Halo Infinite Multiplayer Getting 4 New Playlists Next Week - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 December 2021 / 1,616 Views
343 Industries Community Director of Halo Brian "Ske7ch' Jarrad via Reddit announced the Halo Infinite free-to-play multiplayer will be getting an update on Tuesday, December 14 that will be adding four new playlists to the game.
The four new playlists being added to the game are Slayer, Fiesta, Free for All, and Tactical Slayer (SWAT).
"As I noted last week, the team's original plans for a Slayer playlist included a variety of new variants that weren't going to be ready in time to deploy before the holiday break," Jarrad said. "To address player feedback for Slayer in the near term, we'll be releasing a basic Slayer offering to start and will look to bolster and expand with more variants in a future update."
The update next week will also be making adjustments to the challenges. This includes removing some mode-specific ones, reducing requirements for others, and making the weekly ultimate challenge easier. New challenges specific to the new playlists will also be added.
"Personally I'm eager to check out a new challenge category that's based on accumulating player score," said Jarrad. "A small initial step towards 'performance based XP.' We'll have some more details to share on Halo Waypoint next week."
Halo Infinite is now available for the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.
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About time too. I will jumping straight into slayer.
Good article!
imho, they need to improve the PC version a little bit. The "minimum specs" required are somewhat high compared to other successful F2P games. There are people who truly want to play Halo, but their PCs just don't have the performance...
I think this is a side-effect of Halo Infinite being a triple-A game. I think it's, frankly, a much better/more expensive to make game than your typical F2P game.
They're planning for Infinite to be a 10 year project, so I think they're also reluctant to shoot too low for PC specs given this game is intended to be supported with new content for so darn long (and PCs 10 years from now will be so drastically higher-end). You can also get a Series S for $300, and even play the game with keyboard and mouse on that, which is an option for people on a budget.
But fair enough if you'd prefer to play on PC, and your PC is under the spec. That'd be a bummer!
Halo Infinite still isn’t at the point where I want to join in.
I kind of thought about it in the terms of the PC or console I would have in 6-12 months.
I guess with Master Chief Collection getting 7 years of support there’s hope that this game will still have a thriving community years later.
Halo is also a much higher budget game than most F2P games, and I think the devs would want to push the new hardware (Series S/X) as much as possible. This will also translate to higher PC requirements. I am sure most PCs can hit X1 levels of performance, which is all you should expect from a less than powerful rig.
The Series S (or even Series X if you can find one) is still a valid option to get the horse power needed for great performance at a cheaper price than investing in a more powerful PC.
You raise a really good point. It doesn't make sense for Microsoft to target PC specs any much lower than Xbox One-level at the worst for now, and in the future likely will design their games to scale only as low as the Series S at the very lowest. So if your PC is lower than Xbox One-level now, or Series S-level in the future, it probably won't scale well to it. And realistically since PCs have more overhead (OS, etc.) than consoles, realistically your PC has to be somewhat more powerful than an Xbox One now, and somewhat more powerful than a Series S in the future, to meet Microsoft's minimum target.
Exactly, which is why I never understood the "xbox games go to PC so no need for a console" argument some people try to say. These ports are for PC gamers with good rigs on par with gen 9. There is no point in going for lower specs than the least common denominator, as that will still drive console sales as the most affordable option for the price and allow devs to push their games harder than out of date PCs will allow.
I think some people hoped that either A they would magically get XBox games with little to no investment or B thought that MS will water their games down to work on potatoes without really pushing their consoles. Niether of those was ever going to be the case, and that is for the best.
Traditionally you either went PC to get cheaper software and more versatility, or you went console to get cheaper hardware and more simplicity.
Game Pass flips the script by creating the option of having both cheap hardware and cheap software. You could get a Series S and Game Pass, giving you competent current-gen gaming and a rotating selection of 350+ games, or 450+ with Game Pass Ultimate (plus Games with Gold).
Unless you go all F2P games on your console (Fortnite, Warzone, Halo Infinite Multiplayer, etc.), it's still possible to get even cheaper deals on software on PC. PC Game Pass comes with EA Play at no added cost, and you can get free games from time to time via Epic Game Store, Humble Store, GOG, etc. But the hardware cost would be SO much higher to get that BARELY cheaper software cost, that consoles are now a cheaper overall proposition for more gamers than ever before.
They going to add most wanted play Slayer, Fiesta so.. Yeah Players number will Rise soon.
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