Halo Infinite Season 8 Reckoning

Last month, I wrote about how Halo was the franchise that made me fall in love with games. I dived deep into my memories and tried capturing my sentiments about playing the game when I was younger. After posting the piece, it felt surprising, heartwarming, and almost surreal to know that many people felt the same way about Halo too. Today, I continue that story, but instead of reminiscing, I look to the franchise's current state through Halo Infinite.

VIA GAMESPOT Halo Infinite Season 5 launches on October 17, and with it comes new cosmetics, two new maps, the Extraction game mode, and a number of quality-of-life features. Extraction, a mode from Halo 4 originally, is a 5v5 objective match. Players must place a beacon at specific points on the map and guard it from enemy interference. Guarding a beacon until it is "extracted" grants a point, but the enemy team will get a point if they can convert it. Extraction has been revamped for Infinite, but 343 Industries has not revealed any of the changes yet.

According to a recent report, the elusive and heavily speculated Halo battle royale endeavor by co-developer Certain Affinity has purportedly ceased development. Despite lacking an official announcement from Microsoft, Certain Affinity had intermittently addressed the project in general outlines publicly. In late 2022, the company indicated that the project had been under development for over two years and had nearly 100 team members dedicated to its creation.