I know it hasn’t been announced, or really even discussed, but I was wondering when a beta for Infinite will be released. Later sometime this year? or Early next year? Also in order to have access to the beta, do you need to preorder the game? Sign up for it on Halowaypoint? Will it be an open beta? If it’s not an open beta, is access included in gamepass? Finally, what kind of content will be in it? What multiplayer gamemodes? Customization? And so on.
This isn’t me asking 343i about Infinite’s beta, but me trying to see what the community thinks, or hopes, is in the beta. Also, it’s for me to see how everyone wants the beta to be handled. Do you guys want flighting programs like Reach? Or a traditional beta like Halo 5’s.
Whatever it’s going to be, I don’t expect for anything to happen for regular players in the way of an Infinite beta for at least a year.
That being said, I think they need to make it an open beta to test their infrastructure under heavy loads of players so they don’t release a broken MP game at launch as they did with MCC (I know Halo 5 didn’t have this problem so much, but they need to inspire confidence for all the naysayers who can’t stop holding MCC’s broken launch over their heads).
As far as actual content? I think the best tease is probably just to give us a Slayer playlist and some basic objective playlist (probably CTF) so we can get a hang of whatever they’re going for mechanically with an instantly familiar and fun gametype. Also helps to scratch that nostalgia itch since those are such classic gametypes that are so synonymous with Halo in its prime, and that seems to be aesthetically what they’re shooting for with Infinite overall.
My guess is an appropriate couple playlists (Slayer/Objective) in a 4v4 environment as well as the possibility of a stress test of a PvE mode.id also imagine it happening sometime next year, probably as an E3 announcement. Weapons? I’d imagine we’d see a handful of them but many left out that aren’t quite complete and only playing on a few (3) maps.
We know that there will be a flighting program on Xbox and PC, but that’s about the extent of it.
I think it is safe to assume that it will be done through the Halo Insiders program and will feature 4v4 arena.
I think the beta will roll out at least one year before the game launches, so it will probably be active by the end of 2019!