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The PC and Sandbox Teams for Halo Infinite have built the PC experience from the ground up to ensure you have a great experience in-game, out-of-game, and off the screen. Buckle up, and hear directly from the devs about what you can expect at launch on December 8.

 

[fatmarco]

This had better not be the big Halo news lol.

 

[nightmare-slain]

looks good. glad they're paying attention to PC. it'll be the best place to play.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

 

[MiguelItUp]

So, this made me hyped for Infinite. At least more than anything thus far. At this point I really do think it may be my holiday 2021 game.

 

[OverHeat]

It’s time for u to use that pc for gaming bo.

 

[elliot5]

Halo Infinite’s Great Journey on PC - Xbox Wire

"Most excitingly though, we’re looking forward to working closely with AMD to bring raytracing to Halo Infinite. Raytracing is one our top development priorities post-launch and look forward to sharing more soon."

 

[Bo_Hazem]

It’s time for u to use that pc for gaming bo.

 

[ZehDon]

Halo Infinite’s Great Journey on PC - Xbox Wire

"Most excitingly though, we’re looking forward to working closely with AMD to bring raytracing to Halo Infinite. Raytracing is one our top development priorities post-launch and look forward to sharing more soon."

… does this imply that Ray tracing still won’t be available in the game at launch despite the year long delay?

 

[elliot5]

… does this imply that Ray tracing still won’t be available in the game at launch despite the year long delay?

it doesn't imply, it explicitly states.

There are higher priorities than getting raytracing in for PC and maybe XSX when trying to ship a game.

 

[Black_Stride]

… does this imply that Ray tracing still won’t be available in the game at launch despite the year long delay?

Thats literally what they are saying.

We saw the game at 4K was already using 8+GB of VRAM, they are gonna be more optimization passes and a need to get the game playable on AMD hardware with Raytracing on.
Unfortunate the MS/AMD relationship is strong cuz no DLSS either atleast at launch which is a bit of a bummer.

Just happy they are actually paying attention to PC and its not a lazy port.

Im so tempted to go Ultrawide.

EDIT:

Thank god for their crossplay options for ranked.
Controller, M/KB, and Open Season motherfuckers.

Controller ranked all day....on a PC....if they got the controls right.

 

[ultrazilla]

Expecting the single player campaign to be delayed within the next week. Bank on it.

 

[Mister Wolf]

GOTY 2021.

 

[YukiOnna]

Performance was excellent in the final weekend of the beta. Can't wait.

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

Expecting the single player campaign to be delayed within the next week. Bank on it.

They are talking about raytracing being patched after launch and with co-op also being delayed until post launch. I am thinking about holding off on the campaign all together until next year.

 

[CrimsonSquall]

No co op and no ray tracing at launch is bomba news for a year delay

 

[Andodalf]

… does this imply that Ray tracing still won’t be available in the game at launch despite the year long delay?

They never said it would

 

[ResilientBanana]

DRM Free
Anti-Cheat
Lowest Latency Control
Custom Controls
Ultra-Wide Support
Heavy PC customization
PC Level Option Customization on Console
Ranked Console Hopper
Ranked PC Hopper
Ranked Cross-Play Hopper
Halo Infinite RX6900XT
Xbox One, Xbox Series, Windows and Steam cross-play
Cloud Saves Across all platforms

 

[Mister Wolf]

They should give the PC version a SSGI option like Days Gone has.

 

[Syphon Filter]

Even though I don't like the game since I feel it's nothing like a real Halo game, I do appreciate the effort they are putting for the PC version.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Let's go 343. This sounds awesome.

Cant wait.

 

[BusierDonkey]

A video showcasing all the neckbeards from the basement that actually make the game work was a good decision. I'm more optimistic about Infinite being told by a guy that hates cameras that the game will not suck than if some danger-hair tells me the same thing.

 

[Negotiator101]

No co op and no ray tracing at launch is bomba news for a year delay

Would you play the campaign first time in co-op? And does Raytracing make the game better? If the answer to both these questions is no then this news is not a big deal.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Where's this from? I don't know why I have an urge to watch it lmao.

 

[Negotiator101]

Even though I don't like the game since I feel it's nothing like a real Halo game, I do appreciate the effort they are putting for the PC version.

Really? what is a real Halo game then? Halo CE is the original and that plays very different to Halo 3, so I presume you are talking about CE?

 

[TwiztidElf]

Double post - see below.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Expecting the single player campaign to be delayed within the next week. Bank on it.

That seems to be more of a hope than a realistic expectation. I feel confident this game is in great shape for launch.

 

[CrimsonSquall]

Would you play the campaign first time in co-op? And does Raytracing make the game better? If the answer to both these questions is no then this news is not a big deal.

The answer is yes to both

 

[TwiztidElf]

Where's this from? I don't know why I have an urge to watch it lmao.

It's Steven Assanti I think. One of the most deplorable 600lb life stories.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Even though I don't like the game since I feel it's nothing like a real Halo game, I do appreciate the effort they are putting for the PC version.

Your feelings ≠ reality.

It’s the most Halo game since Halo 3.

 

[Barakov]

Expecting the single player campaign to be delayed within the next week. Bank on it.

We're playing a meaty Halo campaign in December, mang. No stopping this train.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Mmmm trashy Chinese food sounds like a good dinner option.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Even though I don't like the game since I feel it's nothing like a real Halo game, I do appreciate the effort they are putting for the PC version.

Sure hope you played it.

 

[Andodalf]

They should give the PC version a SSGI option like Days Gone has.

That would take a lot of work. Days gone could do it easily because it's readily available in UE4 and days gone is a UE4 game. It's very unlikely to see that added on a whim to any non Ue4 game.

 

[Ozriel]

No co op and no ray tracing at launch is bomba news for a year delay

not if you’re among the 90% of people that don’t play coop.
Ray tracing is low priority for launch, anyway. And you were never going to play this anyway.

Don’t you find constant console warring tiresome?

 

[Elder Legend]

… does this imply that Ray tracing still won’t be available in the game at launch despite the year long delay?

Its been confirmed a long time ago that Ray Tracing will come around March 2022. Nothing new.

 

[nemiroff]

Thumbs down for the AMD sponsor shitty deal.

 

[CrimsonSquall]

not if you’re among the 90% of people that don’t play coop.
Ray tracing is low priority for launch, anyway. And you were never going to play this anyway.

Don’t you find constant console warring tiresome?

You aren’t getting paid for this. You do know that right? I’m not console warring in the slightest. Im addressing a concern with a singular game.

I also like pretty things and I have friends (sorry Im not like you) so I indeed WOULD play this co op.

 

[Chiggs]

Maybe if they just include this in the Master Chief Collection as a $9.99 add-on people will enjoy it?

 

[REDRZA MWS]

 

[Buggy Loop]

AMD partner..

Can’t think of a single time that brought something interesting.

Hopefully, like Deathloop, they break away from just AMD and implement DLSS in an upcoming patch.

 

[THE DUCK]

Expecting the single player campaign to be delayed within the next week. Bank on it.

Thank god you underlined and yelled that.
I'm banking on it being out on time.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

I don't give a damn about Ray Tracing at launch. Give me the best campaign they can put together for launch absent ray tracing and whatever other work they would need to do in order to optimize it for ray tracing. Focus everything on delivering the most awesome, polished campaign experience first. After they've done that successfully, then they can look into bringing us a badass ray traced update along with the co-op experience.

The core game comes first. Anything that could potentially get in the way of the core campaign experience out of the gate need not be a priority for them. I'm happy with things being handled afterwards, same as Insomniac did when they initially launched with only a 30fps RT mode for Miles Morales, and would later add 60fps RT about a month or so after. We know 60fps is the only option in Halo Infinite, so they can't launch even with a 30fps version of it, and they're likely to go for a different approach and use ray traced global illumination instead.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Your feelings ≠ reality.

It’s the most Halo game since Halo 3.

Exactly. What about this game doesn't "feel" like Halo? A strange statement to say the very least.

 

[GHG]

Thumbs down for the AMD sponsor shitty deal.

We can look forward to poor quality ray tracing with no way to fix it if Far Cry is anything to go by.

At least with Nvidia sponsored games we get DLSS and ray tracing which has several settings allowing people with AMD GPU's to turn the feature down/off.

When it's AMD sponsored it's typically just bad for everyone.

 

[YukiOnna]

Raytracing is in no way important to the game experience nor to the everyday player, so keeping it a post-launch update was the right move.

 

[Lognor]

GOTY 2021.

Probably releasing too late to count for most publications. I'm hoping it lives up to the hype for me personally though

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

I don't give a damn about Ray Tracing at launch. Give me the best campaign they can put together for launch absent ray tracing and whatever other work they would need to do in order to optimize it for ray tracing. Focus everything on delivering the most awesome, polished campaign experience first. After they've done that successfully, then they can look into bringing us a badass ray traced update along with the co-op experience.

The core game comes first. Anything that could potentially get in the way of the core campaign experience out of the gate need not be a priority for them. I'm happy with things being handled afterwards, same as Insomniac did when they initially launched with only a 30fps RT mode for Miles Morales, and would later add 60fps RT about a month or so after. We know 60fps is the only option in Halo Infinite, so they can't launch even with a 30fps version of it, and they're likely to go for a different approach and use ray traced global illumination instead.

Global illumination is a much more demanding form of RT

 

[Exanthus]

The game is mere weeks from going gold, campaign will be coming in December, choo choo mofos!

 

[MarkMe2525]

Expecting the single player campaign to be delayed within the next week. Bank on it.

I hope so, I have been championing this as well. Let us have multiplayer over the holiday season and let the campaign loose late spring.