XBOX Halo Infinite is coming in December

[Necrokiller]

Valve and MS hater paying both.

Meanwhile...

 

[CerebralTiger]

He already earns enough from PlayStation to buy land big enough to host a real life Fortnite

Fortnite Creator And Epic Founder Tim Sweeney Has Been Spending Millions Buying Up And Protecting Forests

Fortnite creator Tim Sweeney has been buying up forest land in North Carolina for ten years so that it can be preserved.

www.thegamer.com

 

[Necrokiller]

Praises Sweeney.
Pays Gaben and Phil.

Just CerebralTiger things

 

[CerebralTiger]

A former 343i employee (Skybox Artist) shared some insight on Halo Infinite. (video is in mandarin, so I tried to translate his words into English)

• His overall feeling on Halo Infinite: "In fact, I think the finished product will still be great. The story is a big improvement, and the gameplay is much richer, though the development cycle is too long. Don't expect it to be an epoch-making masterpiece."
• The company executives were overly ambitious. They wanted to make Halo Infinite a semi-open world game, so the engine needed to be changed significantly. They had to make the game and develop the engine at the same time (Due to engine defects, many workflows were not ideal, though they are now much more improved than before).
• Last year's disastrous demo was because many engine features were not fully implemented at that time.
• For a variety of reasons, the game content compared to the original idea has been cut (same for multiplayer). "This has led to some things I've made over the years that no one will probably ever see."
• The team at 343 (especially the low-level employees) works very hard, and many of them have experienced working overtime until the early hours of the morning in the past few years.
• Now he works at Certain Affinity, still doing some HI outsourcing work, and he feels good to be out of 343's baggage.

Source:

Former 343 Employee speaks out about Halo Infinite(Crunch, game over ambitious, cut content, etc.)

Thanks to random0_point for finding and translating this. I think we already had assumed a lot of this but there are some new nuggets of info in there. edit:

www.resetera.com

Original Source:
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[Necrokiller]

Both Sony and MS first party embracing the superior ultrawide setup.

PC settings menus

 

[Necrokiller]

 

[venom]

Halo Infinite's multi player is F2P !!! That's seems very bold move from Microsoft. Then again they have been bold for quite some time now.

For me at least, their most premium product with a cult like following especially of its multiplayer mode and giving it out for free, is BIG news. That means not only is it free free, its also not behind their GOLD paywall. Absolutely fantastic stuff.

 

[Necrokiller]

Looks pretty fun actually. No reason to turn to lolCoD this year either.

 

[manigamer]

Halo Infinite will be released holiday 2021, Microsoft confirms

One more look at Halo Infinite before its long-awaited launch

www.polygon.com

 

[manigamer]

Halo Infinite’s F2P multiplayer launching with campaign

No firm release date yet, but the whole game is planned for the same day

www.polygon.com

 

[Radical]

This is the face of Xbox & there is barely any hype behind this

FH 5 has more popularity compared to this.

Bring back Bungie!

 

[manigamer]

Halo Infinite’s battle passes will never expire

Infinite will also give players more customization options than ever, including the AI voice in multiplayer

www.polygon.com

 

[manigamer]

Halo Infinite’s guns rain from the sky, and all players start on equal footing

Halo multiplayer is all about hunting for power weapons

www.polygon.com

 

[Necrokiller]

Nice surprise for the weekend!

 

[IzHee]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1420492586100264960

 

[Radical]

This should be Series X/S exclusive. The xbone is limiting it's potential!

 

[IzHee]

 

[Chandoo]

Xbox One: 1080p 30FPS Xbox One X: 2160p 30FPS Xbox Series S: 1080p 120FPS Xbox Series X: 2160p 120FPS


Surprising they're not able to pull off 60 FPS on One X. Halo 5 ran at a very high resolution and 60 FPS there.

 

[Necrokiller]

I don't think this is indicative of all the modes that will be available at launch.

 

[iampasha]

It doesn't look like a AAA 2021 title, so that probably will help