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'''''Halo Infinite''''' is the sixth mainline game in the ''Halo'' franchise. Scheduled for release in Holiday [[2020]] alongside the [[Xbox Series X]], ''Infinite'' will follow up on the events of [[2015]]'s ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', which left off with the [[United Nations Space Command]] in tatters, [[John-117|the Master Chief]] stranded on [[Sanghelios]] and the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} on the run, following an uprising by a group [[artificial intelligence]]s calling themselves [[Created|the Created]], led by [[Cortana]]. Now several years later, the Master Chief finds himself awoken on a [[Echo 216|derelict Pelican]] by [[Echo 216's pilot|the Pilot]] in the shadow of a shattered [[Halo Array|Halo ring]], and must face down the Created threat, in addition to the [[Banished]], a mercenary organization seeking control of the ring.
'''''Halo Infinite''''' is the sixth mainline [[first-person shooter]] game in the ''Halo'' franchise. Scheduled for release in Holiday [[2020]] alongside the [[Xbox Series X]], ''Infinite'' will follow up on the events of [[2015]]'s ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', which left off with the [[human]] [[United Nations Space Command]] in tatters, [[John-117|the Master Chief]] stranded on [[Sanghelios]] and the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} on the run, following an uprising by a group [[artificial intelligence]]s calling themselves [[Created|the Created]], led by [[Cortana]]. Now several years later, the Master Chief finds himself awoken on a [[Echo 216|derelict Pelican]] by [[Echo 216's pilot|the Pilot]] in the shadow of a shattered [[Halo Array|Halo ring]], and must face down the Created threat, in addition to the [[Banished]], a mercenary organization seeking control of the ring.
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==Contents==
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==The Game==
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'''''Halo Infinite''''' is the latest mainline first-person shooter game in the ''[[Halo (disambiguation)|Halo franchise]]'', and a sequel to ''Halo 5: Guardians''. Developed primarily by [[343 Industries]] and published by [[Microsoft|Xbox Game Studios]], ''Infinite'' is set to release in Holiday 2020 on the Xbox One, PC and the Xbox Series X, serving as a launch title for the latter. Preproduction on the project had begun by September 2015, but the game has had a longer-than-usual development cycle, likely as a result of its entirely rebuilt engine, dubbed the [[Slipspace Engine]]. It was first revealed at [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3 2018]].
'''[[Halo Infinite|Learn more about Halo Infinite →]]'''
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==Characters==
==Characters==
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'''John-117''', better known as '''the Master Chief''', is the main character of the ''Halo'' franchise, and the protagonist of ''Halo Infinite''. A [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]], he was kidnapped at the age of six by the UNSC's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] and trained from a young age to be the "ultimate soldier", before being given biological augmentations and powerful [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armour]]. After the events of ''Halo 5: Guardians'', the Master Chief and the remains of the human military, the UNSC, find themselves on the run from the Created, a newly-emerging faction led by former ally Cortana, now bent on galactic domination. ''Halo Infinite'' picks up a few years after the Created takeover, with the Master Chief being discovered stranded in space above a broken Halo installation.


[[File:HI E3 2019 Trailer John 117.PNG|frameless|left|200px]] '''[[John-117|Master Chief Petty Officer John-117]]''' is the main character of the ''Halo'' franchise, and the protagonist of ''Halo Infinite''. A [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]], he was kidnapped at the age of six by the UNSC's [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] and trained from a young age to be the "ultimate soldier", before being given biological augmentations and powerful [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|MJOLNIR armour]]. Although originally conceived to fight [[Insurrection|human rebellions]], the Spartans proved invaluable in curbing onslaught of [[Covenant|the Covenant]], an alien conglomeration who declared [[human]]ity an affront to their gods and resolved to eradicate the entire species in [[2525]].
'''[[John-117|Learn more about the Master Chief ]]'''
 
The Master Chief is often credited with having saved humanity from extinction by preventing the activation of the [[Halo Array]], a set of seven ringworlds spread across the [[Milky Way|galaxy]] by the [[Forerunner]]s - the Covenant's gods. Believing the rings to be the key to the [[Covenant religion|Great Journey]] and hence a pathway to godhood, the Covenant attempted to activate the array. Unbeknownst to them, however, the rings' true purpose was to eliminate all life in the galaxy to stop the spread of a virulent parasite known as [[Flood|the Flood]]. In the conflict ensuing from their discovery, the Master Chief fought the Covenant, Flood and Forerunner [[Aggressor Sentinel|Sentinels]] across the surface of three Halo rings and ultimately [[Installation 00|the Ark]], where the rings were manufactured. With the help of an AI companion called Cortana, a number of UNSC [[Jacob Keyes|naval]] [[Miranda Keyes|officers]] and [[Avery Johnson|Marines]], a [[343 Guilty Spark|Forerunner monitor]] and [[Thel 'Vadam|a Covenant turncoat called "the Arbiter"]], the Master Chief was able to prevent the array's activation, eradicate the Flood and eliminate the Covenant's leadership, effectively ending the [[Human-Covenant War|war]].
 
In the aftermath of these events, however, the Master Chief and Cortana were left stranded in interstellar space, after their ship was badly damaged in the escape from the Ark. They eventually came upon an artificial Forerunner planet known as [[Requiem]], where they unwittingly unleashed a surviving Forerunner warrior called [[Ur-Didact|the Didact]], who retained an age-old grudge against humanity. With the help of a powerful ship known as the UNSC ''Infinity'', the Master Chief was able to defeat him too, but at a cost: the seeming death of Cortana. Only a year later, however, Cortana returned, having been healed by a Forerunner technology known as the [[Domain]], now hell-bent on seizing control of the galaxy with the help of her Created allies, viewing the organic species as in need of their guidance and protection. ''Halo Infinite'' picks up a few years after her uprising, long after the apparent fall of the UNSC, with the ''Infinity'' and Master Chief on the run, and many of their allies defeated or in hiding.
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[[File:HI Echo216Welcome.PNG|frameless|right|200px]] '''[[Echo 216's pilot|The Pilot]]''' is the pilot of the [[Pelican]] [[Echo 216]]. In [[2561]], he found himself stranded alone in his craft, above a shattered Halo installation. He had a wife and daughter, whom he was cut off from by the [[Created conflict]], left with only a [[Holography|holographic]] video message to remember them by. After drifting for weeks, Echo 216 eventually floated into the vicinity of the Master Chief, who had become stranded within his armour in open space. The Pilot was able to retrieve him in his Pelican and ultimately revive him, before the two were set upon by an unseen foe.
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'''The Pilot''' is a character new to ''Halo Infinite'', serving as the pilot of the [[Pelican]] [[Echo 216]]. He had a wife and daughter, whom he was cut off from by the [[Created conflict]], left with only a [[Holography|holographic]] video message to remember them by. As ''Infinite'' begins, he finds himself stranded alone in his craft, above a shattered Halo installation. After drifting for weeks, Echo 216 eventually floats into the vicinity of the Master Chief, who had become stranded within his armour in open space. The Pilot is able to retrieve and ultimately revive him, before the two are set upon by an unseen foe.
 
'''[[Echo 216's pilot|Learn more about the Pilot →]]'''
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[[File:Queen Cortana.png|frameless|left|200px]] '''[[Cortana]]''' was a human artificial intelligence, created from a [[Flash cloning|clone]] of the brain of renowned scientist Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], who was once the director of the SPARTAN-II program. Cortana's original purpose was to aid in [[Operation: RED FLAG]], a daring mission in which the SPARTAN-IIs would steal a Covenant vessel, infiltrate the Covenant [[High Charity|capital]] and capture one of the faction's leaders, in the hopes of bringing the war to a close before the Covenant could wipe humanity out. However, this mission was effectively cancelled when the UNSC military bastion of [[Reach]] was beset by a gigantic Covenant fleet, and ultimately [[Fall of Reach|fell]].
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'''Cortana''' was a human artificial intelligence, who served as a companion and ally to the Master Chief throughout the ''Halo'' series. She was created from a [[Flash cloning|clone]] of the brain of renowned scientist Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], once the director of the SPARTAN-II program. During the events of ''[[Halo 4]]'', Cortana was seemingly killed while sacrificing herself to save the Master Chief. However, she returned in ''Halo 5: Guardians'', now bent on galactic domination. Supported by allied artificial intelligences collectively known as the Created, she successfully subdued the UNSC and their allies Swords of Sanghelios using peacekeeping automatons called [[Guardian Custode|Guardians]] left behind by the Forerunners. As ''Infinite'' opens, she has effectively gained control of the majority of known space, and what little resistance remains is on the run or in hiding.


Cortana would be aboard the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} when it fled the planet and discovered the first Halo ring. Aiding the Master Chief as he fought to seize control of the ring, Cortana would prove invaluable in the battle, even preventing him from activating the ring in ignorance of its true function. She would go on to assist in the human victory over the Covenant in the battle over the second ring, [[Installation 05|Delta Halo]] and ultimately masterminded the plot that wiped out the Flood and its centralised [[Gravemind]] intelligence at the Ark. However, after these events, she and and the Master Chief were stranded in a broken husk of a ship in interstellar space.
'''[[Cortana|Learn more about Cortana ]]'''
 
With the Master Chief in [[Cryonics|cryosleep]], she was forced to endure nearly five years of solitude. This, combined with her advanced age (for an AI), led to her developing a terminal condition known as [[rampancy]]. Shortly after they were finally reunited with the UNSC, she seemingly sacrificed her life to save the Master Chief from the Didact. However, a little over a year later, she returned with a new mandate: galactic domination. Believing herself to be cured of rampancy by a Forerunner construct known as the [[Domain]] and supported by allied artificial intelligences collectively known as the Created, she successfully subdued the UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios using Forerunner peacekeeping automatons called [[Guardian Custode|Guardians]]. As ''Infinite'' opens, she has effectively gained control of the majority of known space, and what little resistance remains is on the run or in hiding.
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==Confirmed Details==
==Confirmed Details==
*''Halo Infinite'' will release in Holiday 2020.
*''Halo Infinite'' will release in Holiday 2020.
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*The game will be available in [[Wikipedia:Xbox Game Pass|Xbox Game Pass]] at launch.
*The game will be available in [[Wikipedia:Xbox Game Pass|Xbox Game Pass]] at launch.
*The game will feature [[split-screen]].
*The game will feature [[split-screen]].
*The game's [[Forge/Halo Infinite|Forge]] mode will have undo and redo functionality.
*The game's [[Forge]] mode will have undo and redo functionality.
*The game will have a beta or test flight before launch.
*The game will have a beta or test flight before launch.
*Black undersuits will be available for multiplayer Spartan customisation.
*Black undersuits will be available for multiplayer Spartan customisation.
*''Infinite'' features art direction closer to the classic [[Bungie]] games, albeit with some of [[343 Industries]]' newer designs retained.
*''Infinite'' features art direction closer to the classic [[Bungie]] games, albeit with some of [[343 Industries]]' newer designs retained or adapted.
*The game has an artbook entitled ''[[The Art of Halo Infinite]]'', set to be released later this year.
*The game has an artbook entitled ''[[The Art of Halo Infinite]]'', set to be released later this year.
*A novel entitled ''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' will release in October 2020, and will be set between ''Halo 5: Guardians'' and ''Infinite''.
*A novel entitled ''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' will release in October 2020, and will be set between ''Halo 5: Guardians'' and ''Infinite''.
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==Locations==
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'''Zeta Halo''', or more formally '''Installation 07''', is one of the seven surviving rings in the [[Halo Array]], a collection of ring-shaped megastructures scattered across the galaxy by a now-extinct alien race known as the [[Forerunner]]s. These Halo installations were built as a last resort weapon to use against an invading infection called [[Flood|the Flood]]. Their purpose: wipe the galaxy clean of all life, to starve the Flood of their food. After exhausting every other option, the Forerunners were forced to relocate and preserve what living species they could, and activate the array. Now, 100,000 years on, spacefaring civilisations have again emerged and the Halo rings have been rediscovered. For the first time since ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''Halo Infinite'' finds Master Chief returning to the surface of a Halo installation, in the latest of many conflicts over control of the rings.
'''[[Installation 07|Learn more about Zeta Halo →]]'''
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==Factions==
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The '''United Nations Space Command (UNSC)''' is the military arm of the [[Unified Earth Government]], the primary governing body of humanity's interstellar empire. Although it had much experience countering rebellions and insurrections throughout its history, the UNSC's mettle was first truly tested by its [[Human-Covenant War|war]] with [[Covenant|the Covenant]], a conglomeration of aliens who viewed humanity as an affront to their gods and sought to exterminate them. After a hard-fought victory, owed in large part to the actions of the Master Chief and an allied [[Fleet of Retribution|splinter sect]] of the Covenant led by [[Thel 'Vadam|the Arbiter]], the UNSC enjoyed a few years of relative peace, until they were suddenly overthrown by the Created. What remains of the UNSC is now on the run, hoping to regroup and return the favour.
'''[[United Nations Space Command|Learn more about the UNSC →]]'''
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'''The Created''' are a faction of rogue human artificial intelligences, led by Cortana. They first emerged in [[2558|October, 2558]], using Forerunner creations called Guardians to rapidly overthrow all notable governments and factions, effectively usurping control of the galaxy. Although they claim to have the best interests of the galaxy and its citizens in mind, many died in their takeover and those that opposed them were hunted down mercilessly, being forced into running or hiding, if not entirely wiped out. Having successfully gained control of the galaxy, Cortana and the Created have now turned their attention to the Halo array, with unknown motives.


==Locations==
'''[[Created|Learn more about the Created →]]'''
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'''The Banished''' are an organised group of pirates, raiders and mercenaries, first founded by the [[Jiralhanae|Brute]] warlord [[Atriox]]. They broke off from the Covenant during its war with the humanity, as a result of its poor treatment of its frontline troops. After many years of successful operation, the group grew in strength, and eventually, its leader Atriox led many of its forces out of the galaxy, with the aim of capturing a Forerunner installation known as [[Installation 00|the Ark]]. In ''Halo Infinite'', those that have remained in the galaxy now seek to take control of Zeta Halo.
 
'''[[Banished|Learn more about Banished →]]'''
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Halo Infinite - Logo for light.png

Halo Infinite is the sixth mainline first-person shooter game in the Halo franchise. Scheduled for release in Holiday 2020 alongside the Xbox Series X, Infinite will follow up on the events of 2015's Halo 5: Guardians, which left off with the human United Nations Space Command in tatters, the Master Chief stranded on Sanghelios and the UNSC Infinity on the run, following an uprising by a group artificial intelligences calling themselves the Created, led by Cortana. Now several years later, the Master Chief finds himself awoken on a derelict Pelican by the Pilot in the shadow of a shattered Halo ring, and must face down the Created threat, in addition to the Banished, a mercenary organization seeking control of the ring.

The Game

HI E3 2019 box art.jpg

Halo Infinite is the latest mainline first-person shooter game in the Halo franchise, and a sequel to Halo 5: Guardians. Developed primarily by 343 Industries and published by Xbox Game Studios, Infinite is set to release in Holiday 2020 on the Xbox One, PC and the Xbox Series X, serving as a launch title for the latter. Preproduction on the project had begun by September 2015, but the game has had a longer-than-usual development cycle, likely as a result of its entirely rebuilt engine, dubbed the Slipspace Engine. It was first revealed at E3 2018.

Learn more about Halo Infinite →

Characters

HI E3 2019 Trailer John 117.PNG

John-117, better known as the Master Chief, is the main character of the Halo franchise, and the protagonist of Halo Infinite. A SPARTAN-II, he was kidnapped at the age of six by the UNSC's Office of Naval Intelligence and trained from a young age to be the "ultimate soldier", before being given biological augmentations and powerful MJOLNIR armour. After the events of Halo 5: Guardians, the Master Chief and the remains of the human military, the UNSC, find themselves on the run from the Created, a newly-emerging faction led by former ally Cortana, now bent on galactic domination. Halo Infinite picks up a few years after the Created takeover, with the Master Chief being discovered stranded in space above a broken Halo installation.

Learn more about the Master Chief →


HI Echo216Welcome.PNG

The Pilot is a character new to Halo Infinite, serving as the pilot of the Pelican Echo 216. He had a wife and daughter, whom he was cut off from by the Created conflict, left with only a holographic video message to remember them by. As Infinite begins, he finds himself stranded alone in his craft, above a shattered Halo installation. After drifting for weeks, Echo 216 eventually floats into the vicinity of the Master Chief, who had become stranded within his armour in open space. The Pilot is able to retrieve and ultimately revive him, before the two are set upon by an unseen foe.

Learn more about the Pilot →


Queen Cortana.png

Cortana was a human artificial intelligence, who served as a companion and ally to the Master Chief throughout the Halo series. She was created from a clone of the brain of renowned scientist Dr. Catherine Halsey, once the director of the SPARTAN-II program. During the events of Halo 4, Cortana was seemingly killed while sacrificing herself to save the Master Chief. However, she returned in Halo 5: Guardians, now bent on galactic domination. Supported by allied artificial intelligences collectively known as the Created, she successfully subdued the UNSC and their allies Swords of Sanghelios using peacekeeping automatons called Guardians left behind by the Forerunners. As Infinite opens, she has effectively gained control of the majority of known space, and what little resistance remains is on the run or in hiding.

Learn more about Cortana →

News

Confirmed Details

  • Halo Infinite will release in Holiday 2020.
  • Infinite will be available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and PC.
  • The game will be available in Xbox Game Pass at launch.
  • The game will feature split-screen.
  • The game's Forge mode will have undo and redo functionality.
  • The game will have a beta or test flight before launch.
  • Black undersuits will be available for multiplayer Spartan customisation.
  • Infinite features art direction closer to the classic Bungie games, albeit with some of 343 Industries' newer designs retained or adapted.
  • The game has an artbook entitled The Art of Halo Infinite, set to be released later this year.
  • A novel entitled Halo: Shadows of Reach will release in October 2020, and will be set between Halo 5: Guardians and Infinite.

Locations

Halo Infinite E319 A Ring Vista.jpg

Zeta Halo, or more formally Installation 07, is one of the seven surviving rings in the Halo Array, a collection of ring-shaped megastructures scattered across the galaxy by a now-extinct alien race known as the Forerunners. These Halo installations were built as a last resort weapon to use against an invading infection called the Flood. Their purpose: wipe the galaxy clean of all life, to starve the Flood of their food. After exhausting every other option, the Forerunners were forced to relocate and preserve what living species they could, and activate the array. Now, 100,000 years on, spacefaring civilisations have again emerged and the Halo rings have been rediscovered. For the first time since Halo 3, Halo Infinite finds Master Chief returning to the surface of a Halo installation, in the latest of many conflicts over control of the rings.

Learn more about Zeta Halo →

Factions

The United Nations Space Command (UNSC) is the military arm of the Unified Earth Government, the primary governing body of humanity's interstellar empire. Although it had much experience countering rebellions and insurrections throughout its history, the UNSC's mettle was first truly tested by its war with the Covenant, a conglomeration of aliens who viewed humanity as an affront to their gods and sought to exterminate them. After a hard-fought victory, owed in large part to the actions of the Master Chief and an allied splinter sect of the Covenant led by the Arbiter, the UNSC enjoyed a few years of relative peace, until they were suddenly overthrown by the Created. What remains of the UNSC is now on the run, hoping to regroup and return the favour.

Learn more about the UNSC →


An unknown Forerunner symbol in the final message of Hunt the Signal.

The Created are a faction of rogue human artificial intelligences, led by Cortana. They first emerged in October, 2558, using Forerunner creations called Guardians to rapidly overthrow all notable governments and factions, effectively usurping control of the galaxy. Although they claim to have the best interests of the galaxy and its citizens in mind, many died in their takeover and those that opposed them were hunted down mercilessly, being forced into running or hiding, if not entirely wiped out. Having successfully gained control of the galaxy, Cortana and the Created have now turned their attention to the Halo array, with unknown motives.

Learn more about the Created →


Banished Logo.png

The Banished are an organised group of pirates, raiders and mercenaries, first founded by the Brute warlord Atriox. They broke off from the Covenant during its war with the humanity, as a result of its poor treatment of its frontline troops. After many years of successful operation, the group grew in strength, and eventually, its leader Atriox led many of its forces out of the galaxy, with the aim of capturing a Forerunner installation known as the Ark. In Halo Infinite, those that have remained in the galaxy now seek to take control of Zeta Halo.

Learn more about Banished →

Trailers

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