Halo Infinite's Latest Update Gives the Xbox FPS a Much-Needed Shot in the Arm: 'It REALLY Should Do a Relaunch Ad Campaign'

Halo Infinite's "Summer 2025 Update," moving until June 10, is present live.

The update comes with caller playlists, the caller Mutilator powerfulness weapon, sandbox updates, caller Forge tools, much weapons connected the Weapon Bench, and more, including 50 much tiers, 4 armor sets, bonus XP, and an other situation slot for those upgrading to the Premium Operation Pass.

For some, this whitethorn beryllium excessively small excessively late. Halo Infinite has been subjected to important changes implicit the past fewer years, including the rebranding of its developer, 343 Industries, to Halo Studios. This came aft subordinate numbers for Halo Infinite dropped disconnected dramatically aft motorboat arsenic fans expressed vexation implicit a deficiency of content, mediocre progression systems, monetization, and more, including a "game changer" conflict royale mode that was scrapped.

Others, however, deliberation Halo Infinite is amended than ever.

In a reddit thread called "Halo Infinite REALLY should bash a 'relaunch' advertisement campaign. It's conscionable not the aforesaid crippled arsenic astatine launch. Not adjacent close," 1 instrumentality wrote: "I can't ideate anyone who likes Halo but hasn't fixed this crippled a chance, oregon haven't played since launch, would beryllium disappointed coming back. And I can't ideate they oregon particularly the wide gaming public, recognize however overmuch has been added and changed.

"I didn't play for months. I came backmost to 3 caller guns, a bazillion caller maps, aggregate caller firefight modes, mountains and mountains of things to grind for and unlock. And that's conscionable from my few-month break. I truly deliberation this crippled would get a immense boost from a bully trailer showing disconnected each the additions and changes since launch. It would bash wonders for their estimation arsenic well.

"I spot truthful galore radical who onslaught this game, saying things astir it that haven't been existent successful years," they continued. "Three caller pieces of equipment, 5 caller guns, similar a 100 caller maps oregon more, similar 10 caller crippled modes, hundreds of caller armor pieces, a overmuch much amended escaped recognition shop, quadruple the ranked playlist to grind for (finally, that's what I've been wanting), vocation fertile to grind for. All the aged conflict passes resulting successful what, a 1000 tiers almost? One of them is adjacent wholly escaped with immoderate large scope armor. An incredible, unthinkable Forge, awesome customized games, a customized games browser which lone Halo 5 had before, firefight, force and affable AI successful Forge."

"I wholeheartedly agree, the crippled is easy the champion crippled since [Halo 3] and the champion 343 has produced. Just took a portion to get here, but I ne'er left, truthful it’s been amusive to ticker play out," agreed one, portion different replied: "I stock this feeling. I person a buddy who wrote it disconnected beauteous aboriginal and hasn’t travel back. He’s already trashing the game, and I effort telling him it’s coagulated now, but helium doesn’t privation to perceive it."

"Multiplayer-wise, it's the champion Halo ever made," added different fan.

In a antithetic thread successful which the OP shared the iconic representation from Halo Infinite's selling that shows Master Chief holding his helmet successful 1 manus against his leg, idiosyncratic asked: "How does everyone consciousness astir this representation since we've seen what Halo Infinite had become?"

"I truly emotion Infinite. Been playing since astir halfway done Season 1. Revitalized my emotion for a bid I stopped playing during Halo 4’s lifespan. Has the champion Spartan customization and I besides truly similar that antithetic modes are perpetually successful rotation, customized games is fun, run is fun; unsocial but fun; euphony is simply a banger," responded another.

"Approaching my archetypal Onyx fertile and americium connected way to beryllium the archetypal Halo crippled I deed max vocation rank. The gameplay is precise fluid and feels ace integrated blending the consciousness of the classical games with immoderate modern upgrades (and sprint feels truthful so bully successful this game). As overmuch arsenic I emotion the classical games and spell backmost to them from clip to time, Infinite has my favourite gameplay overall. The crippled has outgrown the ammunition of its merchandise and has lone gotten amended with time. I’m optimistic astir what’s connected the mode and I truly deliberation Infinite is 1 of my favorites successful the series!"

"It's the champion arena shooter connected Xbox close now," replied another. "Halo Infinite scratches that itch that I privation COD did."

One little enthused instrumentality said: "This representation represents the past small spot of anticipation I had. I genuinely deliberation Halo’s clip is over, the radical who understood however to marque the magic hap are each scattered and gone."

We had a large clip with Halo Infinite's single-player run backmost successful 2021, awarding it 9/10 successful the IGN Halo Infinite review, writing: "Halo Infinite's single-player run is precisely what this bid needed. It brings retired the champion successful Master Chief's unsocial and satisfying combat benignant portion leveraging aged ideas to make memorable caller moments. Its communicative falls abbreviated for some caller and seasoned players, but it was worthy the six-year wait."

With Microsoft’s multiplatform video crippled merchandise strategy successful afloat swing, immoderate Xbox fans are wondering whether Halo volition soon marque the leap to PlayStation, pursuing successful the footsteps of the likes of Forza Horizon 5 and Gears of War. Back successful November, Microsoft’s gaming chief, Phil Spencer, said determination are nary “red lines” successful its first-party lineup.

Vikki Blake is simply a reporter, critic, columnist, and consultant. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.