Halo Infinite to Launch Alongside Xbox Scarlett Holiday 2020
By Wyatt Fossett ·
"We launched Xbox 18 years ago, with the game reviewers called the definitive reason to own an Xbox," said Phil Spencer, the Vice-President of Gaming at Microsoft.
After a brief trailer slash commercial regarding the direction and purpose the hardware development team is taking with the upcoming next-generation of Xbox console Project Scarlett, Phil Spencer himself revealed that the next Xbox console will launch with the latest in the gigantic Halo franchise.
Holiday 2020 we will launch Project Scarlett with... Halo Infinite. #XboxE3 #HaloInfinitehttps://t.co/8Nrh4tQvhb pic.twitter.com/yt2RRiQanZ
— Xbox ➡️ E3 (@Xbox) June 9, 2019
Halo Infinite will be a launch title for whatever Xbox Scarlett is going to be called, landing on shelves “Holiday 2020” according to the reveal.
We were then shown a brief trailer, a lead-up to the story of Halo Infinite where Master Chief was found stranded in space only to be revived and unaware that the UNSC lost the war. It’s assumed that Chief will have to rebuild a small army in order to retake the Halo, and or save humanity from pending extinction.
Unfortunately, we didn't get any actual gameplay footage, and with the arrival of the Master Chief Collection on PC being the only Halo tidbit we get to taste anytime soon, the Halo fanbase is a tad bummed that Infinite is so far away.
While i'm beyond excited for infinite its just hard as a fan to know that the game is still 16 to 18 months away and I don't really know anything about it. I really, REALLY hope we get either a beta a road map for MCC on PC because right now we have a large gap to full.
— SIMMS (@TheSimms) June 9, 2019
okay now real talk: no gameplay was shown and that's all that matters in the end. 343 and Microsoft have a huge opportunity to return Halo as one of the most culturally popular games in the world, and a premier competitive esport as a high skilled FPS
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) June 9, 2019
don't let us down
Wow that was it? No Gameplay? No explanation what Halo Infinite is? Highlight was Keanu Reeves. Xbox Loss
— CMYKeanu Reeves (@Doom_CMYK) June 9, 2019
It’s very exciting to think that we will be getting a larger-than-ever Halo experience alongside what is destined to be Microsoft’s biggest and best home gaming consoles ever. The full-circle trip around the life of Xbox and Halo in relationship to one another is a beautiful reveal, even though we were technically given very little in terms of detail.
For more from the show floor and press conferences, check out our E3 2019 hub.