Halo Infinite embraces its memes and launches a new fan-friendly cosmetic pack

One of the many characteristics that make Halo one of the most important franchises of the last decades is its attention to the community and its new additional content proves it. This week in Halo Infinite a new cosmetic pack of Mister Chief was launched, the parody of the protagonist of the saga created by Frank O' Connor, director of development of the franchise. whole.

Halo accounts surprised fans this week with the addition of the new bundle that can be obtained for 2 thousand credits. This pack contains an AI skin, a weapon attachment, a vehicle sticker, and other cosmetics. Although many fans of the franchise are happy with the new items, many others criticized the high price of the package, which is equivalent to around 20 dollars. Xbox Game Pass users can take advantage of a special discount, which made Mister Chief become a very popular item in recent days.

The attention to the community by the 343 Industries studio allowed cosmetics to be installed in Halo as an interesting novelty for users. While Xbox doesn't share specific numbers of microtransactions, the skins speak for themselves, and the recent wave of gamers wearing cat-eared helmets proves it.

Halo Infinite is currently running its Winter Contingency event, where players can get exciting rewards until January 4th. The title launched its multiplayer beta three weeks before the arrival of the single player campaign, right on the 20th anniversary of Xbox and Halo. The frenzy and novelties of the multiplayer were enough for the audience to vote it as the best title of the year at The Game Awards, although the development team anticipated that content will continue to be added over the course of the seasons.

The single-player campaign, meanwhile, is a hit for some and a desert for others. Halo Infinite revamps the franchise formula to deliver an open world, but the possibilities are not as exciting as anticipated. For the first time in the history of the saga, the title was launched without supporting cooperative play in the campaign and some players are also expecting the Forge section, which allows editing multiplayer maps.

Halo Infinite takes advantage of the game-as-a-service model installed years ago to take its time with each of its features and make periodic content releases with great new features. Meanwhile, multiplayer embraced the Battle Pass model for the first time with resounding success despite some teething issues.

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