
Granted, if a game grabs me enough that I’ll be playing it on a regular basis, I’ll wait for a digital price drop and snap it up then. Given the choice between purchasing a game digitally or physically, I’ll often choose the latter. Why? Because Microsoft has chosen to make the physical Halo Infinite Xbox disc all but worthless. But a mere half an hour after the disc dropped through my letterbox, I was leaking boiled piss from every pore. Note that Battle Pass progress made during the beta will carry over into the full game when it launches.I knew the Halo Infinite campaign could be an emotional journey I just didn’t expect the emotion in question to be rage.

The full Battle Pass costs $10, though there's also a free reward track that includes some cosmetics as well. This Battle Pass features several cosmetics that are themed after Halo: Reach, such as the armor worn by Spartan Emile. Notably, the beta also gives players access to the first Halo Infinite Battle Pass, which is part of Halo Infinite Season One: Heroes of Reach. Additionally, players can also launch offline practice games where they can make themselves invincible, spawn in bots, and give themselves whatever weapon they want for optimized training. Halo Infinite also comes with an Academy training mode that allows players to practice using the game's weapon sandbox by running special weapon drills.

Something that makes Halo Infinite's Big Team Battle unique is that more powerful vehicles are flown in by Pelican dropships as matches progress, turning the final few minutes of each game into high-octane explosive slugfests. There's also a dedicated competitive version of Arena available that features Battle Rifle starts, disabled grenade hitmarkers, and a disabled motion tracker.īig Team Battle is Halo Infinite's most social muiltiplayer experience, focusing on 12v12 combat on larger maps that have lots of powerful weapons and vehicles on them. Arena is the game's most competitive experience, featuring a 4v4 format on smaller, carefully designed maps that promote lots of teamwork, communication, and strategy.


The Halo Infinite beta is essentially an early release of Halo Infinite's full multiplayer experience, as it includes Arena, Big Team Battle, and the Academy training mode. Source: Xbox Game Studios (Image credit: Source: Xbox Game Studios)
