Halo Infinite has a new release date of autumn 2021, Microsoft has announced.
343’s hotly-anticipated Xbox Series X, S, Xbox One and PC first-person shooter was originally due out as an Xbox Series X and S launch title in November 2020, but was delayed to 2021 after the studio faced a number of “development challenges”, including those relating to the coronavirus.
“It is not sustainable for the well-being of our team or the overall success of the game to ship it this holiday,” 343 said at the time.
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In a blog post on Halo Waypoint, creative director Joseph Staten said he’s played the entire Infinite campaign twice: “I was, in a word, stunned – in the best possible way – by what the team had done. Infinite is, by far, the most expansive and vertical Halo world, ever. Why did the team do this? Because they understand that wonder and freedom are key to the Halo experience.