Though Halo Infinite had a very strong showing upon release, with generally favorable reviews and a solid community outlook, the lack of a concrete and coherent content release schedule took the wind out of its sails. As per the latest Halo Waypoint blog, however, that is now bound to change.
Halo Infinite's Season 2, titled "Lone Wolves", is now officially announced, with 343 Industries providing a solid overview of its release date, content theme, and upcoming content. The title itself, however, gives away the main point of interest, where players ought to expect rugged, purposeful armor designs and an appropriate set of multiplayer playlist updates.
A boon for players impatient with Halo Infinite's lack of roadmap, Season 2: Lone Wolves is set to launch on May 3rd, and though that does mean that there's still a long way to go before new content releases, 343 Industries seems to have big plans for it. The blog says that players ought to expect cinematics, Events tied to narrative progression, a variety of Battle Pass items, cosmetics, and more. At the same time, not everything coming out in Season 2 will be themed after the so-called Lone Wolves, with 343 showing off the free army-green Fracture armor core as an example.
343 Industries had previously mentioned that serialized narrative content for Halo Infinite could be coming in the future, and Season 2 is likely to be the first iteration of this concept. However, the Halo multiplayer community is likely to be more excited about the upcoming maps, playlist updates, game modes, and other assorted multiplayer content. The blog confirms that there will be at least two new maps released as part of Season 2, as well as a variety of new modes.
This information goes hand-in-hand with a previous Halo Infinite map leak, which suggested that there could be almost a dozen all-new levels in development. In other words, 343 is already producing content well in advance, likely hoping to establish a long-term content pipeline for future seasons and releases. 343 even confirms as much by mentioning the fact that many developers are already hard at work on the unannounced Season 3.
Sadly, the blog also confirmed that Halo Infinite campaign mode won't be getting its cooperative multiplayer functionality with the release of Season 2. Both 4-player co-op and the custom Forge Mode are, therefore, more of a long-term goal for the developers. This might not necessarily be a bad thing, either, because a former 343 developer claims that Halo 5's updates left the team burnt out.
Halo Infinite is available now for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
Source: Halo Waypoint