Digital Foundry : Massive Halo fans Alex Battaglia and Adam Taylor - aka EposVox - sit down to discuss the recent campaign re-reveal for Halo Infinite. What's improved since the game's showing last year and what are their concerns for the final single-player game?
Xbox Game Studios and 343 Industries first-person shooter, Halo Infinite, has been profitable for some time.
The games loaded with micros I can't see how it's not profitable. Ppl love their little skins and goofy cat ears nonesense.
As much as people wanna believe halo infinite isn’t a financial failure… there are gamers there that spend a lot of money on multiplayer games and on nonesense like you said. As long as the core gameplay is good there will be people spending on it.
The game launched with $20 basic color microtransactions like “red”.
But, most importantly, it launched with Microsoft’s marketing including sponsored streamers “having fun”.
Reason why the game currently averages 3k daily player 5 months after launch
"The ‘source’ is Jez Corden! 🤣"
Nobody needs Corden to inform anybody on how successful Halo Infinite is.
We known about the next Halo and how it will be powered by UE5 rather than Slipspace for quite some time now.
And yes. 343i will continue and lead Halo projects despite fake rumors claiming they would be replaced.
Is the next game, the Infinite sequel made using the same slipspace engine or Halo 1 remake made using UE5?
Likely former.
"Take anything this guy says with a grain of salt."
Have you been giving such warnings when he was spreading rumors about Xbox games coming to Playstation?
Genuine question
Jez is one of those people who is 50/50. I never take his rumors as legit until other vetted sources pick it up.
@Christopher
"Jez is one of those people who is 50/50. I never take his rumors as legit until other vetted sources pick it up."
Yeah... 50/50 is exactly on point with his reputation as an "insider" on Reddit.
However, to claim that Halo Infinite is successful and profitable when the same studio behind it will continue and develop one of Microsoft´s most important and expensive franchises to produce, is nothing but attest the obvious.
Lol..I agree because it didn't take 500 million to make. That BS was shot down way before it was released by the project lead. Don't confuse the budget for the game with development cost.
Get ready for the new Halo Infinite Operation FleetCom update! Discover the return of the fan-favorite Halo 3 game mode and exciting quality of life updates.
The absence of Helldivers 2 on Xbox continues to be felt by its players, as Arrowhead Game Studios’ team-based shooter remains one of the year’s most popular games. However, that could soon change with the impending arrival of developer The Forge Falcons’ Xbox-exclusive Helljumpers.
'Helljumpers' is the nickname for Halo's ODSTs (Orbital Drop Shock Troopers) and predates Helldiver franchise by about 11 years.
calm down.
I can enlighten you. ODST a type of marine in Halo orbital drop shock trooper. Aka helljumpers.
Ok, so Helldivers guys want to fight Helljumpers guys... I'm just gonna leave this here.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
"As always, we look forward to bringing the Helldivers 2 experience to Halo Infinite"
should you be chasing someone elses concept? make your own and stand out.
this is a lazy, imo, thing to do.
In this case, I will say that's a poor argument because look at all the soulslikes and such. There will always be the first, and then all the imitations/inspirations that follow.
Following a game type trend is one thing, but to do that and come up with a name that's very similar as well takes it to a whole new level. In the movie biz, they call stuff like this a "Mockbuster" movie, kind of like Transmorphers.
ODST ('Helljumpers' is their nickname) as a concept existed way before Helldivers 1 (by about 11 years) ... it was never properly executed in the Halo FPS games' multiplayer ...
It was revealed 343 actually had plans to release a side halo game with that concept but MS turned it down.
To those making comments about the name, thinking theyre ripping it/copying. Yall clearly don't play Halo 😂
@dustman True or not doesn't change anything I said. Anyone that was around during halo 3 and after knows what ODST are. They even had visor colors called helljumper.
Very Nice, lots of improvements.
Did not know that the entire game/map had day night cycles. That makes things much more immersive and fresh.
Also that makes sense why it can be so artist heavy to make sure the entire map during those cycles look right.
Minor compromises to achieve 60fps but still looks good.
Looking forward to it.
What are DF are nervous about? They are nervous about Upgrade/ RPG elements, resource management, open world mission structure. I don't understand the obsession of keeping this IP the same thing that we've played in the past 20 years Halo 1 and 2, we've been there done that we need something new for Halo. I would pass on if they gave us the same thing again, that would be my biggest issue.