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As much as another delay isn’t great, even though it is completely understandable with all these guys have been through, I like this particular trailer. It’s incredibly self-aware, humorous, and uses seemingly in-game footage, with seemingly in-game UI elements, to explain share news about the delay.

Talk about an awesome birthday present from Xbox! (my 25th birthday is tomorrow!)

I’m somewhat worried that the feature may using the “manage content” part of the system that already exists, since some games don’t seem to support that option.

Three comments in and all of us are on the same page? Neat.

Having not grown up with Halo, and only getting into the series about half a year before Infinite released, and as such not having quite an emotional connection to the Bungie games as some, I feel pretty strongly that for as much as Halo Infinite has good gameplay, in trying to appeal to the “twitch shooter” market (CoD, Apex, Destiny), 343i seems to have lost some indescribable thing that made the original trilogy great.

Early Access for an Open Beta???!!!!

I know it’s not a new concept at all, but it just occurred to me how much it seems like such a bizarre stretch of the meaning of it all.

@Ricky-Spanish And make it 60FPS while you’re at it!

Why is this information coming from rumors and not Microsoft? How is the communication this bad?

@eastephens I will forever hold that “ahead of its time” was the whole story back during the original Xbox One reveal. For better or worse, always-online, check-ins, and digital-first gaming are all commonplace in the industry now. Even things like multitasking with Snap, watching TV on your game console, and the voice-activated features of Kinect, are alive and well in modern gaming, with several commenters saying they use their phones for additional things while gaming, streaming services playing a significant role in Xbox’s platform (and PlayStation’s, too), and the presence of voice assistants (Siri, Alexa, Gemini, etc.) in our lives today. The Xbox One effectively set the standard for modern gaming, but it was definitely ahead of its time. About the only thing we don’t have today from that presentation is the one thing that could actually significantly benefit us as gamers: the ability to sell, share, and trade-in digital games.

” That mode is called Big Team Battle: Sentry Defense, which is playable across six maps (Fragmentation, Highpower, Deadlock, Oasis, Scarr and Command).”

It’s unfortunately very telling as to the state of Halo Infinite that there’s no more than six BTB maps, three of which are from launch in November 2021, one of which is from March of 2023, another of which is from June 2023, and the last of which is apparently actual new content.

I was trying to get some of the demos from the other article using the web store, and when I would go to purchase one, it would either tell me an error occurred or tell me I have to add credit card information, even though the cards are already on my Microsoft account?

I got this exact message for the first time the other day. I’ve also been targeted by a few different scams on YouTube, Telegram, and WhatsApp recently, especially after one of my family members received a scam message and another nearly fell victim to the same scam.

@Weapon_Wheel Agreed on the Switch’s download speeds! I honestly dread games that require updates…

@Lrapsody Why is this even a limitation to begin with?

After watching the Direct, I am irrationally excited for the ability to finally move the mini-map to the bottom left. Now I won’t get disoriented when moving from Halo to CoD and back!

Isn’t GAME just the UK version of GameStop? A lot of what the comments above me are saying, particularly when it comes to the store being mostly not about video games anymore, is very true of GameStop here in the US.

Might have to give TopSpin a try. Is there any word on if or when it might come to Game Pass?

@themightyant Apparently it’s an animated version of a live-action scene from the comedy show Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

There is one thing that’s immediately apparent from this list: Xbox bet hard on Kinect, to a greater extent than I ever knew.

I’ll just leave this right here:
https://youtube.com/shorts/fGJ4gWfmRsk?si=tDfdr_pjZfA6t5QD

Yay!!! You covered it! Thank you, @Liam_Doolan!

No news update about Halo Infinite getting updated with the Match Composer? That’s a pretty huge update.

Whenever I hear of this game, I keep getting it confused with Killer Freaks From Outer Space, the Ubisoft game that went on to be ZombiU, and later Zombi.

@Trmn8r I know what these terms mean. The average consumer, especially one who is just getting into games, and could discover this article through a search engine may not, though.

I understand that what I’m about to say is probably going to seem pedantic, but I feel it’s important to be said anyway: using terms like “CoD”, “343”, or “SSBM” (in the case of the XDefiant article) can be very alienating. Yes, the author briefly mentions the full name of what’s being referred to, and yes, as gamers, we generally know what all of these terms mean. However, someone just coming off of Google, for instance, may not understand what any of those terms mean, and in all fairness it’s not always incredibly obvious, especially without an explanation of what they actually mean. It feels more like the kind of move a niche gaming website would make, not one you’d expect from a widely-known gaming media company.

Never mind any of that, “343” is not the name of the studio. The name of the studio is “343 Industries”, or “343i” for short. Yes, it’s a tiny difference in the end, but it gets back to the point I made above.

@Chaotic_Neutral Same. Played four matches yesterday, and the game felt janky even with settings being adjusted.

Very excited for this, for some reason.

Unfortunately, none of the closures this week were probably ever under Phil Spencer’s control. Xbox is most likely having decisions made by the Microsoft puppeteers at the moment.

Yay!!! Finally! Excited for this to finally come out!

Will this newfound success lead to more Xbox releases on Sony's storefront?

The appropriate word, for some reason, feels like capituation. This will certainly be interesting...

@CaptainCluck The comparison to Windows Phone checks out, mostly because I really liked Windows Phone. I also liked Windows 8's Metro UI, though, too, so maybe I shouldn't get involved with beloved things. XD

@Odium @Odium Cloud storage for Switch album captures is an amazing idea!

@Kieduss Microsoft is actually advertising Halo?! Boy, oh boy, do I hope we see that new game from 343i (and, if I’m not mistaken, Certain Affinity) at what-was-once-called E3!

Is that Halo Infinite in the marketing image?

I completely forgot this was happening. I wanted to try it, but I was dealing with a migraine, so it most likely wouldn’t have been very fun anyway.

@Kezelpaso I see. Hm, yeah, that’s interesting, since PlayStation doesn’t support Bluetooth headphones either…

Bethesda Game Studios used “Create a Fallout TV show”…

It’s super effective!

EDIT: I was First! for the first time in my history of using the Internet!

@MaccaMUFC I was wondering this as well. There are three headsets in the image, but only two headsets mentioned in the article?

@BAMozzy Which of the Zombies maps do you recommend for a newcomer? I have the game on PS Plus, but I’ve only ever played Zombies Outbreak on the newer Cold War.

Unfortunately with the change in program, I can’t redeem points anymore. In order to redeem points, I need to add a phone number to my Microsoft account, but the account dashboard won’t let me link my phone number, because it says it’s already attached to a Microsoft account. The account in question is one that I haven’t had access to for nearly a decade and have long since forgotten any information for.

I never had an Xbox One, but what I’ve seen of the mid-2010s dashboard seems much, much better than what’s there now.

I just want them to get rid of the “Browse the Store” button… (and not replace it with a fourth ad)

@NEStalgia I wouldn’t be surprised if the stock was shorted, too! 😂

They can afford to make it free, so why would anyone ever believe it’s worth anything more?

Nothing but a greedy corporation.

@NEStalgia From what I’ve heard, it’s like GameStop here in the States, but (obviously) over in Europe.

@xanderten50 There was a Stadia exclusive Pac-Man game?

@RetroMan71 There's too many services now.

Yes, there was market consolidation when everything was on Netflix and Hulu. However, with everything spread across many services, there is still market consolidation (because the streaming services that matter are essentially just Hulu, in many pieces, that costs much more) as well as the wonderful addition of headache-inducing anti-consumer splits that reduce the end-user to a mere statistic.

@TheSimulator It’s also not on Paramount Plus, of all things.

Isn’t it just Pac-Man 99, but on Xbox?

Shame it’s on Prime Video, since we now have to pay an extra fee just to watch with no ads and Dolby Atmos/Vision.

We’re getting closer to this every day: https://youtu.be/RdBhRKksN0w?feature=shared

The Palworld joke seems to about furries? I can’t think about it too much, because it makes me feel weird, but I’m not sure what the angle is on that one.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner cries in “Thank you for a historic launch. Just two weeks in, MWIII has already set records with the highest engagement in the new Modern Warfare Trilogy!"