{"id":332411,"date":"2025-10-20T02:28:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T02:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2165060"},"modified":"2025-10-20T02:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T02:28:50","slug":"343-industries-explains-why-we-havent-seen-halo-infinite-campaign-gameplay-since-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/343-industries-explains-why-we-havent-seen-halo-infinite-campaign-gameplay-since-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"343 Industries explains why we haven&#8217;t seen Halo Infinite campaign gameplay since last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/343-industries-explains-why-we-havent-seen-halo-infinite-campaign-gameplay-since-last-year.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One noteworthy absence from Gamescom&#8217;s Opening Night Live show was any gameplay footage of Halo Infinite&#8217;s campaign. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, we got a fancy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-25-halo-infinite-multiplayer-season-1-cinematic-intro-halo-infinite-xbox-series-x-and-halo-infinite-controller-revealed\">cinematic introduction<\/a> of the game&#8217;s first season, along with the leaked 8th December release date. <\/p>\n<p>But in a post on 343&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halowaypoint.com\/en-us\/news\/inside-infinite-august-2021\">Inside Infinite blog<\/a>, lead writer Joseph Staten explained that the team is currently in &#8220;shutdown mode&#8221; as they polish the game for final release. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-27-343-industries-explains-why-we-havent-seen-halo-infinite-campaign-gameplay-since-last-year\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-27-343-industries-explains-why-we-havent-seen-halo-infinite-campaign-gameplay-since-last-year\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One noteworthy absence from Gamescom&#8217;s Opening Night Live show was any gameplay footage of Halo Infinite&#8217;s campaign. Instead, we got a fancy cinematic introduction of the game&#8217;s first season, along with the leaked 8th December release date. But in a post on 343&#8217;s Inside Infinite blog, lead writer Joseph Staten explained that the team is currently in &#8220;shutdown mode&#8221; as they polish the game for final release. 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