January2024
News Former 343 Employee Hints At 'Unannounced' New Halo Project
Will it use Unreal Engine 5?
343 Industries is still showing Halo Infinite some love with seasonal updates, but what's next for Master Chief? While there have been some rumours here and there, two job listings have now potentially shed some light on what's going on behind the scenes. On the LinkedIn profile of the former 343 Industries art director...
News Phil Spencer Closes Out 2023 Playing Halo Infinite Firefight With Xbox Fans
"Thanks for the invite"
It's nice to spend some of the festive season resting up and playing video games, and to nobody's surprise, it looks like Xbox boss Phil Spencer spent some of the final hours of 2023 gaming with fans. As we can see over on Phil's Twitter feed, the boss enjoyed some Halo Infinite Firefight at the tail end of December -...
December2023
News Halo TV Show's Season 2 Poster Has Already Been Photoshopped
Chief isn't wearing his helmet in this official poster
Following an update earlier this month, confirming Paramount's Halo TV show would be airing Season 2 next February along with a "first look", a promotional poster has now surfaced online. Unfortunately, the poster has already upset some fans online. As you can see, it depicts Master Chief...
News Halo Infinite Winter Contingency III Now Live, Includes Free 20 Tier Event Pass
Happy holidays!
It's that time of year again when games begin launching their holiday-themed events, and with this in mind, Winter Contingency III is now live in Halo Infinite Season 5. This is a free 20 tier Operation Pass, where you can unlock free customisation rewards like armour, coatings, nameplates, emblems as well as some Santa-themed...
News 343 Industries 'Thank You Card' Causes Concern For The Future Of Halo: MCC
"Together, we have achieved a significant milestone"
Halo: The Master Chief Collection has ended up getting an almost 10-year update cycle after its rough launch back in 2014, and a new developer message is hinting that work on the game might finally be wrapping up in 2023. Doing the rounds on social media is a 'thank you' message posted by some of...
News 343 Has 'Nothing In Active Development' For Halo Infinite Single-Player
"We made the decision just over a year ago"
Halo Infinite has been on the up-and-up over its last few multiplayer seasons, but in a recent interview with outlet Kinda Funny, the team explained that this content surge won't carry over to campaign anytime soon. During a wide-ranging chat on the Xcast podcast, 343's Brian Jarrad talked about the...
Feature Firefight Makes An Absolutely Triumphant Return In Halo Infinite
The series' famous co-op mode returns!
Back in early October, 343 Industries announced Firefight's grand return to Halo - in the form of 'Firefight: King of the Hill' mode for Halo Infinite. Fast forward two months and we've been hands-on with the game mode ahead of its addition to Halo Infinite Season 5 - and it's safe to say
News Halo Infinite Firefight: King Of The Hill Arrives Soon, New Trailer Teased
Mid-Season Update incoming
Earlier on, the official Halo account on social media shared a post seemingly inspired by Rockstar's recent Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer announcement. It teased a "new trailer" on 4th December, and while it's not confirmed just yet what exactly it's for, there's a good chance it's for the new Firefight: King of the Hill mode...
November2023
News 'Halo 3 Refueled' Maps Added To Standard Matchmaking In Halo Infinite
The classic playlist also remains
Halo Infinite has been hosting a classic 'Halo 3 Refueled' playlist for a few weeks now, and the mode is going to be sticking around for a bit longer than initially planned. Rather than wrapping up yesterday, Halo 3 Refueled will be live in Halo Infinite for an additional week; through December 5th. What's more,...
News Halo 3's Entire Opening Mission Has Been Recreated In Halo Infinite
Dropping into Sierra 117
Halo Infinite's Forge toolset is a mighty impressive piece of kit, especially since the team added AI into the mix; allowing for more in-depth user creations. Well, it's spawned a pretty in-depth one here - as one fan has recreated the entire opening mission of Halo 3 in Infinite's Forge mode! As you can see up above, Rebs...
News Seven Halo 3 Maps Join Halo Infinite Today Alongside Free 20-Tier Pass
Classic maps recreated in Forge
Halo Infinite has gone through a lot over the course of its live service, but Season 5 has arguably been one of the best updates yet with not only plenty of new multiplayer content but also the addition of AI in the game's Forge mode. Now, to add to the excitement, the new event Operation: Combined Arms goes live...
News Former Xbox Boss Reflects On His Famous Tattoo As Halo 2 Turns 19
"We at Xbox changed blockbuster gaming marketing forever"
This week marks 19 years since Bungie's global hit Halo 2 arrived on the original Xbox. While we're not quite at the two-decade milestone just yet, there are already some celebrations going down. Former Xbox boss Peter Moore has used it as an opportunity to reflect on that famous Halo 2...
News Halo Infinite Dev Posts Lengthy Response To 'Increased' Bundle Prices
"I understand this isn't necessarily what everyone wants to hear"
Halo developer 343 Industries has finally begun implementing a long-promised Halo Infinite feature - customisation items that work across different 'Spartan Cores' within multiplayer. While this feature's addition is certainly welcome, it's brought an unfortunate consequence that's...
News Halo Infinite's Networking Is Being 'Fundamentally Changed' To Address De-Sync Issues
"We decided to pursue fundamental changes"
Pretty much since the launch of the game in late 2021, the Halo Infinite community has been very vocal about player de-sync issues in online multiplayer. Well, it looks like our prayers are being answered as 343 provides a huge update on the future of its under-the-hood multiplayer tech. Taking to Twitter...
News 343 Adds New Big-Team Infection Mode To Halo Infinite
As an "experimental" playlist
343 Industries has been doing good work with Halo Infinite over the last few seasons, adding plenty of new maps, modes, weapons and more into the multiplayer mix in recent months. Sometimes, the team gets a little experimental with its new modes, and that's exactly what it's done with the new 'Workshop BTB Infection' m
October2023
News Halo Infinite Gets A Minor Patch This Week, Here's What's Included
Update: The full patch notes have arrived
Update [Sat 28th Oct, 2023 04:30 BST]: As promised, 343 Industries has now shared the full patch notes for this most recent Halo Infinite update. Here they are in full (via Halo Waypoint): Halo Infinite Patch (26th October 2023) RESOLVED ISSUES The following changes were made in the October 26, 2023,...
News Halo Infinite Custom Battle Royale Impresses Thanks To Forge Mode Tools
This is one mighty impressive user creation
Pretty much since the launch of Halo Infinite we've heard rumblings about a battle royale mode potentially being in development over at Xbox, but if you're itching to play a Halo BR right now, it might be worth turning to this new Forge Mode creation. As YouTuber jackfrags has demoed up above, '
News 343 Shares New Look At Remade Halo 3 Maps For Upcoming Halo Infinite Mode
Are you excited for 'Halo 3 Refueled'?
'Halo 3 Refueled' is a new Halo Infinite multiplayer mode arriving later on during Season 5, and ahead of its addition next month, the team at 343 Industries has showcased a bunch of new images featuring its selection of remade maps. We have classics like Guardian, High Ground, Narrows and The Pit here - and...
Random Halo Infinite Fans Discover 'Golden Sandwich' Easter Egg In Season 5
Hidden within the new map Forbidden
Halo Infinite Season 5: Reckoning launched earlier this week on Xbox Series X|S, PC and Game Pass, and Spartans have already discovered one crazy secret hidden on the new arena map, Forbidden. This Easter Egg requires players to press a bunch of floor switches in a specific order and it then opens a secret door...
News Halo Infinite Hits Highest PC Player Count In Over A Year As Season 5 Lands
The Steam numbers are up
There's quite a bit of hype building around Halo Infinite Season 5 at the moment - and that hype is already translating into a healthy PC player bump for 343 Industries and Microsoft. We're not talking astronomical numbers here, but the Steam version of Halo Infinite surpassed 15k concurrent players yesterday for the first...
News 343 Reveals Exact Release Times For Halo Infinite Season 5
Here's when you can go hands on in your region
Excitement is starting to build around Halo Infinite Season 5; the game's next content drop that's set to bring lots of new goodies to Halo Infinite multiplayer. Ahead of its nearby release, 343 Industries has revealed exactly when we can all jump in and try the new content out. Halo Infinite Season 5...
Rumour Halo's Next Story Campaign Is In Development On Unreal Engine
"Yes, they do have a team working on the next Halo campaign"
Earlier this year, we heard reports that 343 Industries had decided not to bother pursuing any sort of single-player DLC for Halo Infinite - instead focusing on multiplayer content post-launch. However, that doesn't mean the team hasn't started work on an entirely new Halo campaign, and a...
News 'Halo 3 Refueled' Is Bringing An Entire Halo-3 Themed Playlist To Halo Infinite Next Month
Duke it out on 8 classic Halo 3 maps
Halo Infinite Season 5 is right around the corner, and at this month's Halo Championships event, the team revealed that a fully Halo 3-themed playlist is coming to Infinite's multiplayer suite next month. 'Halo 3 Refueled' will bring together eight Halo 3 maps into one nostalgia-powered playlist for Infinite in...
News 343: Halo Infinite's New Forge AI Toolkit Is A 'Huge' Game Changer
Forgers are already praising it
Xbox Wire has shared a rundown about the Forge AI Toolkit coming to Halo Infinite in Season 5: Reckoning next week and it's being labelled a "big" deal, with the potential here considered to be huge. In brief, the new toolkit will allow Spartans to input the Campaign AI (including allies and enemy AI) into their...
News Halo Infinite Shares Preview Of Season 5's New Arena Maps
Introducing Prism and Forbidden
Earlier this week, 343 Industries unveiled Halo Infinite Season 5: Reckoning would be launching on 17th October. The multiplayer component of the title has made a lot of changes over the past seasons and this next one will introduce new modes, customisation, a new Battle Pass, and much more. As part of this, the...
