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Tuesday10th May 2022
News 343 Working On Fix For Halo Infinite Weapon 'Jamming'
Update: It's on the priority list
Update [Tue 10th May, 2022 07:05 BST]: 343's senior community manager, John Junyszek, has provided an update on the status of this fix for Halo Infinite. It appears to be on the priority list - with an update to ship as soon as it's ready to go: "As soon as we have it addressed internally, we're prioritizing...
Monday9th May 2022
News Halo Infinite's New Performance Mode Features Some Serious Cutbacks On Xbox Series S
Finite frames
343 Industries has finally added a 120Hz mode to Halo Infinite on Xbox Series S, and the results are mixed to say the least. YouTube channel VG Tech has taken a look at the new performance mode across all game modes, so let's have a look at the results. To start things off, Halo Infinite on Xbox Series S rarely hits 120fps in reality...
News Halo Infinite Lead Dev Hints At Classic Maps Returning
"I think it'd be awesome to play on those maps again"
As Halo Infinite Season 2 is being stretched out over the course of six months or so, many fans are wondering what content will fill out that gap. Naturally, the conversation leads to the return of classic maps; a question which Kinda Funny host Parris Lilly recently put to 343's Joseph Staten on...
Saturday7th May 2022
News 343 On Halo Infinite S2: 'Please Keep The Constructive Feedback Coming'
Joseph Staten talks about communicating with players
Since the arrival of Halo Infinite Season 2 earlier this week, 343 has mentioned on a number of occasions how it's listening to the community, taking feedback to heart, and reviewing its options regarding future updates. Can it really keep up with all this feedback? Well, if you had any doubts -...
Friday6th May 2022
News 343 Admits Halo Infinite S2 Launch Has Been Bumpy, Says It's 'Reviewing Options'
"We are indeed taking your feedback to heart"
Halo Infinite Multiplayer Season 2 landed this week and while the new maps and modes have been an absolute blast, it's not necessarily been the smoothest experience at times. There are all sorts of changes and issues making headlines, and fans are eager to know how 343 will respond. The good news is the...
Thursday5th May 2022
News Certain Changes Are Proving Unpopular In Halo Infinite Season 2
The challenge system is getting a lot of negative feedback too
Halo Infinite Season 2 is officially out now, and while we're having plenty of fun with it so far, it can't be denied that a sizeable portion of the Halo community doesn't seem too pleased with Season 2, mainly due to a couple of reasons. The first reason is that certain changes have...
Wednesday4th May 2022
Random 343 Has Actually Added Microsoft's Clippy To Halo Infinite
The MS Office assistant is ready for battle
Halo Infinite Season 2 multiplayer has dropped and there's a whole lot of information to unpack. There are also plenty of surprises and one that's caught the attention of social media is the inclusion of Clippy (also known as 'Clippit') the Microsoft Office personal assistant. Yep, after a very relaxed...
News Halo Infinite Adds New Target Frame Rate Options For Xbox Series X|S
Try 'em out today
The second season of Halo Infinite multiplayer is now live, and within a lengthy patch note update, it's mentioned how there are some "new target frame rate options" for both the Xbox Series X and S consoles. Xbox Series S consoles can now (once again) support the 120hz refresh option and Xbox Series X now supports a 30Hz refresh...
Friday29th Apr 2022
News Halo Infinite Is Officially Ditching Its Controversial Armour Core System
"We are looking to move away completely"
343 Industries revealed as part of the Season 2 Community Livestream this week that it is planning to "move away" from the controversial armour core system in Halo Infinite, admitting that "we didn't realise it'd be as bad as it was." Speaking in the video, Halo Infinite's Head of Design (and Xbox Live...
Thursday28th Apr 2022
News Halo Infinite Dev: 'None Of Us Inside Of 343 Look At This Roadmap And Are Happy With It'
A stark admission from the developer
Halo Infinite Season 2 is right around the corner, bringing the game's first major post-launch content drop. So, that should be a time of celebration and positivity, right? Well, not exactly. Though there has been some disgruntlement in the community about Season 2, this particular slice of negativity isn't even...
News Here's A Look At The Halo Infinite Season 2 'Lone Wolves' Opening Cinematic
Dangers await
Halo Infinite's second season will ramp up the "seasonal narrative" storytelling, and during 343's Livestream today, head of creative Joseph Staten provided a breakdown of the 'Lone Wolves' story: "Who are Lone Wolves? They're Spartans who are operating deep behind enemy lines, far away from support lines... they inspire interesting...
News 343 Just Teased Something During Halo Infinite's Season 2 Livestream
What could it be for?
During the latest Halo Infinite Season 2 Livestream, an unexpected cinematic appeared on screen during a showcase of the Season 2 Battle Pass. Head creative for Halo Infinite, Joseph Staten made note of it seperately in a post on social media. You can see it for yourself about 1 hour and 13 minutes into the live stream:...
Tuesday26th Apr 2022
News It Seems 'Playable Elites' Won't Be Coming To Halo Infinite Anytime Soon
Wort, wort, wort!
A passionate Halo fan has reached out to 343 with a lengthy request to add "playable Elites" to Halo Infinite. Unfortunately, it seems like it won't be happening anytime soon. According to a response from 343's community director, Brian Jarrard, "fundamental issues" remain a priority for the team. "I applaud your passion and...
Monday25th Apr 2022
News 343 Reportedly Prototyped Halo Infinite As 'PVP And PVE' Hero Shooter
Try and try again
Halo Infinite was developed over a long period of time — a good six years in fact — so it's natural the game went through many, many prototype phases. However, did you know that one of those phases took Infinite into 'hero shooter' territory? That's right, Halo Infinite could have ended up more like Overwatch than classic Halo...
Saturday23rd Apr 2022
News Halo Infinite 2022 Roadmap Released, Campaign Co-Op Targeting August
Season 3 will begin this November
343 has released its Halo Infinite update for the month of April over on the Halo Waypoint blog. In this latest update, it's shared the game's roadmap for the remainder of 2022. While some items and dates are "certain", others are marked on this roadmap as either "targets" or "goals". In other words, it's very much...
Thursday21st Apr 2022
News Halo Infinite's New 'Last Spartan Standing' Mode Is Battle Royale-Lite
A precursor to the real thing?
343 Industries has detailed what to expect from Halo Infinite's new Season 2 modes, and one in particular has caught our eye. Last Spartan Standing is a new free-for-all mode coming to the game next month, and it has some real shades of battle royale to it. Let us explain. Technically it's a spin on standard...
News 343 Breaks Down Three New Modes Coming In Halo Infinite Season 2
Objective: survive
343 Industries has finally detailed three new game modes coming with Halo Infinite Season 2, and it looks like we're in for a real treat. The classic King of the Hill mode returns, along with 'Land Grab' and our pick of the bunch: Last Spartan Standing. Let's start there then, shall we? Last Spartan Standing is a free-for-all...
Saturday16th Apr 2022
News Halo Infinite Is Apparently Getting A Gigantic Battle Royale Mode
"It's basically like a separate game..."
Update: New leaks have shared more details on this rumoured mode, which we've covered elsewhere on Pure Xbox. Original story: There have been rumours floating around for a while that Halo Infinite might be getting a battle royale mode, and now we've got our most concrete information yet, courtesy of Windows...
News Here's A Look At The New Halo Infinite Multiplayer Maps Coming In Season 2
Introducing Catalyst and Breaker
Following on from a first look video last week of Halo Infinite multiplayer Season 2, developer 343 has now released a map preview blog - showcasing the new maps Catalyst (arena) and Breaker (BTB). Both of these maps will make their debut on the 3rd of May alongside the second season of Halo Infinite. Here's a...
Thursday14th Apr 2022
News Halo: MCC Is More Popular Than Halo Infinite On Steam Right Now
Following latest update
Halo: The Master Chief Collection finally made its way to PC in 2019, five years after its initial Xbox One launch. It's safe to say the re-launch has been a hit, so much so that right now, its playerbase seems to be healthier than Halo Infinite's. Looking at Steam's database numbers, just over 9,000 players online at once...
Tuesday12th Apr 2022
News Halo Support Team Certain Affinity Is Now Working On 'Evolving Halo Infinite'
Certainly, Chief
There have been quite a few rumours and reports on developer Certain Affinity as of late. Discussion around a potential 'Monster Hunter-style' game from CA continues, and we've also heard rumours of the team working on a Halo Infinite battle royale. Well, we now know for sure they're working on something Halo-related. The
Friday8th Apr 2022
News Halo Infinite 'Lone Wolves' Trailer Gives Us A First Taste Of Season 2
Prepare to join the hunt, Spartans
Following on from the batch of details we've received about Halo Infinite Season 2 recently, 343 Industries has unveiled an announce trailer for the season, which will officially be called "Lone Wolves", beginning on May 3rd. The studio has promised "fresh content" for the season "including new maps, modes, themed...
News Halo Infinite's Multiplayer 'Live Team' Reveal More Updates For Season 2
Here's what you can expect
Update: 343 Industries has also released a new Halo Infinite Season 2 trailer today, which you can watch above. Original story: 343 Industries has published a new Halo Infinite 'Season 1 Outcomes Report' - continuing on from last week's report. This week's report is focused o
Thursday7th Apr 2022
News Halo Infinite 'Last Spartan Standing' Mode New Details Leak
Could it be like a Battle Royale mode?
It seems a Halo Infinite leak may have potentially shed some light on the new 'Last Spartan Standing' mode coming to Season 2. According to Halo Infinite's custom game offline menu (as verified by GameSpot), this new mode has one 12 minut
Saturday2nd Apr 2022
News 343 Details Season 2 Updates For Halo Infinite
Here's what you can expect
343 Industries has published a new Halo Infinite 'Season 1 Outcomes Report' - highlighting all the feedback and steps taken to address fan concerns. While most of this blog update is focused on Season 1, the team has also shared another breakdown of what to expect from Season 2. Here's the TL;DR version of some of the...
Friday1st Apr 2022
News Halo Infinite Dev Admits 'Difficult Situation' In Response To Fan Unrest
"We understand the community is simply out of patience..."
Halo Infinite got off to a great start last year, but there's been a lot of much-talked about disgruntlement from fans in recent months over the lack of communication and meaningful content additions to the game since then. 343 has a Season 1 Outcomes blog coming out soon (update: out...
Thursday31st Mar 2022
News Halo's Master Chief Sure Is Looking Sus In This New Among Us Collab
Update: Out now!
Update: This Among Us and Halo collab is officially out now, with a free Spartan Helmet, Spartan Armor, and Guilty Spark Pet all up for grabs simply by logging into the game on an Xbox console or Windows PC via the Microsoft Store. Original story: Among Us - the popular multiplayer game where can't really trust anyone - appears...
Monday28th Mar 2022
News 343 Explains Lack Of Communication Over Halo Infinite Season 2
"It's challenging to always be constantly open and transparent with fans"
Things are finally starting to ramp up in relation to Halo Infinite Season 2, after a quiet few months. Developer 343 is "very excited" to showcase season 2 content, however, Halo vet and Head of Creative Joseph Staten has discussed why the team isn't always as transparent as...
Saturday26th Mar 2022
News 343 'Very Excited' To Unleash New Halo Infinite Multiplayer Content
New maps, modes, features and more...
Halo Infinite multiplayer got off to a strong start but has also come under fire from some members of the Halo community for providing enough content. Earlier this month, developer 343 Industries shared an update - explaining how more was on the way in season 2, arriving this May. There are expected to be new...
Friday25th Mar 2022
News 343 Industries Wasn't 'Proud Of' Halo Infinite Before Delay
"This isn’t a game we’re going to be proud of"
We all remember Halo Infinite's infamous gameplay showcase in the summer of 2020. It's safe to say the reveal didn't go down well with fans; the game's graphics were basically turned into a meme. As it turns out, 343 knew Halo Infinite was behind schedule and had to admit that before asking for a...
