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Halo Infinite Multiplayer: 343 Clarifies Why This Is a Beta, Extends Season 1 Battle Pass
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 54197" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Halo Infinite's head of creative, Joseph Staten has clarified why the early release of the game's multiplayer mode is being treated as a beta until the full game's official release date on December 8. 343 has also extended the multiplayer mode's first season Battle Pass until May 2, 2022.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On the <a href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/welcome-to-the-halo-infinite-mp-beta" target="_blank">Halo Waypoint blog</a> Staten explained that the <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-infinite-multiplayer-mode-released-early-pc-xbox-series-x-s" target="_blank">surprise launch of the game</a> was being treated as a beta – meaning you could potentially run into bugs, see changes, and more – because the team expects an even larger influx of players next month and wants to be able to prepare.</p><p></p><p>"Our previous Multiplayer Technical Previews went a long way to battle-testing our services and infrastructure," wrote Staten. "But as we prepare for a significant increase in the number of players jumping into Halo Infinite on launch day, December 8th, we want to ensure all our systems are good-to-go. While you may experience some bumps and bugs during this beta period, it does mark the official start of Halo Infinite Season 1, with all day-one maps and modes enabled as well as the full Season 1 Battle Pass."</p><p></p><p></p><p>While those past Technical Previews didn't allow participants to keep their progression, Staten made clear that that was not the case for the beta: "All the Battle Pass and customization items you earn or purchase during the beta will stay with you after December 8th."</p><p></p><p>Staten also pointed out that multiplayer's Season 1 content, including its Battle Pass, has been extended until May 2, 2022 – much longer than the three month lifespan 343 originally announced.</p><p></p><p>"We made the decision to extend Season 1 to give ourselves more time to ensure Season 2 meets our high quality bar and so we can finish development for Season 2 in a healthy and sustainable way for our team," wrote Staten.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Staten says that Season 1 will see more content added as a result, including events, cosmetics, and more. The game is currently giving all players who start the game before November 23 a set of free items (see gallery above), after which the game's first event, Fracture: Tenrai will begin. After the game's launch on December 8, 343 will announce more Season 1 events.</p><p></p><p>That Battle Pass extension will make it a little easier to reach the higher-level rewards, but it won't solve the community's biggest concern right now, which is that <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-infinite-multiplayer-reactions" target="_blank">progressing up that Pass is something of a grind at the moment</a>.</p><p></p><p>Looking further ahead, Season 2, campaign co-op, and Forge mode will all be discussed in January.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on </em><a href="https://www.twitter.com/2plus2isjoe" target="_blank"><em>Twitter</em></a><em>. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to </em><a href="mailto:newstips@ign.com"><em>newstips@ign.com</em></a><em>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-infinite-multiplayer-beta-battle-pass-season-1-extended-may-2022" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 54197, member: 1"] Halo Infinite's head of creative, Joseph Staten has clarified why the early release of the game's multiplayer mode is being treated as a beta until the full game's official release date on December 8. 343 has also extended the multiplayer mode's first season Battle Pass until May 2, 2022. On the [URL='https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/welcome-to-the-halo-infinite-mp-beta']Halo Waypoint blog[/URL] Staten explained that the [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-infinite-multiplayer-mode-released-early-pc-xbox-series-x-s']surprise launch of the game[/URL] was being treated as a beta – meaning you could potentially run into bugs, see changes, and more – because the team expects an even larger influx of players next month and wants to be able to prepare. "Our previous Multiplayer Technical Previews went a long way to battle-testing our services and infrastructure," wrote Staten. "But as we prepare for a significant increase in the number of players jumping into Halo Infinite on launch day, December 8th, we want to ensure all our systems are good-to-go. While you may experience some bumps and bugs during this beta period, it does mark the official start of Halo Infinite Season 1, with all day-one maps and modes enabled as well as the full Season 1 Battle Pass." While those past Technical Previews didn't allow participants to keep their progression, Staten made clear that that was not the case for the beta: "All the Battle Pass and customization items you earn or purchase during the beta will stay with you after December 8th." Staten also pointed out that multiplayer's Season 1 content, including its Battle Pass, has been extended until May 2, 2022 – much longer than the three month lifespan 343 originally announced. "We made the decision to extend Season 1 to give ourselves more time to ensure Season 2 meets our high quality bar and so we can finish development for Season 2 in a healthy and sustainable way for our team," wrote Staten. Staten says that Season 1 will see more content added as a result, including events, cosmetics, and more. The game is currently giving all players who start the game before November 23 a set of free items (see gallery above), after which the game's first event, Fracture: Tenrai will begin. After the game's launch on December 8, 343 will announce more Season 1 events. That Battle Pass extension will make it a little easier to reach the higher-level rewards, but it won't solve the community's biggest concern right now, which is that [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-infinite-multiplayer-reactions']progressing up that Pass is something of a grind at the moment[/URL]. Looking further ahead, Season 2, campaign co-op, and Forge mode will all be discussed in January. [I]Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on [/I][URL='https://www.twitter.com/2plus2isjoe'][I]Twitter[/I][/URL][I]. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to [/I][EMAIL='newstips@ign.com'][I]newstips@ign.com[/I][/EMAIL][I].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-infinite-multiplayer-beta-battle-pass-season-1-extended-may-2022"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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