Back in December, a supposed screenshot ofHalo Infiniteleaked online, showing a new UI for the game that included a grappling hook. Then 343 Industries released a video called “We Are 343 Industries,” and in that video, fans noticed gameplay that seemed to match the leaked UI inHalo Infinite. While some have taken this as confirmation that the new game will have a grappling hook, 343 Industries franchise development director Frank O’Connor has since provided some clarification.
According to O’Connor,343 Industriesthoroughly checks videos for any accidental leaks before releasing them, and the gameplay footage seen in the video isn’t even “necessarily” fromHalo Infinite. On Twitter, O’Connor confirmed that it doesn’t show anything meaningful, and could actually be test environments or content cut fromHalo 5: Guardians. O’Connor then implied that the grappling hook is not necessarily something that will actually ship withHalo Infinitewhen the game launches later this year.
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Video game developers would usually ignore something like this, so O’Connor going out of his way to address the rumors makes it seem like the grappling hook is definitely not going to be inHalo Infinite. Then again, O’Connor could just be trying to throw fans off the scent. It’s hard to say definitively at this point, as we have seen next to nothing ofHalo Infinitein terms of gameplay. So far, all we’ve seen of the game are someE3 cinematic trailers.
WithHalo Infinitetargeting a holiday 2020 releaseon PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X, we shouldn’t have too much longer to wait to see more of the highly-anticipated game. Chances are that the first real look atHalo Infinitewill come at E3 2020 in June during Microsoft’s press conference, with more reveals between then and the game’s holiday launch.
Hopefully the likelyHalo InfiniteE3 2020 presentationanswers some of the biggest questions about the game, like whether or not the grappling hook is actually going to be in it and how it’s open world will work.Halo Infiniteis expected to take theHalofranchise in some bold new directions, but it remains to be seen if this will be an overall good or bad thing for Microsoft’s flagship franchise.
Halo Infinitelaunches this holiday season for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
