Brad Sams: Halo Infinite is two games. SP to arrive at the earliest in 2019. MP in 2020

[Theorry]

Seeing as there is a significant amount of time between now and when the games will be released, take all of this with a pinch of salt as plans and timelines can change but this is what I am hearing about the release of the next Halo games.

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Notice how I am saying games? Right now, the next iteration of Halo may only be a single player game and if all goes according to plan, could arrive, at the earliest, towards the end of 2019. The multiplayer aspect of this game is not expected to arrive until after the single player ships which pegs a 2020 release timeframe.

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https://www.thurrott.com/xbox/161172/details-upcoming-halo-release

Edit:

Sounds like this may be false.



https://www.resetera.com/threads/ha...-5-guardians-on-w10.48251/page-6#post-9033696

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[Rocketz]

Interesting

 

[BeforeU]

Nooooooo

This sounds so weird. How will they price it?

And why would they do this

 

[McMahon]

That's not good.

 

[jem]

Not a fan of MP coming after SP.

 

[Lukar]

That's strange. I'm fine with it, but it seems like a weird move.

 

[GuitarGuruu]

Not launching with multiplayer seems like a mistake imo.

 

[Heretic]

Hm...

 

[i-hate-u]

They can't afford another mishap with online.

 

[bsigg]

Interesting.

Curious if the multiplayer will have different mechanics than the single player

 

[Sillution]

Uhhh.... what?

No multiplayer in a halo game at launch.... that sounds terrible

 

[vatstep]

Strange. I guess they're banking on MCC filling the void?

 

[VeePs]

Huh. I don't know how I feel about this tbh.

I'm glad they're getting tons of development time tho.

 

[Glassboy]

What the fuck? If the campaign is gonna have to be damn good. It just seems so odd to split it up if true. Halo is multiplayer to so many people.

 

[Real Hero]

hahaha

halo infinite release dates

 

[CozMick]

What the fuck?

 

[PhaZe 5]

If its a mid franchise reboot ala God of War then I can understand. If it plays very much like the other Halo games I'll be scratching my head though.

 

[ElBoxy]

That's weird.

 

[xGrizzly]

Better be worth it if there gonna split Campaign from Forge + Multi.

Hopefully this means increased focus with regards to campaign and structure, make it a mix on Halo 1 and 3 and I'm fucking there

 

[Layered]

This seems like a mistake. Wasn't this also pretty much the original plan for Crackdown 3?

 

[BoldAsLove]

That sounds absurd. How about release a complete game?

 

[Joker13]

what?

 

[HamCormier]

Nah I don't believe that at all.

 

[chobel]

That's some bold move.

 

[Torlain]

That sounds like an awful idea...

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

GTA style? Kind of hard to believe that MS would release the game without at least co-op at launch.

 

[Dama]

Wtf is this shit

 

[Anth0ny]

uh what

why the change

this is just gonna cause people to say "I'll just wait til the multiplayer is done." and then by the time mulitplayer is done, they've moved on and don't check out the game at all.

 

[Deleted member 4093]

Yall should be careful what you ask for.

Let this be the single player revolution that Halo needs. Stop crying

 

[Balmung421]

Could totally see this release being aligned with Scarlet.

 

[Ultima_5]

hope this isn't true as all I care about is MP

 

[Van Bur3n]

What could this game be.

 

[texhnolyze]

What, a year gap between SP and MP? How long could people possibly play the SP of a first-person shooter game? It'll be 10 hours at most.

 

[Calm Killer]

They can't afford another mishap with online.

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Halo 5 is the best MP since Halo 2. The single player was the issue with Halo 5. What do you mean?

 

[Theorymon]

Could totally be me reading too much into things, but the engine test sorta screamed "open world" to me. Not really sure open world is a good direction for Halo, but that would be a sorta God of War styled reboot alright.

 

[SweetNicole]

 

[wffl]

Makes sense, with gamepass there's no need to bundle single+multi

 

[Courage]

This makes me think the SP will be very different from previous Halo games, and more so like a modern open world game.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

If Rockstar can get away with it, I don't see why 343 shouldn't be able too.

 

[Jahranimo]

Well, the next year will be interesting to see what unfolds.

 

[LaneDS]

That doesn't sound very infinite to me!

 

[Xaero Gravity]

That's odd. Hope this doesn't backfire.

 

[janusff]

Such a strange reveal for this game

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Seems like it should be the other way around, if this rumor is true. MP first, then SP.

 

[Coolwhip]

That can be a good thing. Now both modes need to be good.

 

[Deleted member 17676]

uh what

why the change

this is just gonna cause people to say "I'll just wait til the multiplayer is done." and then by the time mulitplayer is done, they've moved on and don't check out the game at all.

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You mean like GTA and most likely RDR 2?

If they hype the multiplayer up then people will check it out.

 

[Big G]

An infinite number of Master Chiefs drop onto a Halo.

 

[chobel]

Holy shit! We could have mainline Halo, Mainline Gears and Mainline Forza all in the same year.

 

[XVerdena]

why

 

[Razgriz417]

Nooooooo

This sounds so weird. How will they price it?

And why would they do this

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It'll be on game pass so, so maybe it won't matter?