Halo Infinite co-op won’t launch with season 2

Halo Infinite’s cooperative campaign and level-editor Forge mode sound like they’re going to take a little longer than anticipated to arrive. Both the online and split-screen version of co-op and Forge have no set release date, developer 343 Industries announced Friday, and co-op won’t launch with season 2 on May 3.

343 Industries said it still hopes to have the mode ready sometime in season 2, but it isn’t ready to share a release date yet. Halo Infinite’s co-op mode will allow for up to four players in its online modes and two players locally via split-screen.

343 also said it’s “making great progress on Forge” and that the mode is currently in testing in the hands of a few community creators. 343 indicated that the company plans to launch public tests flights later in the year for this mode. As for the mode’s actual release date, 343’s goal is to ship the mode with season 3 — seemingly meaning sometime in August at the earliest.

Halo InfiniteSeason 2 will feature a brand new battle pass. Season 2’s theme will be Lone Wolves, a theme which will guide some of the content that 343 created for the pass, but not all of it.

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Halo InfiniteSeason 2 will feature a brand new story about Spartan Sigrid and Spartan Hieu Dinh. Story-themed events and cutscenes will tell the story.

New game modes will be added to the new season, including Last Spartan Standing (free-for-all elimination) and Breaker for Big Team Battle.