Xbox Exclusive Title’s Battle Royale Mode Delivered Blow by Executive

Published 12/01/2020, 12:16 PM EST

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The tragedy continues for Halo fans as Brian Jarrard, Community Director at 343 Industries, has called the Battle Royale rumors to be “unfounded”. Halo: Infinite was supposed to headline the lineup of games for the Xbox Series X and Series S console, but ended up disappointing the fans.

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Being the latest title in the iconic franchise and produced during the dawn of the new-gen of gaming, the community had huge expectations from the game. However, one look at the graphics and visuals of the game broke their hearts, and haters of the franchise flooded Twitter with memes and trolls.

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Devs at 343 Industries postponed the release of the title because they had immediately begun working on it again to revamp the title. Currently, we do not have a release date for the title, but devs have announced it will release next year.

343 Industries have debunked the Battle Royale rumors for Xbox exclusive Halo: Infinite

Back to the matter at hand, a data miner/leaker had tweeted that the developers are planning to launch a free Battle Royale mode for the game sometime in the upcoming year. According to the leaks, the BR gameplay would have taken place on the Zeta Halo Ring.

The account had further added, “This is coming from Microsoft and not directly from 343 as they said the only BR they wanted was the Battle Rifle.

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Earlier today, Brian Jarrard tweeted in response to the said rumors saying, “Nothing gets a post-holiday Monday going like fresh unfounded Halo Infinite rumors.

However, Brian balanced it out with a bit of hope. He added in his tweet that we can expect an update about the production of the game this month.

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The hype surrounding the game has died out to some extent, on account of the initial disappointment and the subsequent delays. However, in an earlier announcement, 343 had made it clear why it had to delay the game.

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“The decision to shift our release is the result of multiple factors that have contributed to development challenges, including the ongoing COVID-related impacts affecting us all this year.” 

Well, Xbox users will continue to hope for the best. And we believe Halo: Infinite will be one huge banger when it hits.

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Samyarup Chowdhury

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Samyarup Chowdhury is an eSports author at EssentiallySports since June 2020. An avid gamer since his childhood, Samyarup has played many titles such as GTA Vice City, IGI, and FIFA, among others. Currently, he is a rather defensive fan of Valorant and the Assassin's Creed franchise.
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