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Halo Infinite’s Latest Mode Sounds Awful Similar To A Battle Royale
22.4.2022
Halo Infinite’s already kickass-sounding second season is starting to sound even more kickass. Developer 343 Industries detailed all the new modes en route in a blog post today, including one that sounds suspiciously like a battle royale.Read more
Halo Infinite Is Losing Its Most (Accidentally) Powerful Gun
18.4.2022
Next month, Halo Infinite is getting a welcome infusion of new content for its second season. But for all the forthcoming multiplayer maps, modes, and cosmetics, developer 343 Industries is taking something out of the campaign: the scorpion gun.Read more
Microsoft Is Doing A Huge PC Game Pass Giveaway For Certain Players
18.4.2022
Microsoft is currently running a big promotion for PC Game Pass. New subscribers who recently played one of the company’s big fall 2021 releases get three months of access to the service’s Netflix-like library of games for free. It’s perfect timing, too, because the PC side of Game Pass currently...
Halo: Infinite Is Now Playable In Third-Person
12.4.2022
While Halo: Infinite is a first-person game by design, that doesn’t mean, like so many other games designed to be played a certain way, we can’t play it another way if we want.Read more
After Months Of Disappointment, Halo Infinite Is About To Get A Whole Lot Better
8.4.2022
For a while now, the prevailing narrative around Halo Infinite is that interest in the game, once confidently perched at the summit of Mt. First-Person Shooter, has fallen off a precipice. But that stands poised to change when season two, “Lone Wolves,” rolls around on May 3. Folks, it sounds (and...
Halo Infinite Listens To Pros, Nerfs Best Gun
5.4.2022
That sound you hear? That low hum, that ceaseless wailing? It’s an elegy of Halo Infinite fans around the world. Developer 343 Industries will soon nerf the best weapon in its multiplayer shooter, fulfilling a longtime request of top-flight players—and thumbing its nose at the desires of the...
Halo Infinite's New Slayer Mode A Great Reason To Return To The Game
14.3.2022
Maybe you’ve maxed out the battle pass. Maybe you’re distracted by the embarrassment of riches in gaming right now. Whatever the reason, if you’ve bounced off Halo Infinite, there’s immediate grounds to return: the ongoing “Tactical Ops” event.Read more
Elden Ring Looks Brutal As A PS1 Game
25.2.2022
We’ve featured London-based 3D artist and VFX supervisor Hoolopee a number of times on Kotaku, from his terrifying Zelda work to a Nintendo 64 rendition of Halo Infinite to a DragonBall fight made with...sheep. Tonight, we’re taking a look at his latest work, a PS1-looking take on Elden Ring’s...
Sad Halo Fans Buy Cool Dragon Gun Attachment, Discover It Looks Like A Cheeto Instead
23.2.2022
For the fourth run of its samurai event, Halo Infinite is selling a weapon attachment shaped like a dragon. It affixes to the barrel of your battle rifle, in theory making your gun look like it’s spitting fire every time you shoot. Only problem? From a first-person perspective—y’know,...
Halo Infinite Finally Addresses Desync Lag, And You'd Better Pull Up A Seat
10.2.2022
If you’ve played a competitive online shooter, it’s happened to you. You shoot an enemy a bunch. You swear you saw your shots connect. But the next minute, it’s you who’s sitting through a respawn timer. To take it from hardcore players, Halo Infinite can seem particularly egregious about such...
Halo Infinite Tips For People Who Already Know What They’re Doing
8.2.2022
By now, Halo Infinite has been out long enough for you to get pretty good. But there comes a point in all competitive shooters—hey, no shame in this—where you hit a plateau. Your matches start playing out just as the previous 50 did. You find yourself falling back on the same tactics, to the same...
Halo Infinite's Xbox Numbers Slip Behind Roblox
8.2.2022
Halo Infinite is slipping. As first reported by Forbes, 343 Industries’ popular shooter—the marquee Xbox game of this generation—has dropped out of the top five most-played games on Xbox, down from once upon a time holding fast in the top position.Read more
Halo Infinite's Big Team Battle Finally Works After Months Of Dysfunction
3.2.2022
While we’re getting six more weeks of winter IRL, Halo Infinite’s most frigid cold snap is coming to an end. Today, developer 343 Industries rolled out a hotfix for the multiplayer shooter’s long-troubled Big Team Battle playlist. Don’t look now—and I sincerely hope writing about it doesn’t jinx...
Hardcore Halo Infinite Fans Are Frustrated With State Of Shooter Despite Updates, Events
2.2.2022
Yesterday, Halo Infinite’s samurai-themed “Fracture: Tenrai” event returned for a third round, looking much like it did for its second outing. For some players, it’s another excuse to hop into a fun event with meaningful rewards. But for others, it’s an underbaked game spinning its wheels.Read more
Halo Infinite Spartans Fly Around Like Titanfall Players With This Grappling Hook Technique
2.2.2022
Since Halo Infinite’s launch, players have used the grappling hook in both the campaign and multiplayer to pull off all kinds of feats. From using the tool in a no-damage run to clipping out of the story mode’s first level, the grappleshot has been one of the standout additions to 343 Industries’...
Halo Infinite's Ranked Capture The Flag Matches Are Too Long
27.1.2022
Yesterday, developer 343 Industries shook up Halo Infinite’s ranked playlist. For the foreseeable future, matches of capture the flag, specifically on the Behemoth map, will no longer appear in the playlist’s rotation, effectively nixing one of the most widely hated maps. Players of the...
The Ongoing Fury Around Halo Infinite's Store And Its Prices, Explained
26.1.2022
Last night, Microsoft announced that Halo Infinite has been played by more than 20 million people since its surprise release last November. In other words, at any given moment, up to 20 million people (or more!) are engaged in roiling debate over some aspect of how developer 343 Industries runs...
Halo Infinite Removes Its Worst Map From Ranked Play, Pros Rejoice
26.1.2022
The behemoth has been slayed, literally. Starting this afternoon, you’ll no longer see Halo Infinite’s worst mode (capture the flag) appear on Halo Infinite’s worst map (Behemoth) in ranked playlists. Halo senior community manager John Junyszek confirmed the news in a post over on the Halo Waypoint...
Legendary Halo Infinite Player Beats Game On The Highest Difficulty Without Taking Damage
25.1.2022
It’s one thing to beat Halo Infinite on its highest difficulty, where enemy ammunition packs an extra punch. It’s another thing entirely to waltz your way through the shooter’s future-Brutalist architecture with such grace that your enemy’s firepower makes zero difference whatsoever.Read more
The Halo Infinite Players Who Look Amazing Without Spending A Penny
24.1.2022
Since its launch in November, much hooplah has been made about Halo Infinite’s customization options. Between the dearth of variety in free options (too many grays) and the sticker prices of paid options (too many $$$s), there’s a sense that looking great in 343 Industries’ popular multiplayer...