343 Industries has revealed aspects ofHalo InfiniteSeason 3 such as ray tracing, new weapons, and equipment coming to the game in 2023, but a leaker has shown off the maps being introduced with Echoes Within. In aHaloWaypoint blog post created in September, 343 Industries gaveHalo Infinitefans a taste of what to expect from Season 3: Echoes Within, but the update has been pushed into 2023.
Twitter account Leaks_infinite has continued its namesake with a November 22 post which includes minor details about the new maps being introduced withHalo InfiniteSeason 3alongside screenshots of them. Like the first two seasons, Heroes of Reach and Lone Wolves, Season 3 will include a battle pass full of cosmetic goodies for players to progress towards through by completing challenges and defeating opponents. As someHalofans feel the existing rotation of maps is getting stale, 343 Industries will be releasing Cliffhanger and Oasis at the conclusion of Season 2.
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Leaks_infinite suggests that Cliffhanger is set at a high altitude and is “highly classified,” while Oasis is an ancient site with a “new genesis” that may add more variety to theHalo Infiniteplaylists. The image of Oasis shows a giant spire in the background, with a building and various stone walls in the foreground with Mars-like orange sand filling the gaps in between. Cliffhanger is in a snowy setting that has a prominent tower between two mountain peaks that’s surrounded by much smaller ramps and hallways thatHalo Infinitesnipers can use for the longer sights.
Halo Infinitecurrently offers 12 maps split between Arena and Big Team Battle game modes and the arrival of Cliffhanger and Oasis will expand on the foundations in Season 3 like Breaker and Catalyst did in Season 2. Although fans have to wait until March for these leaked maps, theHalo InfiniteWinter Updatedropped recently with online campaign co-op, Forge beta, and a seasonal battle pass to work through in anticipation of Season 3. Because Forge will be responsible for many moreHalo Infinitemaps to come, future seasonal maps may become outnumbered by the volume of fan creations in the level creator.
While many players are celebrating the addition of two new maps withHalo InfiniteSeason 3, others are critical of another desert map in the rotation rather than something more unique. As two players debated whether twomaps from eachHalo Infiniteseasonis enough, another pointed out that the leak happened within a month of the Winter update which may have shifted the focus for some fans to the March patch instead of what’s available now.
Halo Infiniteis available now for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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