Halo Infinite's initial gameplay reveal may have been met with a mixed reception, but there is plenty to look forward in the upcoming game. Namely, Halo Infinite is bringing back split-screen support after it was missing from Halo 5: Guardians, and now Head of Design at 343 Industries, Jerry Hook, has offered some clarification as to how exactly the upcoming first-person shooter's split-screen will work.
Halo Infinite will support 2-player split-screen for the campaign, with online co-op supporting up to 4 players. It's quite likely that the game will have split-screen online, meaning players can play with someone in split-screen as well as their online friends, though that wasn't specified in Hook's tweet. Meanwhile, it seems that Halo Infinite 4-player split-screen will apply to the game's versus multiplayer component instead, which is how it worked in past games as well.
Unfortunately, there is still no real concrete information on what the Halo Infinite multiplayer will entail beyond split-screen support. Microsoft utilized the Xbox Games Showcase event to focus on Halo Infinite's campaign, opting to keep the multiplayer a secret for now, and has not given any indication as to when more on Halo Infinite's multiplayer will be revealed.
Reports indicate that Halo Infinite's multiplayer will have a "really high player count," though what that means exactly remains to be seen. 343 has somewhat pushed back against the notion that Halo Infinite will have battle royale, but considering how popular the game mode is, it would actually be surprising for the game to skip it. Whatever the case may be, it will be interesting to see exactly what Halo Infinite has to offer when it comes to multiplayer.
Besides campaign and multiplayer, we also know that the franchise's popular Forge mode is making a comeback in Halo Infinite. Forge gives Halo fans the tools to create their own maps and tweak existing ones, and has resulted in some very impressive creations in the past. Needless to say, it will be interesting to see how Halo Infinite's Forge expands on the feature.
There's still a lot more for 343 Industries to reveal when it comes to Halo Infinite, but with the gaming launching alongside the Xbox Series X later this year, more information should come to light sooner rather than later.
Halo Infinite will launch later this year for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.