Halo Infinite’s new Last Spartan Standing mode sounds like a battle royale

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Halo Infinite looks to be getting a battle royale with Last Spartan Standing, a new game mode set to release during the game’s second season of content launching on May 3.

Details of the new mode were spotted by Twitter account <a href=«https://twitter.com/Delta_Hub/status/1511525480373043203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511525480373043203%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamespot.com%2Farticles%2Fhalo-infinite-last-spartan-standing-mode-leaked-and-it-sounds-like-battle-royale%2F1100-6502255%2F» target="_blank" data-url=«https://twitter.com/Delta_Hub/status/1511525480373043203?ref_src=» https: www.techradar.com rel=«noopener»>Halo Infinite Leaks & News(opens in new tab)

“Every Spartan for themselves!” the description of Last Spartan Standing reads. “Level up your loadout by earning Personal Score to be the last Spartan standing.”

Gamespot(opens in new tab) separately corroborated the description, adding each round of the mode will last for 12 minutes. Developer 343 Industries previously described(opens in new tab) Last Spartan Standing as a “free-for-all elimination mode”, during a Season 2 preview tease back in March.

That certainly sounds like a form of battle royale, in which players are pitted against one another, either individually or in teams, to fight for survival. 

This new description makes no mention of a gradually constricting map (a classic battle royale feature) and suggests players will be unlocking and upgrading equipment throughout a match by upping their score, rather than searching for new weapons in hidden caches. But there’s