Halo : The latest game in the Halo series was released three weeks in advance to coincide with the 20th anniversary of its founding.
Halo: Infinite was supposed to be released last year but was delayed until December 2021.
But on Monday, at the Xbox 20th anniversary, Microsoft announced that the multi-player game was released on the same day.
The one-player campaign is on hold until December 8th.
Halo, which was at its peak in the mid-2000s. Is best known for its many online players as a news-driven campaign.
With this latest game, Microsoft has released a multiplayer segment. Separately as a free-to-play title – a popular multi-game online business strategy but a major change in the Halo series.
Piers Harding-Rolls, of Ampere Analysis. Said the game had already set a record for the number of players in a Microsoft game on PC. Although there were complaints about the “slow and potentially frustrating” rating system.
But because it was free to play, it could be used. As “a tool to promote the launch of a game campaign version … As well as to subscribe to Microsoft’s subscription service, Game Pass. Which will install the premium version of the game initially”.
“The vast majority of audiences associated with the entire in-game cash chain. Suggest that it also has the potential to become the most successful commercial Halo player ever,” added Mr Harding-Rolls.
direct competition
Pre-launch means Halo is also in direct competition. With the November big shooters releasing Battlefield 2042. And Call of Duty: Vanguard.
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Analysis: Lots of Halo rides
Just waking up on Tuesday morning to visit. The news Beyoncé or Taylor Swift released a new album suddenly surprisingly little – but it doesn’t make sense.
And it’s amazing especially when it comes to an important franchise like the Halo.
This series has been used to encourage players to opt for the Xbox. Over rivals like the PlayStation – Microsoft’s unique franchise and nostalgia for multiplayer games.
But multiplayer play has changed dramatically since the release of the previous Halo.
free online gaming market
Fortnite and Warzone dominate the free online gaming market with their “last standing man” format.
Microsoft will also hope that a different Halo version of the team’s smooth. Chaotic, free-to-play team will draw players away from such topics.
In short, there is a lot to ride in this release – and suddenly, it comes out of the wild.
Then the franchise may return to its popularity, with Halo 3 dominating the online multiplayer forum.
It could revive the franchise before the full launch of the game in December.
But if it fails, it may leave Microsoft looking for a new manager for this generation of its console.
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To many fans who are backing down about its visual style.
Some thought the pictures were “too beautiful” and unpolished.
By August, the developers of 343 Industries had announced. That it was delaying the title to 2021 for better staff retention and “full game success”.
And that means the game has missed out on being the theme of the launch of the new Xbox console.
During the broadcast of the annual commemorative video. Microsoft also unveiled the first tea trailer for the Halo TV. Live series from Paramount and a six-part documentary about the creation of the first Xbox.
The company also announced that it is adding more than 70. Original Xbox and Xbox 360 games to its compatibility scheme, making it available in modern console versions.
