Enlarge / Don't expect this to be the setting for a survival-style battle on an ever-shrinking map anytime soon.
The stratospheric success of games like
Fortnite and
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds in the past year has led to a wave of copycat battle royale survival games and modes. Even franchises like
Call of Duty aren't immune, with
Black Ops 4 adding a new battle royale mode called Blackout while ignoring the usual single-player campaign.
It seems the
Halo series will not be following the trend, though. In a
Halo 5-focused "social stream" hosted on Microsoft's Mixer platform last night, 343 Industries writer Jeff Easterling said the studio is not working on a battle royale mode for the upcoming
Halo Infinite .
A viewer plainly asked, "Will there be battle royale in
Halo Infinite?" Easterling responded definitively, "I’ll tell you right now, the only BR we’re interested in is Battle Rifle, the original BR. So calm yourself."
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