Halo Infinite Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Halo Infinite, 343 Industries has decided to change how it works in the future, returning to a more traditional method for the franchise.In a blog post on the Halo Waypoint site, 343 Industries explained that while some players liked the new combat sensor, most found it confusing.

Halo Infinite is going to use a separate challenge system for levelling up its battle pass, and some fans aren’t too pleased with the idea.The concern stemmed from a recent Inside Infinite blog post by developer 343 Industries, where the head of design Jerry Hook talked about how the battle pass in the game will work.“Using challenges, our goal is that you will always be earning progress in your Battle Pass through playing and winning matches,” said Hook.

Gamescom 2021’s awards have been revealed, with Elden Ring receiving four awards in total.The highly anticipated FromSoftware title won in Best RPG, Best Action Adventure, as well the prestigious Best of Gamescom award.Elden Ring also won Best Sony PlayStation Game, which was announced alongside other platform categories during Opening Night Live earlier this week, where Halo Infinite won Best Microsoft Xbox Game, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks Of Hope won Best Nintendo Switch Game, while Syberia: The

Microsoft may have only just announced its first limited edition Xbox Series X console but it’s sold out in most locations already, and scalpers are taking advantage of this on eBay.The Xbox Series X Halo Infinite Limited Edition bundle was announced at Gamescom last night (Wednesday) priced at £479.99.

343 Industries developer has spoken out on Halo Infinite‘s lack of co-op and Forge at launch, saying that the campaign is under a “massive strain”.It was recently confirmed that Halo Infinite would not be receiving campaign co-op mode at launch and would instead be arriving with Season 2, while Forge is planned for Season 3.

Halo Infinite will be launching at the same time, however fans could be waiting months to play campaign co-op. The news comes as part of a comprehensive 28 minute developer update from 343 Industries. Watchable below, it confirms that both the campaign and multiplayer (Season 1) will be available at launch.There was no new gameplay in the video, but it was also revealed that co-op for the campaign would be coming alongside Season 2, and that the creative forge mode is planned for season 3.

343 Industries has explained that the bots in Halo Infinite have not been programmed to teabag players.During Halo Infinite‘s recent technical preview, where players were only playing against bots, some had reported and shared instances where it looked like AI-controlled Spartans were performing the infamous taunt, repeatedly crouching over a dead player’s body.Responding to Kotaku via email, a 343 Industries representative said that there isn’t any “explicit programming that tells the bots to

343 Industries‘ long-awaited Xbox shooter Halo Infinite still doesn’t have a firm release date, the game’s recent certification in Australia could hint it will still see release during 2021.As spotted by VGC, the Australian Classification board rated Halo Infinite ‘M’ for mature on August 10, citing “violence, online interactivity, and in-game purchases”.

Xbox exclusive Halo Infinite will launch without one of its more popular multiplayer features, the ability to ‘assassinate’ rival players.The confirmation came as part of a recent multiplayer technical preview, showcasing the game’s online competitive element (thanks, GamesRadar).While much of the stream, hosted by Brian “ske7ch” Jarrard, developer 343 Industries‘ community director, was focused on new features – such as an academy mode to train players to better compete in online multiplayer,

343 Industries has decided to extend the Halo Infinite technical preview, giving players the opportunity to play the new PvP mode.Halo Infinite‘s technical preview beta was released earlier this week and was set to run until yesterday (August 1), however, 343 has instead given players another day to play in order to try out PvP multiplayer, Arena Slayer.Arena Slayer is a new team-based 4v4 PvP mode, but players can still play bot-only matches.

Halo Infinite contains audio from the in-game announcer referring to ‘Battle Royale’ suggesting that the game may include a Battle Royale mode either at launch or in the future.Originally posted on Resetera, the brief voice file recording has the Halo Infinite multiplayer announcer state the two key words: “Battle Royale” much like the announcer often states the name of a game mode before a match starts.It’s a tenuous idea but one that isn’t without merit given the popularity of Battle Royale

Halo-themed Krispy Kreme doughnut in Mexico may have inadvertently confirmed what month Halo Infinite will launch.A tweet from Krispy Kreme Mexico revealed the existence of a Krispy Kreme doughnut that bears a very passing resemblance to Master Chief.

Halo Infinite campaign details have been leaked online from the game’s new technical preview.Last night (July 30) datamined campaign files were leaked on Reddit which detailed major spoilers for the upcoming shooter, including details on progression and key story beats.Of course, there won’t be any spoilers here but we advise Halo Infinite fans to be wary of community-driven social media accounts for the game to try and avoid the details.After the leaks were shared online, Halo Infinite‘s head

Halo Infinite will feature a “drop weapon” button for the first time in the franchise’s history, a preview of the game has demonstrated.As first spotted by PCGamer, Halo developer 343 Industries demonstrated its upcoming technical preview showing off the vast number of options in Halo Infinite‘s PC settings.

Halo Infinite technical beta, which launches tomorrow (July 29), will let players help shape how the game is developed.The limited technical beta, which players had to sign up for, will feature several specific gameplay scenarios on which developer 343 Industries will gather feedback.

343 Industries is gearing up to begin invite access testing in Halo Infinite. They will be starting with bot matches.Halo Infinite’s flighting (Microsoft‘s term for public testing) could begin as early as next weekend, according to a post on Halo Waypoint.

Halo Infinite beta, although 343 Industries has been quick to clarify that the multiplayer test isn’t underway just yet.With news spreading via streamers that Halo Infinite technical preview invites were on their way, John Junyszek, community manager at 343 Industries, was quick to explain the situation on Twitter.Good question! These emails were telling people to register for the Halo Insider program now so they wouldn't have to feel rushed later.

Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty has said that Microsoft doesn’t have a mandate for live service games.In a recent interview with The Guardian, Booty said that while Microsoft is thinking about live service type games, it isn’t something that is essential, stating: “We don’t have any direction or mandate that says every game has to be an ongoing, sustained game”.Booty used the upcoming Double Fine Productions title Psychonauts 2 as an example when he explained that “there might be a Psychonauts

Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto has taken to Twitter to reveal a couple of features – including a spear gun – that never made it to the final version.Since Friday (July 9), Lehto has been posting behind-the-scenes footage from an old build of the original Halo on PC.

Giant Bomb – that Microsoft is still planning on getting rid of Xbox Live Gold in the future.Grubb reiterated claims he made last year, after he originally stated that since Halo Infinite’s multiplayer component went free to play, Xbox Live Gold leaving would make sense.He said (thanks, VGC): “I just wanted to reiterate, Xbox Live Gold is still on a board somewhere saying ‘this is going to go away at some point’.” He added “Whether or not they’re actively talking about it right now, I don’t

343 Industries has outlined what players can expect from the upcoming Halo Infinite multiplayer experience in a recent blog post.According to a Halo Waypoint interview, seasons will last three months and feature new updates, events, and systems along with extra customisation and progression options.

Microsoft has confirmed that the upcoming Halo Infinite will feature crossplay as well as free-to-play multiplayer, and it will launch this year.Announced during Microsoft’s E3 conference, Halo Infinite will launch during 2022 in the holidays.It was also confirmed that the game will have crossplay, which will enable players on Xbox consoles and PC to play together.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps and its predecessor, has opened up on his work for the upcoming Halo Infinite during an interview with NME.Speaking about his work for Halo Infinite, Coker opened up about the potential pressure that comes with such a beloved series.“It’s not that I don’t feel pressure, but because the original material is so strong, it’s like you’re building on the strongest possible foundation,” he said during an interview with NME.Coker’s last projects gave him complete freedom,