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Introducing Halo Gear Rewards from the Xbox Gear Shop! Halo Gear Rewards are exclusive physical products players can earn access to after completing specific in-game accomplishments.



And with that, we are excited to announce our first Halo Gear Rewards item, the Fracture: Entrenched Tanker Jacket. This high-quality jacket features embroidered emblem patches, beautifully screen-printed Halo art, and a personalized removable Gamertag patch. And as a bonus, it will also come with an additional UNSC patch for a stealthier option.



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So, how does it work? 



Players who have completed the Fracture: Entrenched Event Pass will need to log into their Halo Waypoint profile via web or mobile. Once logged in they will automatically receive a unique code via the Waypoint Notification system. Please note that it can take up to 24 hours for Halo Waypoint to recognize completion of the event pass and to deliver the code. There is a limit of one code per account, and codes will begin rolling out to qualifying players on July 26, 2022.



Once you have received your code, just head over to the <a href="https://gear.xbox.com/products/halo-entrenched-personalized-jacket">Halo Gear Shop</a> to select your jacket size and personalization details on the product page and complete your purchase. Follow the code redemption instructions listed on the product page.



To qualify for this Halo Gear Rewards item, players must complete the <a href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/fracture-entrenched-event">Fracture: Entrenched Event Pass</a> by November 1, 2022.



The Fracture: Entrenched Tanker Jacket will be available for purchase until November 15, 2022. Jackets will ship in Q1 2023.

343 INDUSTRIES

Introducing Halo Gear Rewards

Community

Community Update

Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Alex Wakeford

Alpha Avenue

Canon Fodder

Issue 129

Canon Fodder: Eklund’s Ensemble

Alpha Pack Press Kit

Alpha Pack has arrived!



This two-week narrative event, which runs from July 19 to August 2, continues the story of “Lone Wolves,” Season 2 of Halo Infinite. Alpha Pack brings new story cinematics and a free 10-tier Event Pass featuring new cosmetics for your Spartan that can be unlocked through completing Event Challenges.



Let’s dive into this new event’s offering…



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">NEW TOYS</h2>



“Out there… beyond the safety of these walls, without resupply or reinforcements? Survival depends on your teammates and whatever you can find in the field.”



Complete Event Challenges based around the Last Spartan Standing playlist to unlock reward tiers in the free 10-tier Event Pass and outfit your Spartan with new cosmetics for the RAKSHASA armor core!



Take a look at some of the items you’ll be acquiring from out in the field (and keep an eye out for some of Spartan Eklund’s field journals which will tell you more about some of their history and utility)…



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">THE STORY THUS FAR</h2>



At the start of Season 2, the Avery J. Johnson Academy received some unexpected visitors. Spartans Sigrid Eklund and Hieu Dinh deployed from a stolen Phantom, with Dinh in need of immediate medical attention after capturing a dangerous new foe.



The first-of-its-kind Banished AI known as Iratus was contained within Dinh’s armor, incapacitating the Spartan. Eklund informed Commander Agryna that the AI was guarding intelligence about Banished operations, making the Spartans’ mission clear: get Iratus out of Dinh’s head and force it to tell us everything it knows.



Commander Agryna then ordered the Spartans to enter a simulation of the facility on Camber, serving as bait to entrap Iratus within the Academy’s systems where they would then crack open the Banished archive using the facility’s ONI tech.



But the missions change.



They always do…



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HOW TO VIEW CINEMATICS



In order to view the season cinematics, simply do the following:



A) From the main menu, navigate to the Seasonal Hub page.



B) To view the Season Intro, simply press X on Xbox or F on PC and the cinematic will load.



C) To view Alpha Pack’s introductory cinematic, when you enter the Event Pass page for the first time it will load automatically.



D) To view Alpha Pack’s concluding cinematic, when you enter the Event Pass page after completing all 10 tiers it will load automatically.



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">EVERY SPARTAN FOR THEMSELVES!</h2>



The Alpha Pack Event is centered around Last Spartan Standing, a free-for-all attrition-based game mode.



Some of the old hands here know what you’re in for. For the rest of you who are due an education, 12 Spartans spawn with a pre-determined loadout and 5 respawns. All 12 players will fight for survival, accumulating personal score to power up their loadout.



As the match progresses, players that run out of respawns will be eliminated as the play space encloses until only one Spartan is left standing.



Last Spartan Standing can be played on all of Halo Infinite’s Big Team Battle maps, which includes:



<ul><li>Breaker</li><li>Deadlock</li><li>Highpower</li><li>Fragmentation</li></ul>



During the two weeks of the Alpha Pack Event, Last Spartan Standing will be the Event Playlist. After the Alpha Pack Event concludes on August 2, Last Spartan Standing will remain playable.



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">FINISHING TOUCHES</h2>



Log in any time during the Alpha Pack Event to unlock the Iratus Unleashed emblem and nameplate…



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 …and complete all your Weekly Challenges (and the Ultimate Challenge) to be rewarded with the Tactical Clippy weapon charm. There is, after all, no finer companion one could hope to have on the battlefield—even in charm form!



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Finally, head to the Shop and grab the CAMBION Helmet Set. This contains the fearsome CAMBION helmet, along with the UA/Februus, FCI-X/CIBO, and FCI-X/BANE helmet attachments, as well as the Lucky Number Seven emblem and nameplate.



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Now go forth and lead the pack to victory!



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">ALPHA PACK PRESS KIT</h2>



Enjoy some event goodness for your social channels or your desktop with the<a href="https://aka.ms/AlphaPackPressKit"> Alpha Pack Press Kit.</a>

Alpha Pack Launch

Book Preview

Fiction

The UNSC Infinity is under attack!

Halo: The Rubicon Protocol – Preview 1

Halo Infinite – Campaign Network Co-Op Preview

Canon Fodder: Lore of the Jungle

Season 2 Lone Wolves Launch

Hello Everyone,



With Season 2 locked and loaded for May 3rd, we want to
share a roadmap of what we’re planning to deliver during Season 2 and for the
rest of the year. 



More than anything else, we want this roadmap to be accurate
and reliable. Some items and dates are certain, and these are clearly listed.
Others are marked as “targets” or “goals” and they will become more certain
over time. The roadmap’s timeframe will also expand as we announce longer-term
initiatives. In other words, this roadmap is an evolving document, and we’ll
let you know when we make changes to it.



With all that in mind, here’s the Halo Infinite roadmap for 2022:



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This roadmap reflects the same studio priorities <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-infinite-update-march-2022" target="_blank">that we shared back in March</a>…



<ul><li>Addressing issues negatively impacting player experience.</li><li>Completing Season 2 and delivering it as promised on May 3. </li><li>Continuing work on Campaign Co-op, Forge, and Season 3.</li></ul>



…with a “priority zero” of team health and getting ourselves into a sustainable development rhythm so that we can deliver great experiences to all of you while maintaining a healthy work/life balance.



We know we need to deliver more content and more features more quickly. Staying true to priority zero means that sometimes we need to slow down in order to stay healthy and move faster later. But we’re also aggressively looking at ways to accelerate.



For example, we want to get the Forge toolset into your hands sooner rather than later so that awesome community maps and modes can more rapidly make their way into the game. To make this happen, we’re targeting a Forge open beta later in Season 2. We’ve successfully had Forge in private flighting with a limited audience for some time, so we’ve decided to forgo a large-scale formal flighting program and go right to open beta. With this approach, we can get the core Forge tools out to everyone quicker while also remaining focused on our core priority of continuing to improve foundational aspects of Halo Infinite. Forge will persist from the open beta onwards, evolving and growing over time.



As we continue to improve and ramp up, please understand that all of us at 343 are fully committed to making Halo Infinite the best Halo experience ever. Indeed, the primary reason that we’re extending Season 2 is to give us time before shipping another Season to fully address “quality of life” improvements based on <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/season-1-outcomes-report-live" target="_blank">learnings from Season 1</a> as well as other data and feedback we’ve collected.



Quality of life (QoL) is shorthand for bug-fixes, new features and/or content to address issues negatively impacting player experience. We’ll be delivering QoL improvements as part of Season releases and as separate updates during Seasons.



Our player-facing term for QoL updates that land during Seasons is “Drop Pods.” And much like their ODST namesakes, these release vehicles are meant to drop in hot, just as soon as they’re ready. Our target is one Drop Pod every month, and you can expect Drop Pods to vary in scope and size. We’ll have more to share about what’s going into Season 2’s Drop Pods as soon as possible after Season 2 launch.



Speaking of which, Season 2 launch is now less than two weeks away, on May 3! If you haven’t already seen the previews for Season 2’s <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/season-2-map-previews-catalyst-and-breaker" target="_blank">new maps</a> and <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/season-2-modes-preview" target="_blank">new modes</a>, please have a look. During these preview videos, you’ll spy some of Season 2’s new armor customization options. And here are a few extra combinations to whet your appetite:



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We’ll have a lot more to share about Season 2 including a deep dive into its Battle Pass rewards, events—including brand new “multiplayer narrative events” that place your personal Spartan in the center of an evolving Seasonal storyline—game modes, and much more during a community livestream scheduled for next Wednesday, April 27, at 1:00 PM PST on <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/Halo">Twitch.tv/Halo</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/Halo/live">YouTube.com/Halo</a>. We’ll also be discussing the roadmap in more detail during this livestream.



In summary: we are committed to delivering more content faster; we will accelerate while prioritizing team health; you can expect QoL improvements during Seasons via Drop Pods—and you can expect more regular roadmap updates as our plans snap into sharper focus.



On behalf of the entire Halo Infinite team, thank you for your passion and patience as we embark on the road ahead. We’re fired up to deliver what’s already on the roadmap as well as to deliver other content and experiences that we’re not ready to reveal just yet… but that we can’t wait for you to play.



Joseph Staten Head of Creative, Halo Infinite

The Road Ahead

Halo Infinite Update – April 2022

Season 2: Modes Preview