a ton of technical issues that will have to be sorted before launch, the point of a test like this in the first place, including poor PC performance in particular, which will require optimization.
But when you get past all the technical hiccups, and try to get an overall sense of how testers feel about the game, the temperature is…overwhelmingly warm. Scalding, practically.
Nearly all the impressions I’m seeing from players in the technical flight have been positive. You can head to Twitter, reddit, wherever, and the reaction is generally the same, this potentially feels like 343’s best Halo multiplayer outing to date, and has echoes of the “golden age” of Halo 3 or Halo CE.
The game is supposed to be less “modernized” than Halo 5 was, with reductions in things like sprint, while retaining the “feel” of the original games. Even in these early bot matches, the vibe is that 343 has really gotten things right this time, and the extra year to get this game in fighting shape was well worth the delay.
Halo Infinite is a massively important project for Microsoft and Xbox, as it’s supposed to be the “platform” to launch all future Halo content for at least the next generation. Whether that means an “evolving world” type deal or true sequels, that’s unclear, but whatever is added in time will no doubt all be on Game Pass, while Halo multiplayer remains free this time, even without Game Pass.
Halo Infinite enters a very crowded shooter market that has moved far, far away from traditional Halo gameplay over the years, toward battle royales or tactical shooters or hero arenas. It will have to reestablish itself as a top player, and Microsoft has its sights set on a return to esports. From the looks of Infinite, it seems like it’s definitely on that track.
We still do not have a finalized release date for Halo Infinite, which everyone more or less assumes will be in late November. The longer this goes, the more the thought might creep to mind that perhaps we could be facing another delay out of this year, but Microsoft has maintained that’s not going to happen again. So we’re just waiting until we get an announcement to confirm that. With Sony delaying Horizon Forbidden West to next year, Xbox has quite an empty stage all to itself, and if Halo Infinite shines? This will be one of the biggest success stories for the Xbox brand in a number of years.
There will be more tests and alphas and betas no doubt before launch so more players can get in. I will say that yes, it’s possible that the die-hard fans who managed to sign up for Waypoint and get into this test are more likely to love a Halo game than general audiences, so perhaps there’s some bias here. And yet if hardcore Halo fans are loving this new Halo game…that also seems like it’s own kind of good sign to me.
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