Update: 343 Industries has officially confirmed that Halo Infinite multiplayer is going to be free-to-play, via @Halo Twitter account. Promised more details are coming soon.
Halo Infinite multiplayer mode seems to have been leaked by one Irish retailer online store. The listing on Smyths Toys Superstores’ Xbox Series X newsletter sign-up page revealed that Halo Infinite‘s multiplayer is going to be “free-to-play” and support up to “120 FPS”. Although the listing has been removed from the page even if you try opening it in Google Cache, thankfully hawk-eyed internet users managed to grab a screenshot and saved a page snapshot via Wayback Machine before it was gone.
While 343 Industries haven’t responded to the leak as this article was written, they have posted a lengthy blog post that talks about what they have learned from the community’s reaction to Halo Infinite demo trailer and confirming several aspects of Halo Infinite multiplayer.
When asked about releasing beta tests (or flights) like what Halo: The Master Chief Collection has constantly done, this time they admitted that their original plans of distributing beta tests are “challenged” by the whole COVID-19 pandemic situation but still “hope to have an opportunity for broader public hands-on before release.”
Regarding multiplayer modes, Unyshek confirmed that the story mode will support two-player split-screen and four-player co-op online (PC split-screen, wow!). Meanwhile Halo Infinite multiplayer won’t include “real-money” loot boxes, will have extensive player character’s customization similar to Halo: Reach, and in it the grappling hook will function “as items that can be picked up on the map.”
