Post-launch support for Halo Infinite has been a matter of significant controversy for fans of the Halo franchise. Halo Infinite was pitched as a 10-year product, so expectations were comparable to other live-service games like Fortnite, Apex Legends, and League of Legends. Expectations have, understandably, not been met. One area of particular excitement was campaign DLC, expanding Halo Infinite's story. While no official announcements have been made on that front, a leaker claims to have good news regarding Halo Infinite's future campaign DLC.
YouTuber Sean W shared a video recently in which they claimed an anonymous source shared a surprising amount of detail regarding Halo Infinite's future campaign DLC. To start, the leaker says that campaign DLC is in the works. However, development may not be progressing like Halo fans would have expected. Development may not have progressed as 343 had previously planned, either.
According to the leaker, 343 Industries is working on story DLC for Halo Infinite, but the decision is a surprisingly recent one. While a time frame wasn't specified, the leaker says that there was a time when 343 wasn't working on story DLC for Halo Infinite. Though that's now changed, it's obviously going to take a significant amount of time for the story DLC's development to complete. The leaker says it's unlikely to arrive until 2025 if not later.
Some details regarding the campaign DLC for Halo Infinite were shared by the leaker, too. They say that the campaign DLC will be as sizable as what's currently available in Halo Infinite, so it's substantial. The campaign will focus around battling the Endless on what's described as a "varied world." A trademark leak in late 2021 did hint that 343 was working on something related to the Endless, though it's unclear if the two leaks are related.
Obviously, there's no way to know if Sean W's leak is reliable or not. This entire leak could be made up and it could be years before official information becomes available to confirm it. There's nothing in it that's necessarily suspicious, however. And it's entirely possible this has always been 343's plan, to release a sizable campaign DLC when it might have otherwise released a sequel.
Considering the state of Halo Infinite, it's entirely possible that 343 and Xbox's plans could change by 2025. Perhaps the DLC could become a standalone game or a Halo Infinite sequel, or perhaps plans could change for Halo in a more dramatic way. At this point in time, it's difficult to make any assumptions about Halo's future, but Halo fans have a morsel of hope that 343 still plans to deliver campaign DLC sometime in the ambiguous future.
Halo Infinite is available now on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.