We feel a bit like we've woken up in a strange alternate universe this week with everything going on, and this morning, 343 Industries isn't helping us shake that feeling. The team has just dropped what feels like a launch trailer for Halo Infinite - two and a half years after the game's launch.
Okay, so, it's not really a launch trailer - more an overview of the game's multiplayer suite in mid-2024. They've labelled it an "extended multiplayer trailer " here, with a rather defiant 'This is Halo' tagline. Check the clip out up above, and we'll drop the team's trailer description down below.

"Experience Halo’s celebrated multiplayer reimagined and free-to-play! With over 70 maps in matchmaking, billions of customization configurations, and countless community Forge creations to experience, Halo Infinite is the franchise’s most expansive multiplayer offering to date."
Now, we're not sure of the purpose behind this trailer to be honest, but it at least does a pretty good job at showing how Halo Infinite has evolved over the years. There's absolutely tons of content crammed into this game's multiplayer nowadays, from the addition of Firefight to endless Forge mode creations led by the community and much more.
We heard earlier this year that 343 was transitioning away from 'Seasons' to 'Content Updates' - a hint that development was starting to wind down on Halo Infinite. If we were to hazard a guess, this new multiplayer trailer is another pointer towards the inevitable end of Halo Infinite's life cycle.
What do you make of this bizarre Halo Infinite trailer? Tell us what you think it means for the game down below.
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@Ver One of the best FPS out there right now? Not sure if serious…
@Ver Agreed, it's still one of the best if not the best FPS out there, made more special by being a First Party title.
I think this is looking at it from the wrong side. The way I see it is marketing to try more people to give it a chance after the mess it was the next two years after a great launch.
Worst halo ever in every sense terrible
I’ve had lots of fun with Halo over the years. A lot of frustration too. They really messed this one up and the recent changes failed to capitalise on the season 5 momentum.
Switching to operations was one thing would switching over to Spartan points really made me quit. I really don’t want or need anything from the exchange. I’ve completed every weekly since launch except for this week when I decided is over for me.
The weeklies don’t take long to do but it’s still habit forming and I’m trying to get out of that now after so long.
You could say you’re playing for the wrong reasons but as someone who has had weekly of not daily at some weeks I’ve really stifled with matchmaking either I’m just getting worse or I’m getting destroyed by better teams. I find it could be several matches in a row where I get utterly awful games. That’s just not fun so why stick around for that? It’s not like I only want games where I stomp.
Anyways taking a break from Halo for a while. I really feel the game has been squandered and this trailer is great but too little too late for folks like me who have supported the game since technical test 1 and launch day.
This is my favorite in the Halo series. Infinite is an incredible game. I haven't been this invested in an online multiplayer since the classic call of duty days.
@Ver it wasn't for me I preferred guardians multiplayer and open world for halo is just wrong for me a halo fan the campaign was basically farcry with a halo skin but glad you liked it buddy no opinion is wrong
Infinite is still the best multiplayer shooter experience in my eyes. Still play it weekly with my buddies. Mishandled at an epic level....but a fantastic multiplayer from day 1.
Or perhaps this is the 'This is Halo' video to introduce it to a new audience on the PlayStation...? 😉
This trailer reminds me of when 343 ended Halo 5 support to return to MCC. I feel they'll try to revive Halo by bringing MCC to PS/Nintendo.
@Utena-mobile Yeah the story was crazy but I enjoyed the whole game story multiplayer more than infinite I'm sorry I don't like it if that helps just my opinion
Trailer got me, time to visit halo again.
well the first thing they say is "party's over"
i don't play multiplayer but i love the halo campaigns in coop and infinite is my fav. and halo 3.
I’ll buy Halo on PlayStation because it sort of feels like that’s going to happen. Shoot, I’d get it for Switch too. Why not?
I've stuck with this game since the early flighting stages, and boy has it had its highs and lows. At this rate it almost feels more divisive than Halo 4 or Reach, but I still enjoy my time with it. If only it had launched in the state it's in now, and perhaps delivered on some early promises like assassinations in multiplayer or split screen campaign, it could have been more unanimously praised. 343i has had a lot stacked against them, but I'm glad they didn't get shut down or give up.
@somnambulance No
@Ver They still haven't fixed desync since launch, 2 years ago, and their last test for improvement of it wasn't promising. Still tons of desync. And it is even more obvious when you have two Series X's playing it side by side.
@Ricky-Spanish Why not?
@somnambulance well you put me on the spot here aahh didn't expect to be called out but I'm going with "If I have to tell you you'll never know" its a reference find out from what for your answer it's TIME!!
@Ver I've yet to play another FPS with as egregious desync, something Halo Infinite is famous for.
Halo Infinite also isn't exactly what I'd call a fast paced FPS either. Faster than something like Hell Let Loose, sure. But it is slower than most others.
It is free and you don't need Xbox Gold/gamepass core to play which means this is an easy thing to pick up and play with casual friends without spending a dime.
That's nice and all but Halo needs new blood, we need some new cooks in the kitchen asap! I would have id software or Raven make the next Halo game, heck I would even put 343 on COD and have Treyarch make Halo.
@Ver I’m sincerely down for this. I quit Gamepass earlier this year to save money since I was rarely using it and I’m totally ok with just buying the Xbox hits if I have to. I wasn’t going to double dip on Hi-Fi, but I’m seriously considering it now. And Halo is Halo. Xbox is dead to me as a platform when they truly drop exclusivity, based on how this generation has gone. I’m not a fan of how Sony does things either, but, I mean, if its a console or a PC for gaming, I’m taking the console with the most amount of options and whatever Nintendo does because I like most of what Nintendoes.
@mac_da_man it is if not the best... Its popular these days to hate xbox games just like with EA and Ubisoft.
@GeorgeKal From a subjective stand point it can absolutely be the best FPS in your opinion. Looking at the bigger picture with player feedback, current player numbers, broken promises from 343I and its objectively not the best FPS ever. Not even the best Halo ever. But good for you that you like it, I was pretty dissapointed myself!
@mac_da_man the only reason its not recognised as one of the best is because its an xbox game... Not best halo ever? Arguably true. Also one of the best or the best now doesn't mean best one ever.
@GeorgeKal Not buying the fan boy arguments for the game getting ***** just because its an Xbox game. Its just not considered that good, simple as that!
@mac_da_man its the truth either you like it or not... That happens with all xbox games. Just take starfield as an example. 3rd game based on sales on steam behind BG3 and Hogwarts and its also on gamepass day one. So many people still playing it after months and everyone trying to convince us its a failure. Well its not just like halo infinite isnt... Still in the top 10 most played games almost every month after 3 years but you think its a failure. Why people playing those failures?
It's much better now. Yeah, 343 Industries games don't get decent until about 2 years after release. And in the meantime, none of the online players will be around. It's always the same.
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