Halo Infinite developers 343 Industries considered delaying the highly-anticipated game once more.
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The studio behind the upcoming release of Halo Infinite spoke about delaying the game again at one point. Although the game's current launch window of “Holiday 2021” seems to be locked in, 343 Industries claims that this wasn't always the case. Apparently, conversations were had this year about pushing Halo Infinite back even further.
News of the considered delay for Halo Infinite was detailed by 343 Industries in a new update video for the game. One of the most notable pieces of information that this video provided is that Halo Infinite won't contain both campaign co-op or Forge at launch. Both of these are major features that have appeared in previous Halo titles. Rather than delaying the game as a whole, 343 said it opted to just push back these specific aspects to later seasons in order to still make the Holiday 2021 release window. How very awesome and considerate of them.
Speaking more about these delays and the reasons why 343 chose not to delay Halo Infinite once again, the studio's creative lead, Joseph Staten, opened up about the conversations that have been had in recent months.
“Yeah, I mean we talked about doing [delaying the game]. But where we landed is that Halo Infinite is a live game, so it isn't ever really “done.” It's going to progress and evolve from season to season. We talk about launch being the beginning of that journey, but to have a beginning, you need to pick a moment and actually begin,” Staten said of the reason to delay specific features rather than the entire game. “Ultimately, we decided that we've been working on this game for a really long time. Our fans have been waiting on this game for a really long time. With solo campaign and our first season of free-to-play multiplayer in really good shape for holiday, we didn't want to delay anymore. Let's get started and we'll continue to evolve from there.”
For now, there's no confirmed release date for Halo Infinite, but once it's released, it'll be available on Xbox and PC.
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