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Guide Halo Infinite: How To Change Campaign Difficulty
Switch up your settings for an optimal experience
Halo Infinite is finally here and as players jump into the chaos on Zeta Halo and get involved in some running battles with the Banished, they may find themselves regretting their initial decision when it comes to difficulty settings — leading to them wanting to know how to change Halo Infinite's...
Random There's A Rock Shaped Like Craig The Brute In Halo Infinite
A boulder person might suggest it's simply coincidence
Yet another Halo Infinite Easter Egg dedicated to everybody's favourite brute, Craig, has seemingly been discovered in 343 Industries' latest sci-fi extravaganza. Yes, we've already had the Craig Zeta Halo World Tour concert dates that were found atop the enormous Tower structure in the very...
News Don't Use Quick Resume With Halo Infinite For Now, Advises 343
"We will eventually have a retroactive fix..."
343 Industries has advised Halo Infinite players on Xbox Series X and Series S that Quick Resume isn't worth using with the game for now, as it's causing an issue where you can't unlock certain cosmetics for your multiplayer Spartan. The reason is because Quick Resume disconnects you from the servers...
News 343 'Investigating' Achievement Delays In Halo Infinite
"it will eventually unlock"
The Halo Infinite campaign is out now, and like some other games at launch - achievements don't seem to be popping for everyone right away. If you have encountered this issue yourself, and are wondering if you'll have to replay the whole thing, there's no need to worry. 343 is well aware of this issue and is currently...
I think we're just getting started
Hello, and welcome to our Halo Infinite walkthrough and guides hub where we'll be helping you get to grips with all aspects of Master Chief's latest adventure, guiding you to each and every one of the campaign's collectibles and secrets, as well as providing you with all the hints, tips and tricks you'll need to...
Guide Halo Infinite: All Master Chief / Spartan Core Upgrades
Beef up your Chief
How do you get all available Spartan Core Upgrades in Halo Infinite? In this guide we'll show you how. You may also be interested in the following Halo Infinite guides: How To Beat Halo Infinite's Bosses, All UNSC Audio Log Locations, All Banished Audio Log Locations,
Guide Halo Infinite: All High Value Target Locations
Where to find them and how to kill them
There are fifteen high value targets to take out in Halo Infinite and each one will net you plenty of valor as well as a slick new weapon variant that you can grab any time you like at all of your currently liberated Forward Operating Bases (FOBs). In order to reveal the locations of these high-ranking...
Guide Halo Infinite: All Forerunner Artifact Locations
Nice ring
There are seven Forerunner artifacts to find in Halo Infinite, seven great big ring-shaped monoliths for you to hunt down and interact with in order to unlock a corresponding Forerunner log in your database. In order to find each of these seven artifacts you're going to need to do quite a bit of exploring in and around Zeta Halo as...
Guide Halo Infinite: How To Beat Every Boss
Quick tips for every boss in the campaign
*SPOILER WARNING* This quick guide features lots of details and pictures of every single boss encounter in Halo Infinite's campaign mode so please don't scroll any further if you're not prepared to have these things revealed to you. You'll face off against a total of eight bosses during your time with the...
Guide Halo Infinite: All Skull Locations
All Hidden Skull Locations and Effects
Halo Infinite's hidden skulls are 100% its biggest challenge in terms of collectible goodies, these things are really well hidden throughout the game and pretty tough to find. Each skull you manage to get your hands on adds a fun effect to gameplay, tweaking various aspects of how weapons, enemies and so on...
Guide Halo Infinite: All Mjolnir Suit Upgrade Locations
Suits you, sir
As you blast your way through Halo Infinite's campaign missions you'll get your hands on a bunch of cool new abilities for Master Chief's suit, and these come in the form of Mjolnir upgrades that you'll find in a handful of the game's more linear levels. These upgrades are pretty much impossible to miss but, just to be on the safe...
Guide Halo Infinite: All UNSC And Spartan Audio Log Locations
Might as well face it you're addicted to logs
Hello Spartans, and welcome to our Halo Infinite UNSC and Spartan Audio Logs location guide. Here you'll find maps, screenshots and descriptions detailing the whereabouts of each and every UNSC and Spartan audio log on Zeta Halo. Some of these logs are easy to find as part of linear main missions or sat...
Guide Halo Infinite: All Banished Audio Log Locations
Every Banished audio log location detailed
Welcome to our Halo Infinite Banished Audio Log Guide where we'll show you the exact locations of each and every one of these little tidbits of lore and backstory. Zeta Halo is absolutely chock full of collectible logs for both the Banished and USNC and although some are easily found in the more linear...
Guide Halo Infinite: All Propaganda Tower Locations
Turn it off, Guerrilla Radio
There are a total of 40 Banished Propaganda Towers hiding in and around Halo Infinite's world map and taking them down not only shuts these guys up, it also earns you valor which goes towards unlocking all manner of vehicles and equipment for use at your liberated Forward Operating Bases. Destroying each and every one...
Guide Halo Infinite: How To Get Spartan Cores And What Are They For
Upgrade Master Chief with these not-so-hidden collectibles
As you blast through Halo Infinite's campaign missions and explore the length and breadth of Zeta Halo, you'll come across lots of glowing green UNSC crates like the one in the picture just below. These are Spartan Cores and you'll use them to upgrade Master Chief's abilities as you progress...
Guide Halo Infinite Campaign: What Are Forward Operating Bases And How To Liberate Them
Don't get FOB'd off
Halo Infinite has got a pretty huge world map that's full of missions, side quests, UNSC squads and collectibles to be completed and hoovered up and, in order to make things easier for yourself as you get to grips with all of these various elements, you're going to want to make a beeline for the game's Forward Operating Bases...
News It's Time! Halo Infinite Is Now Available With Xbox Game Pass
Step inside the armor of humanity’s greatest hero
No more waiting around! It's been six long years since the last mainline entry in the Halo series, but Halo Infinite has finally arrived today — and it's not just the multiplayer portion anymore, but the open world-style campaign as well. You're looking at a download size of around 50GB for...
Random Xbox Takes Over London's Oxford Circus For The Launch Of Halo Infinite
Including a full-scale Halo Warthog simulator
In case you've been living under a rock, it's the launch of Halo Infinite today! To celebrate, the Xbox team in the UK has been "taking over Oxford Circus" in London, complete with a "stunning" projection and Halo Warthog experience. You can see the projection in the video above, which shows the Warthog...
Guide Halo Infinite Co-Op Campaign: When Is The Expected Release Date?
Details on Halo Infinite's local & online co-op
The world is finally getting to jump into Halo Infinite and, for the first time ever in the Halo franchise, we've got a Master Chief adventure that's launching without its co-op campaign component. It's a real shame, there's nothing better than blasting into a Halo campaign with a few buddies in tow,...
Guide Halo Infinite: How Long To Beat (And 100% Complete) The Campaign
How many hours long is Halo Infinite's campaign?
We're now just a few hours away from the release of Halo Infinite at the time of writing, and we bet you're eager to know exactly how long the campaign will take you beat. The good news? It's plenty long enough! We didn't get access to the campaign for long as part of the review period, but our...
News Paramount Shares Another Halo Live-Action Teaser Ahead Of The Game Awards
15 seconds more!
In case you missed it, there's a new Halo live-action series coming to Paramount Plus next year. During the 20th anniversary Xbox and Halo celebrations the other week, we got a teaser - showing us a glimpse of Master Chief putting on his armour and helmet. Now in the lead up to The Game Awards' "first look" - the official 'Halo on...
News 343 Reveals Halo Infinite Download Sizes For Campaign & Multiplayer
The "approximate" install sizes
Halo Infinite will officially be with us later today (December 8th), and while it's already been confirmed that the campaign won't be getting a pre-load, we at least now know the "approximate" download size for the entire package. 343 Industries says that these download sizes will vary by platform, but if you've...
Guide Halo Infinite Campaign Release Times On Xbox Game Pass
The exact time you'll be able to start playing
The campaign portion of Halo Infinite officially launches this Wednesday, December 8th (that's today!), and courtesy of 343 Industries, we know the exact time you'll be able to start playing on that date. And no, it's not a generic midnight release! Here are the full release times for Halo Infinite:...
News Heads Up, Halo Infinite's Campaign Won't Be Getting A Pre-Load
Confirmed by 343 Industries
Bad news, folks. 343 Industries has confirmed that Halo Infinite won't be offering a proper pre-install option for the campaign, which means we'll all seemingly have to wait until the official release time to start downloading it. In response to a fan on Twitter, Halo Community Director Brian Jarrard confirmed the news:...
News Halo Infinite Devs Made 'Tremendous Cuts' To Try And Launch In 2020
"We needed to take a step back..."
Head of 343 Industries Bonnie Ross has been speaking to CNET ahead of the launch of Halo Infinite's campaign, discussing the poor reaction to 2020's gameplay reveal in more detail, including how the team responded to it. Ross explained that the demo showcased 343 having to make "a tremendous amount of cuts" to try...
Reaction Halo Infinite Caps Off An Incredible Year For Xbox Game Studios
We've been spoiled
What a year it's been for Xbox, eh? Well, what a six months-or-so in particular. It's been capped off today with the reviews for Halo Infinite, the vast majority of which have been highly positive, and yet somehow it still isn't topping the Metacritic ratings for Xbox in 2021 — a testament to how strong the showing has been this...
News Halo Infinite's Disc Reportedly Doesn't Include The Full Game
"This is bad for long-term preservation"
It's unfortunately becoming more and more common that games are shipping without their full contents if you buy the physical disc, and that's reportedly what's happening with Halo Infinite according to Digital Foundry's John Linneman. Linneman says that if you try to install Halo Infinite while offline, "it...
News Digital Foundry Calls Halo Infinite 'A Brilliant Game', But With Numerous Tech Issues
'It has some egregious flaws'
With the reviews dropping for Halo Infinite earlier this morning, Eurogamer's Digital Foundry also chipped in with their tech review of the game, highly praising the campaign, but also pointing out a few issues. The gameplay is described as "great, combat is the best it's been in years and audio is sublime", while the...
Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Halo Infinite
The first reviews are in
You might not be aware, but there's this little game called Halo Infinite launching this week on Wednesday, December 8th, and the review embargo dropped earlier this morning. We've already given our verdict on the latest entry in the series, scoring it a 9/10 and calling it "a big step forward for the franchise", but what...
Review Halo Infinite - Master Chief's Latest Outing Was Worth The Wait
Hail to the Chief
After a couple of weeks' worth of blasting around the same ten maps in its excellent multiplayer component, Halo fans are about to get their hands on the next part of their early Xmas present, the campaign component of Halo Infinite is finally here. It's been six whole years since our last mainline Master Chief experience and this...
News Phil Spencer Thinks The Xbox Of Today Could Have Held On To Bungie
"We've learned a lot"
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has been talking to Axios about Bungie's split from Microsoft back in 2007, admitting that based on how Xbox operates today, he believes Microsoft could have held onto the Destiny and former Halo developer. "We've learned a lot", Spencer told the outlet about Bungie's history with Xbox. He pointed out...
News Halo Infinite Dev Issues Lengthy, Passionate Response To Multiplayer Criticism
Directed at the Reddit community
The Halo Infinite community over on Reddit has been filled with criticism for the game's multiplayer ever since launch, and it's got to the point where the moderators have decided to issue a temporary lockdown on the page, and Halo Community Director Brian Jarrard has issued a lengthy and passionate response to the...
News Xbox Unveils $140 LA Lakers Halo Bundle, Already Selling For Ridiculous Prices On eBay
It's only officially available at the Staples Center
If you were browsing social media yesterday, you might have seen that Xbox and the LA Lakers were advertising an exclusive new Halo Infinite bundle for the game against the LA Clippers, and it evidently proved to be a huge hit. For $140, you could get an exclusive Master Chief jersey, custom LA...
News Don't Worry, 343 Is Adding More Playlists To Halo Infinite Multiplayer
"A Social Slayer playlist is also in the works"
Halo Infinite multiplayer is mostly great, but there have been a few issues here and there. One message that the team at 343 keeps reiterating though, is that it's listening to community feedback so it can better the overall experience. With this in mind, the latest announcement is that the...
News Halo Infinite Fans Point Out 'Major Desync Problem', Developer Responds
"It's more like a colossal problem"
Halo fans have alerted 343 Industries to a "major desync problem" in Halo Infinite, which has prompted a developer at the studio to respond and confirm that the team is looking into a way to fix the issue / glitch. The problem was brought to light by YouTuber Timbouton (you can watch his video below), who put...
News Halo Co-Creator Helping EA Make A Battlefield 'Universe'
Will shape Battlefield 2042 and beyond
EA will apparently be making a Battlefield 'universe' with narrative content. To achieve this, it's recruited Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto to lead a new studio that'll be focused exclusively on storytelling content for the series. Speaking to GameSpot, Battlefield general manager Byron Beede explained how...
Poll What Do You Think Halo Infinite's Metacritic Score Will Be?
What's your prediction?
Every day is a step closer to the release of Halo Infinite's campaign on Xbox Game Pass, which officially lands next Wednesday, December 8th across console, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming. We're counting down the hours now! Of course, the reviews will also be dropping for the game in the near future as well (yes, we'll have a...
News Two New Dynamic Backgrounds Are Now Available On Xbox Series X|S
Halo Infinite and Wasteland themes
Ahead of the release of Halo Infinite on Xbox Series X|S next week, Microsoft has released a brand new themed background. This one is officially titled "Halo Infinite - Courage" and once again features Master Chief. This is the second Halo-themed dynamic background to be added to the dashboard. In addition to...
News Xbox Is Offering Exclusive Monthly Game Pass Perks For Halo Infinite
Look out for the first 'Pass Tense' bundle next week
The Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks program is getting supercharged this December with a cool 'Pass Tense' bundle for Halo Infinite, which is the first in a line of monthly multiplayer Game Pass Perks heading our way. This first bundle includes the exclusive ‘Pass Tense’ MA40 Assault Rifle...
Random Thanks To Xbox, You Can Now Star In Your Very Own Halo Infinite Trailer
Become Master Chief
Xbox's latest cool gimmick to promote Halo Infinite has arrived in the form of a custom trailer creator. By heading over to xbox.com/become, you can star as Master Chief himself in a short video, but you'll need a webcam to take part. As highlighted by Xbox's Aaron Greenberg and Major Nelson below, the finished product looks...
Video Here It Is, Halo Infinite's Official Launch Trailer Has Arrived
Just over a week to go!
We're now just eight days away from the release of Halo Infinite's campaign (and official release of the multiplayer too), and the launch trailer for the game has just dropped. It's so close we can almost taste it! The trailer is made up of some light story details, gameplay clips, and various cutscenes and other bits of...
News Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Is Getting A Quick Fix XP Update
343 reiterates larger updates "will take time"
We heard again yesterday how 343 was well aware of the concerns surrounding the progression in Halo Infinite, and it seems the developer will be rolling out a small but signficant update very soon. This change should show up later today or at some point tomorrow, depending on your time zone. 343...
News Halo Infinite Physical Copies Are Beginning To Show Up In The Wild
Watch out for spoilers!
We're now just over a week away from the release of Halo Infinite's campaign as part of Xbox Game Pass on December 8th, but some players who have pre-ordered the physical version have seemingly started receiving it early. Evidence of this has been posted on social media, as you can see below: Naturally, this means we...
News Halo Infinite Dev Says He's 'Feeling Everyone's Pain On Progression'
It's a top priority for the team
Halo Infinite has got off to a fantastic start in terms of player numbers and the reception to its gameplay so far, but the same can't be said in regards to the game's progression model which has received a fair bit of criticism. The negativity has stemmed around everything from slow progression in the Battle Pass...
Guide Halo Infinite Multiplayer: How Many Kills Is A Killing Spree?
How many Spartans do you need to slay for this achievement?
You'll gain all manner of shiny medals and XP boosts for performing various feats during combat in Halo Infinite's multiplayer modes and one of the most common of these is the good old Killing Spree. But what is a Killing Spree exactly? Well, a Killing Spree is, quite simply, a medal that...
News 343 Confirms End Time For Halo Infinite Fracture: Tenrai Event On Tuesday
It won't return until January 2022
Halo Infinite's Fracture: Tenrai event has been ongoing for the past week, allowing you to grab the Yoroi Samurai armour, and 343 Industries has revealed that the event will end (for now) at 10am PT / 6pm GMT on Tuesday, November 30th. As you may well be aware, Fracture: Tenrai features a free 30-tier Event Pass...
News Halo Infinite Just Gave Us One Of The Best Live-Action Trailers In Years
Forever We Fight
Halo Infinite's latest trailer dropped yesterday, and it's already found itself trending on YouTube. The trailer is titled "Forever We Fight", and takes the form of a live-action sequence featuring a variety of dramatic scenes before Master Chief makes his appearance late on, and the whole thing is pretty darn amazing. Here's the...
Random Halo's Master Chief Makes Epic Appearance At The Oregon Ducks Game
"Pelican inbound"
Of all the places you might have expected Halo Infinite and Master Chief to pop up over the next few weeks, it probably wasn't at an Oregon Ducks college football game! But that's exactly what happened last night. Xbox exec Aaron Greenberg praised the Halo marketing team and Oregon Ducks "for pulling off this wild activation",...
News Unsurprisingly, Halo Infinite Is Now The 'Top Free Game' On Xbox
Beating the likes of COD: Warzone and Fortnite
343 Industries has remained largely silent about how many people are playing Halo Infinite so far, but thanks to the Microsoft Store, we know that it's at least the most popular free-to-play title on Xbox right now. In both the UK and US, the game is sitting at the peak of the 'Top Free Games' chart,...
Guide Halo Infinite Multiplayer: How To Mute Other Players
Silence is Golden
There's nothing worse than having a great game of Halo Infinite ruined by the incessant chatter or abuse of random online players. With this in mind, it's a good idea to familiarise yourself with how to mute your foes in-game so you can get on with enjoying killing them to death without having to listen to them cry for help. In...
