Halo Infinite Getting Third Person Mode In November

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Surprisingly, Halo Infinite is getting a new update. A game that some Halo fans thought was forgotten about by 343 Industries, today announced some groundbreaking news for those who still play the game. During a Forge panel at the 2024 Halo World Championship, 343 Industries announced that they are working on a third-person mode in-game. This is a huge deal for fans of the Halo franchise, as this is the first time ever that a third-person mode has been offered up in a Halo game. All previous iterations in the franchise have been strictly first-person. During the Forge panel at the Halo World Championship, Senior Community Manager John "Unyshek" Junyszek and Skybox Labs Senior Software Engineer Colin Cove spoke in more detail about the third-person mode and what it will entail for players in Halo: Infinite.

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For starters, they will be adding the third-person mode to Firefight in a future update, "but we also have the ability to do it in PvP and control it in Forge," says Cove. They made sure to clarify that the third-person mode will be supported at the mode level, and using Forge Controls, modes can switch individual players or all players between first and third-person modes whenever they want.

At the moment, it hasn't been specified whether this groundbreaking third-person mode will be restricted to multiplayer, or whether it will be offered to those who prefer to play the game solely as a campaign. Over the years, Halo Infinite has seen many mods, with a number of these mods being used to add a third-person perspective to the game. While this is a monumental occasion for Halo: Infinite fans, it is unlikely that any of the previous Halo games will receive the same treatment despite getting a remaster.

Halo has a huge modding community, with a number of mods being made for the original Halo games as well as Halo Infinite. While there are mods out there that can add a