Looks like Halo Infinite's multiplayer is taking a note from Warzone

Date:
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 17:37:43 +0000

Description:
New job listings suggest 'seasonal story content' will be making its way to the free-to-play multiplayer game.

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A set of job listings at Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries suggests
where the shooter's multiplayer is headed.

343 has posted a job advert for a writing director , asking for someone able to create innovative and engaging, serial narrative content for Halo
Infinites free-to-play [multiplayer], GameSpot reports. That certainly suggests either a seasonal narrative or a story mode is coming to Halo Infinite multiplayer. Similar to the narrative beats delivered in each new season of Call of Duty's battle royale spinoff, Warzone.

The writing director will have to create seasonal story content that uses cinematic scripts, and leverages existing Halo lore and adds exciting new chapters to the larger Halo story. The seasonal nature of the content presumably ties into the DLC schedule that 343 Industries plans for Halo Infinite, much like other live-service games.

A monetization designer job posting, who will create and iterate upon the games monetization systems, looking at new in-game initiatives to drive
player engagement and long-term player progression, as well as a player-first store and monetization model.

The monetization designer role suggests we're going to see changes to Halo Infinites much-criticized in-game storefront , as well as possibly new microtransactions and ways of spending money in the game. Analysis: what does narrative multiplayer look like? (Image credit: 343 Industries)

Halo Infinite isnt lacking a story - its entire single player campaign is steeped in the narrative of the Halo series. But that story content currently sits separate from the competitive, free-to-play multiplayer side of the
game, and will cost you around $59.99 / 49.99 / AU$ 89.98 to pick up. (Unless you are a Game Pass member).

This job listing is the first indication that 343 Industries is adding narrative content to the free-to-play side of Halo Infinite. But what, exactly, it will look like is unclear. Players may not have purchased the
main game, so the new content might not touch on the single player campaign.
I wouldn't expect any specific plot beats to be acknowledged or fleshed out
as multiplayer modes.

Its more likely the new content will focus on wider Halo lore thats known to fans of the series. Given the deliberate framing of Halo Infinite as a live service game, however, we the multiplayer narrative may be its own story, which develops and evolves with each new season of content, much like as we see in Call of Duty's Warzone.

If youre after story content right now, though, pick up a copy of Halo Infinites single player. Best Xbox Series X games



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