343 Industries and Microsoft didn’t drop any new details on Halo Infinite during the recent Xbox Gamescom Showcase but not all hope is lost. There’s still Gamescom Opening Night Live and we could see a new trailer along with a release date. However, it seems the latter might have leaked courtesy of the Microsoft Store. Halo Infinite’s campaign is apparently launching on December 8th.
This was discovered by ALumia_Italia on Twitter who provided a screenshot of the same. Of course, the official Microsoft Store listing still says December 31st, 2021 (and has been this way since August 2020, according to the user). It’s possible that the updated store listing went live briefly and was subsequently pulled. Take this all with a grain of salt for now.
While this wouldn’t be the strangest time to release the title, the fact that “campaign” is mentioned separately is interesting. This seems to imply that multiplayer will launch later. However, the multiplayer component is free to play so it could be treated as a separate listing altogether and launch on the same day. Given how insistent 343 Industries has been about multiplayer not being delayed, it’s hard to believe that they could launch even a few days apart.
We’ll have to wait for an official announcement in the meantime. Halo Infinite is slated for a holiday 2021 release for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
Scoop: Halo Infinite (Campaign) | Release Date December 8 https://t.co/5iO4pjLCjA pic.twitter.com/b7efdHp5tm
— Aggiornamenti Lumia (@ALumia_Italia) August 25, 2021
JFYI: this Microsoft Store listing has been live since August 26, 2020, with a placeholder release date. They updated the entire store listing a few hours ago, with the new release date (and new description, screenshots…)
— Aggiornamenti Lumia (@ALumia_Italia) August 25, 2021
