Halo: Infinite Release Date: Revisited

Games Halo Infinite
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I’m considering doing a monthly update with the changes in my thoughts on Halo: Infinites Release up until the official announcement.

You will not find leaks here. You will not find news. Just my thoughts and opinions.

Let’s revisit Halo: Infinite’s release date.

We know:

  • Halo releases Fall 2021 - Bonnie Ross teased Xbox and Halo: Combat Evolved’s 20th Anniversary - The months of Fall are September to December. - Holiday 2021 is not used nor mentioned - We can narrow the days down to Thursdays and Tuesdays after September 15th and before December 15th. (Totaling 27 days including the widespread belief of November 15th.)I believe:

  • Halo: Infinite will launch on a Tuesday or Thursday. - It will not launch on Halo: Combat Evolved’s Birthday. (explanation will be below) - A launch closer to September is more likely than one closer to December - December is very unlikelyWe don’t know:

  • If Bonnie Ross’s tease is correlated with Halo: infinite or a seperate thing - The exact release dateOk, if we narrowed down the dates and removed any dates after November 18th, which I believe to be the last possible day of release, we have 19 days possible for the release.

If Bonnie’s Tweet is correlated with the release of Halo: Infinite and Halo: Combat Evolved’s Birthday, I see three possible dates.

  • November 11th - November 16th - November 18thIf not, any Tuesday or Thursday between September 15th and November 18th could work.

Now, there are several reasons I believe Halo: infinite will not release on November 15th, 2021.

  • Halo: MCC will probably be having a major event on that day. And a launch of a game will nullify the event. - You want people playing Combat Evolved on the 15th. Not Infinite. - MCC will probably be the Game for Gold for November. - MCC will most likely be taking priority over Infinite near the 15th. - All Halo games may be discounted heavily and thus Halo: Infinite will have to compete financially with it’s siblings. - Infinite launching on the 15th will overshadow Combat Evolved’s 20th Anniversary. This is why it was possible to release on the 10th last year. It would overshadow a worthless anniversary of 19 years. - It is a Monday. No Halo game has ever released on any day but a Tuesday or Thursday. - Holliday 2021 is not what is advertised. So, November seems a little unlikely. October seems more likely. When the word Fall (or Autumn) is mentioned. One thing that comes to a lot of people’s mind is Pumpkins or Squash. And another thing. Halloween. Halloween is the big Holliday in the Fall. September feels more like summer. November is close to winter.So, with all of that, my best guess at the moment is an October 14th, 19th, or 21st. And the Tweet by Bonnie is not correlated but a tease for something else happening on November 15th other than Halo: Infinite’s release.

I am ready to hear your contradictions!

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Interesting thoughts here. I love how you broke down your reasoning behind when you think the game might release. I will say that I do think the game might release on a Friday. Several big games in the past couple of years have released on a Friday, and that seems to be getting more common. Traditionally games have always released on a Tuesday, but releasing on a Friday makes a lot of sense. Gamers would have the weekend to play and grind the game. A downside of releasing on Friday is if they have server issues it will affect a lot more people than if they released on a Tuesday. October is the most likely release month because that’s when they released Halo 5. I can see them doing an event for the 20th anniversary of Halo in Infinite and MCC simultaneously. It’d be a great way to promote the new game.

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I don’t think 343 will heavily promote Halo MCC in the same week they release Halo Infinite. Or after they release Halo Infinite. The only way they make something special for Halo MCC on November 15th is if Halo Infinite is still one month away, in December, which I find unlikely.

Halo Infinite is bringing back the classic art-style and trying to evoke Halo CE’s vibes of wonder and exploration. It is a very nostalgic game. That is the 20th anniversary tribute we will get, most likely on November 15th or 16th.

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Makes no sense to push/promote MCC shortly after Infinite launches.
They want EVERY Halo fan playing their new game.
So if its true that there is an MCC event on November 15th, Infinite launches after that date or at least 2 month before.
Everything else would be self cannibalizing.