Xbox has just given the world its first look at gameplay for Halo Infinite, one of the first and biggest games coming to the next-gen console, the Xbox Series X.
Revealed during Xbox’s Games Showcase, Halo Infinite is looking like everything we could have hoped for. In case you missed it, check out some of the gameplay from Halo Infinite’s campaign mode in the video below!
Halo Infinite will launch later this year, and honestly, we can’t wait – especially now we’ve seen some of the game in action. It’s definitely going to be one of the biggest games of the year, and quite possibly one of the biggest launches of the Xbox Series X.
The game’s official description reads as follows: “The Master Chief returns in Halo Infinite – the next chapter of the legendary franchise beginning holiday 2020! Developed by 343 Industries for the entire Xbox family of devices, including Project Scarlett and Windows PCs, Halo Infinite continues the Halo 5: Guardians storyline and takes the franchise in ambitious and unexpected directions, powered by the all-new Slipspace Engine.”
Need a refresher on just how much of a punch the Xbox Series X will pack? Here’s the official specs, as announced via the official Microsoft blog:
| CPU | 8x Cores @ 3.8 GHz (3.66 GHz w/ SMT) Custom Zen 2 CPU |
| GPU | 12 TFLOPS, 52 CUs @ 1.825 GHz Custom RDNA 2 GPU |
| Die Size | 360.45 mm2 |
| Process | 7nm Enhanced |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR6 w/ 320mb bus |
| Memory Bandwidth | 10GB @ 560 GB/s, 6GB @ 336 GB/s |
| Internal Storage | 1 TB Custom NVME SSD |
| I/O Throughput | 2.4 GB/s (Raw), 4.8 GB/s (Compressed, with custom hardware decompression block) |
| Expandable Storage | 1 TB Expansion Card (matches internal storage exactly) |
| External Storage | USB 3.2 External HDD Support |
| Optical Drive | 4K UHD Blu-Ray Drive |
| Performance Target | 4K @ 60 FPS, Up to 120 FPS |
Both the Xbox Series X and Halo Infinite will launch later this year, sometime during Holiday 2020.
Featured Image Credit: 343 Industries