Halo Infinite Battle Royale Isn't Being Worked On Says 343 Industries

The next Halo game was unveiled at E3 earlier this summer but we didn’t get to see much at all. Some very muscly deer, the exhaling nostril of a rhino, some enormous deep sea beast and a few very pretty vistas were all we were given before the shot panned out to show the helmet of Master Chief, the series prestigious protagonist. Oh, and the game is called Halo Infinite.

Despite the immense success titles like PUBG, Fortnite and H1Z1 have seen over the last year or so, it’s been confirmed that Halo Infinite will not feature a Battle Royale. In a Halo 5 focused “social stream” on Microsoft’s Mixer platform, 343 Industries writer Jeff Easterling announced that they’re not currently working on a battle royale mode and it’s not in the plans.

One viewer asked the innocuous question about the potential for a battle royale mode and Jeff replied assertively: “I’ll tell you right now, the only BR we’re interested in is Battle Rifle, the original BR. So calm yourself.” No doubt that will cause the battle royale haters to be pleased, but fans of the genre will be disappointed they won’t get to see how Halo could implement a unique take on the last-man-standing action.

During E3, Xbox marketing chief Aaron Greenberg explained Halo Infinite will be running off a new engine called Slipspace and that it was built “purposefully to take Halo in a whole new direction”. He didn’t elaborate past that which led some to speculate a battle royale mode could be part of that refocused goal, but it’s now been confirmed that’s not the case.

As we all know however, denying the plans for Halo Battle Royale at this stage doesn’t mean it won’t ever be a thing. Fortnite is continuing to grow day by day, so surely 343i can’t ignore it completely. If you are interested in some battle royale content, here’s our top five battle royale games to look out for this year.

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