After a few years with out the beloved sport kind, Grifball is lastly debuting in Halo Infinite. Microsoft has introduced that an official model of the 4 vs. 4 football-like sport is launching on June 10, marking the top of a protracted drought.
Microsoft introduced Grifball’s triumphant return in a video posted on X, which you’ll be able to see embedded beneath. In an homage to Grifball’s roots as a creation of Rooster Enamel and to Machinima tradition extra broadly, the video options an in-game dialog between two Halo characters (replete with the trademark head-nods that point out the present speaker).
This teaser is presently all we all know concerning the Halo Infinite incarnation of Grifball, which is described as a “new period.” The fan group has ceaselessly requested an official model of the match kind, however to no avail. Whereas developer Halo Studios has not specified precisely why it is taken this lengthy, group hypothesis means that sure variations in Halo Infinite from previous video games, such because the mechanics of the Gravity Hammer, have prompted challenges to Grifball implementation. As such, Grifball has remained playable lately solely in The Master Chief Collection.
Whereas issues have been quiet on the Halo entrance currently, the developer has continued updating Halo Infinite with new content material and sport modes. Earlier this 12 months, as an illustration, the beloved co-op mode Firefight Classic was added to Infinite; final month, the sport received a particularly absurd gun called the Mutilator.
It is nonetheless in all probability too early to get any bulletins about upcoming Halo games–don’t maintain your breath for Halo reveals at the Xbox showcase at Summer Games Fest–but Halo Research is engaged on new titles. Late final 12 months, Halo Studios provided an overview for its long-term roadmap, sharing that a number of new Halo entries are within the works, and so they’ll all use Unreal Engine 5.