- Старые болячки под новой вывеской: Инсайдер сообщил о проблемах внутри Halo Studios - 12 July 2026
Несмотря на реструктуризацию, в рамках которой студия 343 Industries была преобразована в Halo Studios и сменила руководство, проблемы внутри команды никуда не делись. Об этом сообщает блогер и инсайдер Idle Sloth в своём большом посте, опубликованном в X.
- Former Halo art director who complained about "fraud" and "cronyism" warns looming Xbox layoffs are a chance for bosses to settle scores - 25 June 2026
Former Halo Studios art director Glenn Israel has warned current Xbox staff that Microsoft's impending "reset" of their gaming business is an opportunity for studio execs to rid themselves of employees who've criticised their behaviour, citing his own, alleged experience of being driven out by "senior Halo representatives". Israel is encouraging any and all Xbox staff who've made trouble for bosses to speak to a lawyer and take certain steps to protect themselves, before the hammer comes down. Read more
- Бывший арт-директор Halo обвинил руководство студии в травле и незаконных действиях — и обратился напрямую к игрокам - 29 May 2026
Бывший арт-директор Halo Studios Гленн Израэль , проработавший над франшизой 17 лет, начиная с Halo 3: ODST времён Bungie , опубликовал обращение на платформе Xbox Player Voice , предназначенной для обратной связи между XBOX и игроками. В нём Израэль призвал провести независимое расследование действий руководства Halo Studios, заявив, что менеджмент «продолжает совершать неэтичные и незаконные действия в ущерб франшизе, разработчикам и сообществу» .
- A New Halo Job Listing Points to ‘Halo Next’ as Halo Infinite Drops Firefight: Gauntlet - 7 May 2026
Today is a big day at Halo Studios. Halo Next has reportedly been uncovered by a new job listing, and Halo Infinite has received a massive PvE update, bringing Firefight Gauntlet to co-op. First, there have been rumours circulating that Halo 2 and 3 were receiving the remake treatment , and now, not only is there a new PvE Firefight Gauntlet mode in Halo Infinite , but Halo Next (the alleged next title in the Halo franchise) has apparently been revealed by a job listing. A newly posted YouTube video from Rebs Gaming reveals details about Halo Next and how this information connects to a Microsoft job listing. The video goes on to explain other ideas, like why The Flood (a nasty Halo adversary) won’t be appearing anytime soon, but the real information comes from this job listing , for Narrative Design Director at Halo Studios. The job listing reads, “We are looking for a Narrative Design…
- Enter Firefight: Gauntlet - 5 May 2026
Seconds into your first match of Firefight: Gauntlet, you’ll understand the name.This deviously difficult PvE mode introduces upgradeable attributes, elimination objectives, and auto-scaled difficulty settings to a boss-filled Firefight experience designed to challenge even the toughest Spartans.Bring your mightiest warriors, because each phase of the Gauntlet is harder than the last.SLAY TO SURVIVEAs endless enemies rush from all sides, your team’s only hope is to eliminate the bosses in each arena to halt their reinforcements and progress to the next encounter.Combat ranges through five maps connected by a supply area where you can gather ammo and equipment, roll for power weapons, or level up your personal buffs (Speed, Resistance, Regeneration, and Damage) for the onslaught ahead.Between rounds, you’ll get a chance to upgrade your stats and kit out before the next attack—so make tho…
- Forge Features - 23 April 2026
Welcome to another edition of Forge Features! This series highlights notable maps, modes, and other creations from our talented Forge community. Bookmark your favorites using the links below for your next custom game.If it can be dreamed, it can be Forged. Our latest community Forge Feature starts with an in-depth look at TSG Warzone, and then genre-hops through space races, nightmare-fuel Infections, historical battles, “objectively” awesome strategy modes, and more!TSG WARZONE*Forged by: Okom1, TostEZ28, SilvervioletX98, Unusual Hiccup, spartan blood 1, JoValiant, Implied Skill, CaptainPunch374, NasMode bookmarks: TSG Warzone | TSG Warzone UltraMap bookmarks: Skirmish at Darkstar | March on World’s EndAfter two years of work, The Scripter’s Guild has unveiled TSG Warzone, a lovingly remixed sequel to the Warzone mode featured in Halo 5: Guardians.Adapted for Halo Infinite’s fast-paced…
- «Подло поступают, чтобы прикрыть свои провалы»: Бывший арт-директор Halo обвинил руководство студии Microsoft в неэтичном поведении - 7 April 2026
Ветеран серии Halo Гленн Израэль выступил с серьёзными обвинениями в адрес руководства Halo Studios и кадровой политики Microsoft .
- Halo Franchise Sale & Halo: Campaign Evolved Wishlist - 2 March 2026
All your favorite Halo titles on Steam are currently on sale! Whether you’re jumping back in or picking up a classic for the first time, now’s a great time to expand your library.Be sure to check out the full sale here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/halofranchisesale2026While you’re there, make sure to wishlist Halo: Combat Evolved Campaign on Steam so you don’t miss what’s next:
- Forge Features - 3 February 2026
Welcome to another edition of Forge Features! This series highlights notable maps, modes, and other creations from our talented Forge community. Bookmark your favorites using the links below for your next custom game.A new turn around the sun warrants more Forging fun! Check out our latest Forge Features showcase of community-made creations, including epic-scale battle modes, multi-part missions, social free-roams, minigames, and more.SUPERB SLAYERSExciting arenas for free-for-all and Team Slayer matches. Use the links to add them to your Halo Infinite bookmarks.LIMINALBookmark this map.Forged by: JDzirkusLiminal is a multicolor sporting arena featuring monogrammed team bases, roving play, and great sightlines at just the right angles. Between its zig-zagging walkways, exposed ramps, and tight corners tailor-made for ‘nade bounces, this training arena leaves little room for error, and a…
- Operation: Infinite Out Now - 18 November 2025
To celebrate all the Spartans in our Halo Infinite Fireteam, Operation: Infinite introduces a 100-tier free Operation Pass featuring three full armor sets and a 100-tier Premium Pass offering five more sets, six weapon models, and over 30 exclusive Spartan customizations.Upgrade to the Premium Pass at any time to transfer your tier progress from the free Operation Pass and earn your way to eight full sets.Halo Infinite’s last planned multiplayer update also welcomes permanent progression boosts, new maps, refreshed Ranked Seasons, over 200 never-before-seen customizations arriving in The Exchange, and more!Steady on, Spartan. The future is Infinite.OPERATION PASSThe missions may change, but these Operation Passes are here to stay. Operation: Infinite’s 100-tier Operation Passes have no expiration date, meaning their armor sets, customizations, and Spartan Points can be earned at any tim…
- Operation: Infinite Out Now - 7 November 2025
To celebrate all the Spartans in our Halo Infinite Fireteam, Operation: Infinite introduces a 100-tier free Operation Pass featuring three full armor sets and a 100-tier Premium Pass offering five more sets, six weapon models, and over 30 exclusive Spartan customizations.Upgrade to the Premium Pass at any time to transfer your tier progress from the free Operation Pass and earn your way to eight full sets.Halo Infinite’s last planned multiplayer update also welcomes permanent progression boosts, new maps, refreshed Ranked Seasons, over 200 never-before-seen customizations arriving in The Exchange, and more!Steady on, Spartan. The future is Infinite.OPERATION PASSThe missions may change, but these Operation Passes are here to stay. Operation: Infinite’s 100-tier Operation Passes have no expiration date, meaning their armor sets, customizations, and Spartan Points can be earned at any tim…
- Operation: Infinite Update Preview - 7 November 2025
As we look back on four years of evolution and updates in Halo Infinite, we’d like to thank our community for your steadfast support. Without your feedback and enthusiasm, Halo Infinite multiplayer would not be the special place it is today: a robust arena for slaying and playing, with something for every Spartan.With multiple Halo titles in development, we’ll need our whole team’s combined focus to deliver new experiences with the same passion and care that our community has given us. While we remain committed to supporting Halo Infinite on the road ahead, Operation: Infinite is the last major content update currently planned.Starting November 18, Operation: Infinite will introduce a 2X boosts on Career Rank and SP, 100-tier Operation Pass, eight earnable armor sets, new Ranked Seasons, and 200 never-before-released customizations arriving in The Exchange.Jump into Operation: Infinite…
- Thank You | Halo World Championship 2025 - 30 October 2025
Whether you joined us in Seattle or on our live broadcast, we’d like to thank everyone in the Halo community for making this year’s Halo World Championship in Seattle such an unforgettable experience.Between swapping stories with Halo fans, watching elite Halo Infinite players duke it out on the main stage, announcing Halo: Campaign Evolved, and seeing our community raise a whopping $67,000 for Gamers Outreach, it’s hard to pick a favorite moment from this incredible weekend—so we thought we’d share a whole collection of them!Check out more highlights from this year’s Halo World Championship below.Congrats to Shopify RebellionAfter three days of intense competitive heat, Shopify Rebellion clutched up and came out on top against OpTic Gaming in the best-of-seven Grand Finals. It was a remarkable journey from this year’s earliest HCS events to the Halo World Championship stage, and their…
- Operation: Haloween II Community Playdate - 30 October 2025
Something wicked this way spawns…Join us for our Operation: Haloween II Community Playdate tomorrow at 11am PT for some spooktacular shenanigans. Match us to earn your treat – the Unicorn of Ice rewards!Costumes optional. Chaos guaranteed.
- Happy 10th Birthday Halo 5 - 29 October 2025
Fireteam Osiris, the light is green!It has been ten years since Spartan Locke sent Fireteam Osiris to Kamchatka, thus setting in motion the events of Halo: 5 Guardians.We’re celebrating in Halo Infinite by bringing some fan-favorite armor sets to the Exchange and bringing back the new, unique mode, Extermination.Anniversary ArmorsIf you’ve banked enough Spartan Points, you’ll be able to grab these sets as soon as they drop out of slipspace. If not, fear not – they will be available from the Exchange so you may obtain them at your leisure. (Or you can grab them from the Shop if you prefer that route.) Hunter: Savvy Spartans choose HUNTER technology for its customizable interfaces, a puissant surveillance suite, and dependable maneuverability in hand-to-hand sparring.Helljumper: Thanks to innovative field upgrades by Cascade Stronghold Technologies, testbed HELLJUMPER armor can reliably e…
- Halo: Fifth Canticle - 29 October 2025
2558. Amid the chaos of the Created uprising, five tales of truth, compromise, betrayal, purpose, and change unfold across the galaxy.Doctor Catherine Halsey and Jul ‘Mdama share an honest conversation, Captain Lasky makes arrangements for a vital mission to Sanghelios, Arbiter Thel ‘Vadam confronts a traitor, Exuberant Witness makes some new friends, and a strange signal is picked up on Zeta Halo. Halo: Fifth Canticle is available here, on Halo Waypoint, as a free PDF, and in audiobook format on YouTube.HISTORIAN’S NOTEHalo: Fifth Canticle takes place in October 2558 as the Created uprising radically threatens to alter the power structure of the galaxy.CANTICLE I. THE CHILDRENSONG OF RETRIBUTION // OCTOBER 16, 2558Doctor Catherine Halsey had not specifically intended to catch Jul ‘Mdama in a moment of quiet repose, but she was never one to let an opportunity like this slide.She could n…
- Halo World Championship 2025 - 20 October 2025
The biggest Halo event of the year returns to Seattle for the Halo World Championship 2025! Join fans from around the globe to witness electrifying plays, a thunderous crowd, and a celebration of Halo like no other.Whether you're into watching dev panels at the Halo Community Stage, playing in side tournaments, checking out cosplay, or just soaking in the atmosphere, there’s something here for everyone! Don’t miss your chance to watch live as the best players in the world compete for their share of $1,000,000.The Halo World Championship is the ultimate battleground, and the stakes have never been higher!This is the $1,000,000 Halo Infinite 4v4 Grand Finale, serving as both the epic conclusion to the 2025 season and the final official HCS Halo Infinite tournament. History will be made as one team cements their legacy as the last-ever Halo Infinite World Champions.But that’s not all - fan…
- Halo Studios снова штормит — после 17 лет работы из студии уволился арт-директор франшизы Halo - 11 October 2025
Арт-директор франшизы Halo Гленн Исраэл объявил, что покидает студию Halo Studios (бывшую 343 Industries) после 17 лет работы. Разработчик намекнул на проблемы в коллективе и дал понять, что его уход стал результатом конфликта — это произошло за несколько недель до предполагаемой презентации следующей части флагманской серии шутеров Microsoft .
- Halo: Ascension on Atropos - 8 October 2025
This is a sequel to Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son. You can read it now to refresh yourself or catch up before reading Halo: Ascension on Atropos.October 2556. The crew of the UNSC Saturn deal with the consequences of a catastrophic Flood outbreak at LV-31, and a fanatical alien cult seeks to find a new path to divine transcendence.Halo: Ascension on Atropos is available here, on Halo Waypoint, as a free PDF, and in audiobook format on YouTube.HISTORIAN’S NOTEHalo: Ascension on Atropos takes place from October 2556, immediately following the Flood outbreak on LV-31, to April 2560, approximately four months after the disappearance of Zeta Halo.NARROW-BAND POINT-TO-POINT TRANSMISSION ORIGIN: FFG-195, UNSC Saturn TERMINATION: \ SENT: Shipboard AI: LCN 0437-1, “Lycaon” DATE: April 17, 2560You were curious about the events that transpired in the wake of the disaster at Site 22 over three-and…
- Survive the Undead - 7 October 2025
October 7 UpdateThe nightmare returns. Back from the grave and more gruesome than ever, Survive the Undead claws its way back into Halo Infinite. First introduced last Haloween, the Forge Falcons’ labor of love made the jump from Combat Workshop to playlist just in time for the spooktacular season. And now, it’s back with a new map!Strategic SurvivalAt its core, Survive the Undead is an Infection-based Firefight survival mode where you, the player, are trying to avoid dying. However, unlike the “regular” Infection modes you may be thinking of where everyone is looking out for themselves, you are in a team of 4 trying to survive the onslaught of infected enemies. Think of it as a horde mode. You can learn the finer points and read more about how this playlist came to be down below. The return of the playlist, as part of the Operation: Haloween II offering, comes with everything you know…
