Halo Infinite Officially Confirmed For July's Xbox Series X Reveal Event

We've been assuming that Halo Infinite would be part of Microsoft's first-party Xbox Series X showcase in July--but now we know it for sure.

[RaidenBlack]

Better be gameplay.
#gameplayGate

[CaptainHenry916]

More Halo? I thought we would get a new IP from 343

[bouzebbal]

is Halo even relevant anymore?
they milked this franchise way too much, and it's time to move to something else and not have halo as the main IP

[CaptainCook]

? The last Halo game 343 created was 5 years ago.

[CaptainHenry916]

@captaincook
5 years is a long time. I would still like to see 343 make a new IP and create their own unique game

[Spurg]

That's like expecting Santa Monica to make something other than God of war.

[Neonridr]

More Halo? You act like this is an annualized thing or something.

[spicelicka]

You realize 343 is a halo term and the studio was made for Halo. It was announced 2 years ago, where have you been??

[darthv72]

@bouz... you dont even know how to use that phrase do you? Milked is something like Mario... that dude is in racers, rpg, action, fighting, sports, puzzle games... THAT is milked. Halo is nowhere near that.

And 916 (still trying to figure if thats your area code or special date) Halo took a nice long break compared to the previous gen. In the 6th there were two games. Halo and Halo 2. In the 7th there five games (3, 4, ODST, Reach, Wars). In the 8th there were two. 5 and Wars 2 (if you want to get technical there is the compilation of previous games with MCC).

Most big PS franchises have a routine of releases per generation. Up until this gen we could count on two GT games and two GoW games (for example). GT1 & 2 (for PS1) GT3 & 4 (PS2) GT5 & 6 (PS3). This gen there was one GTS. And then you got GoW1 & 2 (PS2), GoW3 & Ascension (PS3) but then you also had the remasters of 1 & 2 as well as the PSP ones for PS3 and then a GoW trilogy compilation. But we won't count those. This gen you had GoW (and technically a remaster of GoW3).

So spare me this concern trolling of "More (insert game here) from Xbox" when even Sony is guilty of doing it as well.

[pinkcrocodile75]

@bouzebbal Final Fantasy 15 anyone?

[rainslacker]

@Captain

Well...it is infinite now....which means it's not numbered anymore. That's kind of new, although infinite isn't terribly creative nomenclature.

@Chris

There are Sony articles that can be commented on, but they're flooded with Xbox fan boys saying, "XSX can do that too, and do it better. Not sure why, but I believe it to be true because of all these features I'm about to list, which I don't even know what most of them are, but here's a list provided to me by people on reddit who seem smart".

So, the discussion there has kind of run it's course.

[notachance]

you know what, I'm still laughing because Halo Infinite was revealed just a few months after Phil said "we won't show games too early again"

we still haven't see any gameplay to this day lmao

[notachance]

@stevej336 sure buddy, next we will forget how we defend cloud power to death as soon as phil said to praise them tflops, OG hardware power am i right?

[EmperorDalek]

I think you missed Phil's point.

[Ausbo]

2 1/2 years from announce to release isn’t that long.
Sony and Microsoft do things a little different. Neither are right or wrong

[Sitdown]

What must life look like if you are still laughing. You should get out more.

[Ausbo]

I hope Microsoft learned their lesson on that one. I don’t need a long gameplay demo of every first party game, but from your biggest titles, I need more

[indysurfn]

To be fair Halo's demos are usally gameplay all the way back to the ORIGINAL xbox.

[Obscure_Observer]

"Better be gameplay."

On Xbox side, gameplay is confirmed for both Halo Infinite and Psychonauts 2 so far.

Let´s wait and see what Sony has in store for us regarding next gen gameplay for PS5 games at the reveal.

[RaidenBlack]

Sony is rumored to have a host of titles stacked up for the PS5 event.
And MS do have a healthy number of talented studios now.
It just boils down to the fact how many makes the cut for the launch window.
X:Halo, Psychonauts, Senua and Forza are the obvious candidates. Fable & the one from The Initiative, maybe?
P:Godfall, Games from Bluepoint, Insomniac, Guerilla and Ready at Dawn, maybe?

[Obscure_Observer]

@RaidenBlack

Nice. You have a pretty solid list of developers and their possible games that must be be showcased soon. However, with all this pandemic thing going on, I wouldn´t worry much about on whether those games might be available on launch day or not.

[rainslacker]

"Let´s wait and see what Sony has in store for us regarding next gen gameplay for PS5 games at the reveal."

Why? What could that possibly have to do with MS showing Halo Infinite game play? Since the OP was referring to MS not showing game play at a game play reveal event they just hosted, what possible connection could Sony's time frame for showing next gen game play have to do with what the poster was referring to? Does Sony showing game play some how effect MS plans for showing game play? Is MS actually that reactive?

I know Xbox gamers love to "wait for" things. But if you're waiting for Sony to show something more than the showing of a MS staple high profile flagship franchise, which is supposed to be the harbinger of next gen awesomeness, then I think you really need to question your own preferences about what it is you find interesting about Xbox.

You are trying so hard to discredit others by making it about something else, as if Sony's actions, or people's preference for Sony somehow negates MS own failings.

[Obscure_Observer]

@rainslacker

If you are expecting Sony to show CGI trailers for their next gen games instead of gameplay for those games and not face the same kind of response after all the downplay and backlash MS faced since Hellblade II´s announcement,... well... brace yourself for major shock.

Nothing particular wrong with Sony, though. Just fanboy business as usual.

[rainslacker]

Again....why suggest we wait and see what Sony has to offer? Is what Sony shows somehow relevant to what MS is going to show, or relevant to MS own mistake this past week when talking about their event? If Sony somehow has some crap showing, does that remove MS mistake?

Why is your criticism or praise of MS based on what Sony has in store for us regarding next gen gameplay? Is Sony the metric by which you hold MS accountable?

Should the OP have said "Better be gameplay....and Sony better show some too?"

[Sayai jin]

This news is really no surprise.

[rainslacker]

I think after this past week, if MS wasn't planning on showing much game play in July, they are certainly rethinking that now.

[Obscure_Observer]

Indeed. UE5 also helped to highlight the "issue" with non gameplay trailers.

Brace yourself for the incoming "Gameplay Wars".

[Vasto]

Gonna have to take off for this one.

E3 digital here we come!

[spicelicka]

Man the PS fanboy bias on this site is such a turn off. I have both consoles and i'm absolutely excited for Last of Us 2 and Ghost of Tsushima but just as excited for Halo Infinite. Anything Ghost of Tsushima related is automatically praised by the hordes of fans and if you scroll here it's mainly people who don't know shit about Halo, will probably never play it, but just want to announce their blind dislike for it. I ask anyone who thinks otherwise to look at the disagrees on anything positive in these comments and compare that ratio to anything PS related.

I can understand not being hyped for it or caring about it if you're not into it, but no one can deny Halo is one the best FPS franchises to this day. No other FPS gives you this much content and customization options while having smooth competitively gameplay. On top of that it actually has a story and characters to care for. Yes Halo 5 story dropped the ball, but let's compare that to call of duty where the campaign is like 5 hours of linearity and the same cookie cutter military story over and over.

You can see I praised both Xbox and PS games in my comment but people will disagree simply because I praised an Xbox game.

[_dangerclose_]

First and foremost you're taking dislikes on a website way way to seriously, secondly your comment is hugely biased in spite of your effort to sound impartial. The reality is there is fanboy bias on both side and xbox fanboy bias is just as much of a "turn off" on this site and if you go back and look through the Ghost of Tsushima comments you'll see people making negative comment cause I sure did, there was obvious xbox fanboys calling it "bland" and "unoriginal", "uninspired and "boring", comments from people who will "probably never play it but just want to announce their blind dislike for it", so lets not act like the thing you're annoyed about isn't rampant on both sides here becasue it is, there's no need to point fingers. Lastly if people are largely praising what they're seeing for GoT and are not impressed by yet another Halo game maybe there's a legit reason for that.

[The-Matrix-has-you]

@Spice

I know what you mean man. It does get old after a while. Sometimes I miss the old bubble system so much. It had its issues but it was a decent system. I feel like it kept discussions more civilized and you wouldn’t see the same user all over the place trolling the comments sections.

[Focus40]

Finally some one who isn't a puppet to either company I wish more adults were like you unfortunately that isn't the case

[umair_s51]

Yea there is an unhealthy ps bias here

[rainslacker]

The problem is that the Xbox side, and likely the PS side from the Xbox sides perspective, have some rather rampant and vocal fans who really like to escalate this contention between the two sides. It's really hard to have a decent conversation about games themselves without getting into a pissing match about something as stupid as what will be better on another console, or how a game sucks because it's on a particular console, or some other such nonsense.

More objectively, and taking any kind of bias against MS out of it, there are certainly games that MS will be showing that I have an interest in. On top of that, I'm always open to MS revealing new things, that I in turn may be interested in. I've gone a better part of this gen being disappointed in them, and with my purchase of their system, but if they can manage to make it less disappointing by showing a good number of games I want to play, then I call that a positive. I'll still criticize them where I feel it's prudent, but I won't take it out on the games themselves, outside some cases where distasteful business practices are applied to said games, which MS hasn't done much of since the whole BF2 thing blew up in EA's face.

[tontontam0]

Optimized for Xbox Series X, Held back by Xbox One.

[Fishy Fingers]

Guess we'll see.

Personally I don't get the impression Gears 5 or Horizon 3 feel held back when I play them on PC.

[BenRC01]

Gears hasn't changed in a decade.

[tontontam0]

The fact that I can max out gears 5 on my pc @ 4k and play it at 100+fps, is proof that it is being held back by xbox one, if that is not the case they should be able to push the graphics quality more. gears 5 looks like a high res ps3 game with very high restextures..

[Fishy Fingers]

Sure you can. A 2080ti averages about 60fps @ 4K Ultra, so I guess you're running 2 in SLI yeah?

I mean its cool to play fanboy, it passes the time while waiting on puberty, but don't make such obvious BS up dude, it gives the game away too easily.

[Neonridr]

@tontontam0 - your PC hardware is miles better than what's in consoles though. And just because you could run it at those settings (which I doubt you were getting 100+ fps @ 4K since a 2080ti can't even do that), did it make it a bad game? Did you not enjoy it?

PS3 game.. lol. Now I've heard it all.

[umair_s51]

Unless he's running 4k on medium

[Lennoxb63]

Y’all keep saying this but what about the majority of gaming PCs that won’t be up to par with the Series X or PS5 at launch?

[Neonridr]

my 1080ti from like 4 years ago still holds its own against these new consoles (minus ray tracing).

[rainslacker]

The base X1, which all X1 titles have to consider, is less powerful than the average gaming PC nowadays, and significantly less powerful than the new consoles, or a modest gaming rig.

PC is going to ebb and flow, but PC generally holds itself back because devs and pubs go for a lower standard setting in order to maximize potential sales.

Graphics wise it's a moot point. But design wise, lowest common denominator holds back games.

[Morbid Bulldozer]

I hate it when lower-spec machines hold games back. Like with Horizon: Zero Dawn - since it's coming to PC, it was obviously held back by all the min requirements PCs it will run on. And there's Witcher 3 on Switch! Imagine how great it would be if it wasn't held back by Nintendo...

[Shane Kim]

Or with all the games on xbox one.

[Pickledpepper]

Tontontam0, physically mature body, held back by immature brain.

[rainslacker]

I dunno about being held back. It was designed as an X1 title. It's like saying that BOTW was held back by the Wii. It really wasn't, because it was essentially a Wii game.

Unless they really went back and redesigned significant portions of the game, I can't see how it's being held back.

It's supposed to be a launch title for XSX, but it's really just a cross gen game.

[--bienio--]

Well I want different games. Never got into halo. We see what Microsoft got

[umair_s51]

I am interested in Halo infinite. ESP if it is more of a reboot.

[rainslacker]

I've always respected the series, and overall, I like what has come from it outside the gaming space...in particular, Red vs. Blue. But no matter how hard I try to get into the games, I just can't. I can appreciate the technical merit and game design itself objectively, but FPS is one of my least favorite genres, and space marines in general are not a favorite storyline trope that interests me. Some of the supplemental fiction surround the universe and lore of the world is pretty interesting though, and it's very well fleshed out.

I really don't have anything bad to say about the games themselves. They just aren't my cup of tea. Gears of War is much the same to me, although I do like the cover shooter genre well enough. But it's over the top space marine vibe just turns me off, and the world isn't as interesting to me. First game was a technical marvel though, and I did play through that. I lost interest in the story after GOW2 though. I'd like to try Halo Wars though. I like that kind of game.

[Damrock]

I hope they show us Xbox one X vs Series X side by side gameplay reveal.

They need to show us what we would be gaining by having Series X, Which i hope for Microsoft's sake the differences are gigantic!.

Specially after that misleading "Gameplay" from third parties video.

[BenRC01]

Dont expect much if this has to run on the one s too.

Actually doesnt matter. Forgot 343 cant make a good halo game. Prove me wrong.. cash waiting.

[Noskypeno]

They normally dont mislead when it comes to a Halo game, unless they say its cgi, like H2A and Halo wars. What you saw, from 2018 and 2019 is what we'll see except a few small changes at most.

[aconnellan]

They’ve almost done it. Fans somewhat agree that Halo 4 had a great campaign and bad multiplayer, while 5 had great multiplayer and an awful campaign. So I’m holding out hope.

As for running on the S, what kind of BS is that? Does that mean every Multiplatform game on PC is gimped because it has to run on consoles? Obviously not, so I don’t understand why that line of thinking suddenly applies here

[Father__Merrin]

They will have to offer gameplay which they will halo is an excellent franchise

[Mrwick890]

Considering 343 has yet to make a good game and is still incompetent with the MCC. Halo Infinite is sure to be good :D

[Spurg]

They made a stellar campaign for halo 4 and stellar multiplayer for Halo 5.
They just haven't found the right balance.

[The-Matrix-has-you]

I really really enjoyed Halo 4 it was amazing!

[spicelicka]

Halo 5 multiplayer is widely regarded as one of the best in the market.

[sampsonon]

Yeah, just don't mention the words "game play"

[WickedLester]

In other news, water is wet. LOL

[lellkay]

Halo is the Xbox flagship so i'm glad it's going to be there. Ushering in a new console with your "mascot" can never be a bad thing. I really hope we get to see some big first party surprises not the standard and quite frankly tired Halo-Gears-Forza combo.

If playgrounds rumored Fable reboot is present that could be a great move. I'd also loved to be blown away by some sort of new rebooted Perfect Dark. Hellblade 2 gameplay wouldn't hurt either.

Focus on games, show us gameplay, show us promising looking experiences. That's all it takes.

[CrimsonWing69]

I’m not gonna lie, Halo is becoming stale to me. I’m hoping this one is going to change it up, but I have that feeling it’ll be the same ol’ same ol’.

[ThoedEssay813]

Is Mario stale? What about Zelda?

[CrimsonWing69]

Yea, but how much different are they from say their originals? I’m just stating how I feel about the series. You can keep loving what you love, my man.

[RamRod88]

They did change it up for Halo 5. It plays vastly different than any other Halo game

[CrimsonWing69]

How does it play different? I’m not being facetious here, I genuinely want to know.

[RamRod88]

They added a bunch of "spartan ability" like clamber, ground pound, slide, thrust, stabilize while scoped in mid air, charge ability to break through walls, smart scope which is different than how aiming was before, and when sprinting shield doesn't regenerate. Everyone has these abilities from the get-go. I thought the new abilities worked well, especially in multiplayer. At the same time, Halo purist felt it strained too far from the core game play of Halo.

[Gaming4Life1981]

I cant wait to see halo infinite gameplay, I have been waiting on this all year.

[medman]

I fully plan to buy both a Series X and PS5. Having said that....I've never been much of a Halo fan, I only played Halo 3. The Halo series has never been much of a graphical showcase in my opinion.....great gameplay, but not exactly a game you would pick to be an example of graphical fidelity. I'm wondering what Halo Infinite is going to look and play like on Series X....it might be disappointing graphically, especially considering it's cross gen. Given that by July it's assumed Sony will have given their presentation on PS5 showing the console and some games, Microsoft really has to have it's A game on for this next demonstration. They cannot afford to underwhelm again.

I've loved everything Microsoft has shown for Series X to this point, except the most recent presentation. That was clearly a misstep in messaging. I really hope Microsoft nails it down in July and shows great games from many of the studios they've acquired. I hope to be impressed.

[Pickledpepper]

Yes, yes and yes. Cant wait!

[Hungryalpaca]

How is 343 going to mess it up this time...

[boing1]

Since it's the biggest Xbox IP, I hope it delivers. It needs to show what Series X is capable of. If 1st party games will fail to do that, they're in trouble.

[QuePasa87]

They can't mess this up, they need to nail this one

[WGAF]

I dont know why peeps hate on Halo. I personally dont like FPS genre my self, but there is something charming about Halo that many other FPS lack. We used to have game day after work. We play many MP games like gears, COD, & so on but nothing come close to to jacking up the volume LV and laughter like halo did.

I remembered we were playing on that desert map, and we found a drivable giant construction like vehicle. We all jumped in and devised a plan to dominate the other opposing team. Some manning the turret, one person to drive (it drives slow as hell) and the rest ready their guns on the rooftop. Out of sudden, the opposite team came in on their bikes and warthogs, raining grenades into our mobile fortrest. We were all trembling to abandon the vehicle. We got such a good laugh during that chaotic time. Even though we lost, it was moment like this in Halo that I found it's TRUE purpose, that it is just FUN to play. Nothing more, nothing less.

[chiefJohn117]

Hell yeah, drop a beta

[Wrathspawn93]

I know it's sounding far fetched or or unklikely but to be shown some of Master Chief's face or atleast eye in the ending of Infinite that would interest me the most at this point. Maybe one day? anyone else interested? let's get hyped!

[Noskypeno]

They showed part of his face at the end of 4 and comic books.

[Wrathspawn93]

I didn't even know that! thanks for the info.

[WarCouncilGaming]

I feel like anything short of incredible is going to get lambasted after such a long wait and such a short time before the launch of the game.

One thing's for sure, if they say it has gameplay - it'll definitely want to have actual gameplay haha.

[Games1st]

Cool, the event will also have news on gamepass.

[psoriasis92]

good