Last month, 343i / Halo Studios announced a surprising update coming to Halo: Infinite in November – that being a dedicated 3rd-person mode. With the update set to arrive in just a few short days, the team have now detailed exactly what fans can expect.

Making the announcement via a blog post, the team at Halo Studios said “With Operation: Great Journey coming on November 5, we wanted to celebrate this iconic milestone by bringing the Halo 2 festivities to Halo Infinite. Here are the playlists that will be available next week…”

With that, Halo: Infinite is set to get a bunch of different playlists – some being throwbacks to games of old, with others introducing surprising new mechanics.

The full list of changes and additions can be found HERE, including the various throwback playlists and their respective limitations (such as the Delta Arena mode’s lack of sprinting but increased jump height).

By far the most interesting addition however is the introduction of the ‘THIRD-PERSON FIREFIGHT’ playlist, coming to the following game modes:

• Fiestafight: King of the Hill
• Firefight: King of the Hill
• Gruntpocalypse: King of the Hill
• Gruntpocalypse Fiesta: King of the Hill

Additionally, players will be able to tinker with the 3rd-person mode through custom games, letting you try all aspects of Halo: Infinite in a new perspective.

Given the fact that Halo Studios have moved away from Infinite in favour of their upcoming Unreal Engine 5 project, it is interesting to see the team introducing a change as big as a 3rd-person mode so late in the game’s life cycle.

It will be interesting to see whether this feature is included in the next Halo straight from launch. Full details on the update can be found HERE.

KitGuru says: What do you think of this upcoming update? Is it bringing more changes/additions than you expected? Would you want the 3rd-person mode to become a staple of the series? Let us know down below.

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