Halo Infinite Is Formally Getting a Third-Particular person Mode This November

In some main (and fairly stunning) information for Halo followers, Halo: Infinite is lastly getting a third-person mode this November.

343 Industries introduced the information on Friday throughout a Forge panel on the 2024 Halo World Championship. For many who aren’t on the occasion, the announcement was additionally posted on X/Twitter, together with a little bit of work-in-progress footage of third-person mode in motion:

Expertise a brand new technique to play!

third Particular person Mode is coming to Halo Infinite this November 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WkDkGLx8fF

— Halo (@Halo) October 4, 2024

As followers will know, this marks the primary time a third-person mode has ever been formally provided in a Halo sport. Senior neighborhood supervisor John “Unyshek” Junyszek and Skybox Labs senior software program engineer Colin Cove provided a bit extra info on the Halo World Championship panel, saying they’re going to be beginning with third-person Firefight mode in a future replace, “however we even have the power to do in PvP and management it in Forge,” per Cove.

They clarified that third-person might be supported on the mode stage and that, with Forge controls, modes can change particular person gamers (or all gamers) between first- and third-person perspective every time desired. It is presently unclear if it is going to be out there in marketing campaign mode or restricted to multiplayer.

Whereas that is the primary time third-person mode has been out there on an official stage, various mods have added it to the sport through the years and have been largely well-received by the neighborhood.

Halo Infinite first launched in 2021, receiving various new maps, modes, quality-of-life enhancements, and different additions through the years. Some followers, nonetheless, had began to notice a basic lack of developer-made extra content material for this yr. With the Halo World Championship properly underway, we would not be shocked if extra Halo-related bulletins have been made by the weekend.

Alex Stedman is a Senior Information Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or enhancing, you’ll find her studying fantasy novels or enjoying Dungeons & Dragons.