Gimme a Break(er)
Halo InfiniteĀ Season 2 arrives on May 3, and with it, two new maps for multiplayer. Today, 343 Industries put out a trailer showing off the sights and sounds of the two maps arriving this season: Breaker and Catalyst.
The first one is Catalyst, an abandoned Forerunner edifice. This feels pretty classicĀ HaloĀ to me, with plenty of sightlines and elevations to play around with. Power weapons are sitting in the open, so they’re a calculated risk. And it has all the metallic sheen and glowing blue bridges that make a HaloĀ map feel veryĀ Halo.
While Catalyst is the Arena map, Big Team Battle fans will be headed to Breaker. This Banished shipbreaking yard looks pretty open for chaos, given the giant laser moving around in the middle. The jump ramps seem perfectly poised for the comical Warthog leap right into the hull-slicing beam. Of the two maps arriving withĀ Halo InfiniteĀ Season 2, I’m definitely into Breakerābut then again, I’m also a Big Team Battle player.
Lone Wolves
This second season ofĀ Halo Infinite, set for May 3, is dubbed Lone Wolves. Alongside adding Breaker and Catalyst to the map pool, the new season will also have a new battle pass. That means plenty of new cosmetics to earn and, due to how 343 is handling battle passes, no time limits on when you get them.
While new content is good, there is a downside. 343 Industries has also confirmed that campaign co-op will not be arriving with the launch ofĀ Halo InfiniteĀ Season 2. The team has said it’s aiming to deliver campaign co-op via network play later in the season, while split-screen co-op is still up in the air. The Forge forĀ Halo Infinite, meanwhile, is still due to arrive withĀ Halo InfiniteĀ Season 3.
The seasonal updates forĀ Halo InfiniteĀ have led to a mixed reception so far. The updates make for good excuses to come back, but bigĀ HaloĀ features like co-op and Forge moving back with updates has made it tough forĀ InfiniteĀ to stick with me like otherĀ HaloĀ games have.
We’ll see what the Lone Wolves can do forĀ Halo InfiniteĀ when Season 2 launches on May 3.
Published: Apr 15, 2022 11:00 am