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Halo Infinite Multiplayer Will Be Free To Play

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Mel Ramsay

Published

13th Jun 2021 18:44

Halo Infinite's multiplayer will be free-to-play.

It's just been announced during tonight's (June 13) E3 presentation, and it's safe to say that fans are thrilled.

Since the delay of Halo Infinite, which was supposed to coincide with the launch of the Xbox Series X/S back in October 2020, developers have kept pretty much everything under wraps. And fair play to them. But now we know that it'll be launching 'this Holiday, 2021' - so we assume, Christmas.

During the event, we saw brand-new gameplay footage of the multiplayer mode, where the grapple hook seems to play a big part.

Here's what fans on Twitter had to say:

Halo infinite's multiplayer will be free to play. So hintidy hint hint there call of duty and battlefield
— Nick Jindra (@NickJindra) June 13, 2021

Free to play Halo multiplayer! A real sign of the times there.
— Evan Minto (@VamptVo) June 13, 2021

The fact that halo infinite multiplayer is free to play is a BIG W
— VK Cardinal (@zCardinaI) June 13, 2021

Having #Halo Infinite multiplayer as F2P is pretty solid. Good idea. For anyone doubting the story/single player, they won’t be forced into a purchase just to play MP

Good moves in the #XboxBethesda showcase so far
— Jack Slade (@IAmJackSlade) June 13, 2021

In terms of cross-play, 343 Industries, developers of Halo Infinite, have recently confirmed that there will be some serious divisions in their matchmaking, despite the excitements surrounding the game’s cross-platform progression. In a new blog post, PC development lead Mike Romero has explained the plans for ranked play in Halo Infinite’s online games.

“Social playlist and custom matches are open to all, you can play on any platform and any device with anyone you like! For ranked matches, we plan to restrict competitive playlists based on input type, not console versus PC.”

Images via 343 Industries

About the author

Mel Ramsay

Mel was the Editor-in-Chief at GGRecon. She was previously a senior journalist at LADbible, where she also wrote regularly for GAMINGbible and SPORTbible. She then became Head of Editorial at Social Chain, where she led the teams on GameByte, FragHero, Sporf, Student Problems, and others. Her work can also be found on Sky News, BBC, The Drum, Huffington Post, Student Problems, TYLA, and a range of other publications.