Well, the Halo Infinite Winter Update is finally here, marking the game's largest content drop since launch around a year ago. The update is packed with goodies like online campaign co-op, Forge mode, a new multiplayer ranking system, and more. The good news going forward though, is that 343 sees this as a new beginning.
In a recent developer blog post, providing an overview of the Winter Update, the team went on to thank fans for their "support over the past year", promising big things to come for Halo Infinite in 2023.
"For now, the last thing we want to say is thank you for your support over the past year. We know it certainly hasn’t been the smoothest or quickest ride, but with the Winter Update we have an opportunity to show our thanks for the community’s dedication and feedback which serves as the north star guiding us to evolve the player experience of Halo Infinite."
"The Winter Update marks a major step forward for our game and studio, but this is just the first step of that evolution. The team is actively working on key player experience priorities across the game to address areas of feedback, and we are targeting another game update before the end of this year."
"Your support is greatly appreciated, and we can’t wait to turn this corner with you all in 2023 as we look to shorter seasons, a more regular stream of content, and bigger things to come."
Not everything the team originally planned made the cut here though, including the cancellation of local campaign co-op. 343 addressed this topic recently, stating that split screen co-op "is not something that we can commit to".
For now, we're left wondering what 343 is planning to bring to Halo Infinite in the coming months. Moving Forge mode out of beta will be a top priority we'd imagine, along with curating user-created content for players to add to their games; we're expecting Forge to mould the future of Halo Infinite in a big way.
What do you want to see 343 implement the most in 2023? Let us know in the comments!
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They need to start adding some campaign content. They definitely need to add different environments to the game.
How about some stunning campaign next generation looks and varied environments.
The gameplay is already very good.
Has anyone actually played MP lately? I can’t even play due to desync and was curious to see how it is for others.
@FatalBubbles I had a little desync last night but most of my games were problem free. That said desync was not addressed in this last update so problems will still arise.
As a fan of the MP I have a feeling they well deliver. Campaign fans are likely going to have to wait a fair bit but 2023 will finally be a decent year for the multiplayer.
XP in multiplayer is certainly more generous now, and completing the Ultimate Challenge is loads easier. Mission replay in the campaign is also welcome for grabbing those skulls. I’m happy although would love to see some new, diverse campaign content. And I’ve not even tried Forge yet 🤗
@ParsnipHero It was the worst I’ve ever experienced playing the game. I haven’t played for months, came back and it’s unplayable. It was a large disappointment.
@FatalBubbles I play it almost daily and I haven't had any problems.
@FatalBubbles I played 2 matches yesterday and desync seemed much worse than normal. I then proceeded to collect the rest of the skulls in campaign with mission replay and the game crashed requiring a restart when going for the penultimate one.
@FatalBubbles I guess I’m used to it. I play weekly but I absolutely believe you. It’s likely no worse than it has been in the months you were gone.
I don’t play ranked for this reason.
@Grumblevolcano FWIW I still get occasional crashes if I use Quick Resume with Halo Infinite’s campaign. So I always fully exit and quit to be sure.
Have to be honest. Last night watched one their videos on forge mode. Wow. I was very impressed. Game changing for players that want maps. Revolutionary not a word I use lightly. But first impressions definitely saying it.
Yes the game was under lot of pressure to launch. But if they would just waited and launched with forge this game would had such better reputation, reception, and love than does now.
@ZYDIO I had very few issues with desync when I played daily from launch until couple months back. It’s puzzling to me that now I can’t even run for a few seconds without being moved somewhere else. My internet is exactly the same so I don’t have any idea what is going on.
@Parsniphero Did it get worse over the last few months? I experienced nothing remotely close to this before.
@gamer5634 I never use Quick Resume, I don't like it.
Also one of the two new maps, Argyle, has been removed due to issues and glitches with it. I cannot fathom how this company is allowed to operate as is with the valuable Halo IP it has.
As a really rubbish player, the only multiplayer mode that I really enjoyed was BotBootcamp and it looks like they have stopped it after the update.
@Grumblevolcano I like the idea but it’s very inconsistent, even putting the Xbox on standby without leaving the game is very inconsistent as sometimes it closes the game and other times it leaves it open, and that doesn’t happen on neither the PS5 or the Switch, so I just fully save and quit every game on Xbox instead of getting mad that it didn’t stay open, they’ve gone the entire Xbox One generation without fixing this and Quick Resume is just as broken.
@h15c0r3r When I tried to play yesterday I got two games with some of the same people so population must be low. I just don’t understand what changed since I last played as desync was not like this at all.
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