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The official X pages for Halo Infinite and Fall Guys paid tribute to today's Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer announcement by making their own trailer news reveals in similar art styles.

343 Industries will launch the first of its new Operations content updates for Halo: Infinite later today. The launch, called Combined Arms, will include a Halo 3 multiplayer map playlist.

NVIDIA has released a new driver with support and optimizations for the upcoming Call of Duty Modern Warfare III release and fixes for increased loading times and performance drops in Halo Infinite.

343 Industries has revealed more info on the upcoming updates to Halo Infinite's Forge map editor, allowing users to put in AI enemies in multiplayer maps for the first time for a PvE experience.

343 Industries has revealed some new info, and a new trailer, on Extraction, the new gameplay mode that will be added as part of the Season 5 update for the sci-fi shooter Halo Infinite.

Halo Infinite Season 5: Reckoning will include a lot of new features, including two new multiplayer maps, a new version of Halo 4's extraction mode, a way to add AI enemies in Forge maps, and more.

Ubisoft has brought Master Chief from Halo over to its tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege in its latest cross-over update. The pricey Elite Bundle takes over the hammer-wielding Sledge.

The popular wave-defense mode of Halo, Firefight, may be incoming to the free-to-play multiplayer portion of Halo Infinite soon. Leaks show integration with the Forge level editor as well.

The popular Infection Mode returns for Season 4 of Microsoft's Xbox and PC game Halo Infinite, along with some new multiplayer maps, some new custom skins for weapons and more content.

Microsoft's Xbox Research is using Unity's Parsec cloud-based remote desktop platform, combined with Azure, to help it with virtual playtesting on its games like Halo Infinite and more.

The latest edition of Microsoft Weekly contains all you would need to know about the latest events that transpired in the world of Microsoft during the past week, dive right in without further ado!

Joseph Staten will once again be a creative director for a new and reportedly major AAA multiplatform game, this time for Netflix. Details about the game have yet to be revealed by the company.

Frank O'Connor, who has worked at Microsoft as the Creative Director of the Halo game franchise since December 2003, looks like he has quietly left the company if his LinkedIn page is accurate

Joseph Staten, who also worked on the first three Halo games as well as Destiny for Bungie, confirmed late on Friday he was leaving Microsoft but didn't say what he will be doing next.

AMD's latest graphics driver release, WHQL Adrenalin Edition 23.3.1, touts support for the ray tracing effects that will finally be joining Halo Infinite today, bug fixes, and more.

Halo Infinite's Forge tools are still in beta, but players have already made over a million creations in it. The custom games browser had also helped millions of players find Forge rounds easily.

Intel's latest graphics driver, version 31.0.101.4146, adds support for two games and optimizes Halo Infinite on Intel Arc. However, the new driver also comes with plenty of known issues to consider.

343 Industries is finally starting to offer three-month seasons for Halo Infinite, and kicking things off is Echoes Within with three new maps, an expanded community map playlist, and more.

343 Industries had reportedly lost almost 100 developers in the latest layoffs round of Microsoft. Going forward, the shooter franchise is said to be switching to Unreal Engine and ditching Slipspace.

Halo studio 343 Industries was the center of rumors this week saying the shooter franchise's development will be moved to other studios, but an official announcement has dispelled these reports.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate users can get 3 months of Calm Premium for free. After the period, they can get 50% off Premium membership for their first year if they are new users on the platform.

343 Industries has delivered a custom game browser to Halo Infinite, letting players find and join Forge rounds much more easily. Free armor cores, a map from Halo 3, and more are here too.

Halo Infinite has finally received the long-time-coming features campaign co-op and Forge editor modes. The massive Winter Update carrying the new additions is now available across PC and Xbox.

343 Industries founder and studio head Bonnie Ross is leaving the company after almost a 30-year stay at Microsoft's gaming division. Pierre Hintze is taking over the studio head role.

343 Industries today revealed a November launch for some of the most major features such as campaign co-op and Forge beta. Unfortunately, plans for including split-screen co-op have been scrapped.

Steam Deck has received a couple of major Windows driver updates today, one of which is an APU driver that fixes performance issues on many games. Sadly, dual-boot is still not available.

Microsoft is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Flight Simulator franchise by introducing a free upgrade that brings in helicopters, gliders, classic airports, and more to the popular simulator.

343 Industries is preparing its first 'Drop Pod' update for Halo Infinite, which should land sometime next week carrying significant Ranked playlist matchmaking changes as its biggest feature.

Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries is rolling out some major updates to the game and will roll back fixes that addressed skill jumps. The developers are basically reintroducing glitches.

Season 2 of Halo Infinite is finally here, with 343 bringing the free-to-play multiplayer a much-needed content injection in the form of new maps, modes, a 100-tier battle pass, and more.

343 Industries has extended the length of Halo Infinite Season 2, giving it also a six-month schedule. Unfortunately, campaign co-op launch plans have suffered again following this change.

343 Industries today gave an extended preview of the upcoming three modes to Halo Infinite multiplayer: King of the Hill, Land Grab, and Last Spartan Standing. All three land with Season 2.

To say thanks, Microsoft is offering a 3 month free trial for gamers who have played Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, or Age of Empires IV on PC on or before February 28th, 2022.

343 Industries today showcased the two new maps launching with the second season of Halo Infinite. Catalyst comes in as an Arena experience while Breaker is a Big Team Battle map with dynamic events.

Today, Metacritic announced its coveted Publisher of the Year ranking for 2021, and Microsoft is at the top with the highest average total in the website's history. Sony was in second place.

This week, a number of games like Halo Infinite and Monster Hunter World are available for less through Deals with Gold. There's also an Open World Sale going on that discounts even more games.

343 Industries today gave an update on the content incoming to Halo Infinite with Season 2, which includes new maps and modes but not the cooperative play feature for the campaign, at least at launch.

In a recent interview between IGN and 343 Industries, the developer revealed that the upcoming Halo show will reveal Master Chief's face. According to a producer, it's an important part of the story.

343 Industries is planning to release a Mid-Season Update to Halo Infinite next week. It will carry a range of bug fixes, performance boosts, motion tracker range improvements in BTB, and more.