A Halo Infinite Season 3 alpha build has reportedly surfaced online, indicating that 343 Industries plans to add a year’s worth of content to its well-liked FPS. The announcement of the leak coincided with the beginning of the Noble Intention event and the introduction of playlists for user-generated Forge maps in Halo Infinite.
Each new multiplayer update for Halo Infinite goes through very thorough testing before being released, as is the case with the majority of contemporary online games. It is quite challenging for 343 Industries to maintain a tight ship in terms of leaks due to the size of their playtesting organisation. As the game didn’t launch until the end of 2021, information about Halo Infinite DLC often leaked before official announcements. Although some of the early Halo Infinite leaks also showed cut campaign content, this pattern wasn’t solely restricted to multiplayer-related components.
Regarding the specific leak at hand, sources with access to the most recent alpha build of Halo Infinite assert that the following season will put a strong emphasis on Iratus, a previously revealed AI construct allied with Banished, the game’s primary antagonists. Also, the early version of the next update reveals that 343 Industries intends to make the launch of the eagerly anticipated Infection Mode the centrepiece of Season 3. The most recent iteration of the series’ zombie mode was Halo 5: Guardians (2015), an Xbox One exclusive. Also, as part of the same leak, numerous screenshots of two new maps with the codenames Forbidden and Crystal Cave appeared online.
According to a Halo source, 343 Industries intends to include a new weapon with some unique animations in Halo Infinite. The insider claims that the unknown weapon will only make its appearance in Season 6, so that novelty doesn’t seem to be on the Season 3 schedule. According to other claims based on the leak, the company is presently creating over 20 new maps in addition to new start menu and matchmaking screen backgrounds.
The third-season content of the game has occasionally leaked online before, as is the case with this most recent information dump. Two Halo Infinite Season 3 maps were already leaked in November by a well-known industry insider. Throughout the course of 2023, it’s anticipated that both of those levels—called Cliffhanger and Oasis—will be included in the game.
The Season 3 leak coincides with news that Halo Infinite plot content was being scrapped by 343 Industries, according to a recent report. Insiders assert that the company abandoned its work on single-player content following a significant restructure that saw it fire dozens of employees, including some executives, and that all upcoming updates to the game will now only concentrate on its multiplayer features.
