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Halo: The Master Chief Collection seems to be getting microtransactions within the future that allows players to purchase “Spartan Points”.The news comes from a recent Halo Community Update and was reported on by Windows Central. The post clarifies that Spartan Points are the rebranding of Season Points, which can be earned by completing challenges and levelling up and spent on various items and cosmetics.The potential inclusion of microtransactions is for “players who are new to the MCC, or who may not have dedicated much time specifically to unlocking items during the seasonal updates”, or “completionists looking to catch the last outstanding items they need”.

Halo have been invited to take part in the “world’s biggest” performance of its now-iconic Gregorian chant, with “no previous singing or gaming experience” required.The original Gregorian chant debuted in 2002, as part of the first Halo game’s theme.  Composed by Marty O’Donnell, the piece went on to become synonymous with the long-running Halo series, with many elements from the first theme turning up in subsequent games.Today (June 28), gamechoir has sent out a call for fans of the game to come together in creating the “world’s biggest” performance of the series’ Gregorian chant.The digital event will begin with a live-streamed vocals lesson on YouTube, which will take place on July 10 at 18:45 BST. From there, singers will be encouraged to practice using a professionally-recorded backing track, before submitting their “high, medium or low voice” performances to gamechoir.Following that, gamechoir will broadcast the final piece on August 17.Marty O’Donnell, the composer behind Halo‘s theme, has encouraged fans — “singer or not” — to take part in the Halo chant, and admitted he “never imagined” people would still be singing the chant over 20 years later.“Video games and video game music have the power to bring people together,” shared O’Donnell.

Halo Infinite is causing PC players to lose aim assist when using a controller rather than mouse and keyboard.Halo Infinite, the upcoming instalment in 343 Industries’ popular Halo franchise, officially launched its multiplayer beta earlier this week. But some PC players have spotted a bit of an issue when using a controller.A new bug causes aim assist to deactivate when using a gamepad.

Halo Infinite technical preview has included a glitch that allows players to beat each other up with a flurry of melee punches.The glitch is an infamous one for the series having appeared in Halo 2 and 3 in the past. It works by using the X or Y button to cancel animations for reloading or changing weapons leading to players being able to repeat a melee attack far faster than they should technically be able to do.VGC tracked down some social media footage of the resulting frenzy over the technical preview weekend.

Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto has teased his next major project – and it’s apparently not everyone’s cup of tea.Following the mediocre release of Disintegration and the closure of his studio, V1 Interactive, it looks as though Marcus Lehto is about to pick up his next big project.“Making some pretty big decisions with my career this week,” he tweeted (via VGC). “Some of you will support it, some will not.

Halo Infinite has its very own loot cave, a live stream event by 343 Industries has revealed.In the build-up to the game’s multiplayer tech preview this weekend, 343 Industries showed off a full Big Team Battle match to demonstrate what the game will be like. During the stream, it also highlighted a loot cave much like the ones seen in the Destiny series of games.As a sub-objective on the map, there is a huge vault that is loaded with power weapons.

Halo Infinite, 343 Industries has decided to change how it works in the future, returning to a more traditional method for the franchise.In a blog post on the Halo Waypoint site, 343 Industries explained that while some players liked the new combat sensor, most found it confusing.

Halo Infinite contains audio from the in-game announcer referring to ‘Battle Royale’ suggesting that the game may include a Battle Royale mode either at launch or in the future.Originally posted on Resetera, the brief voice file recording has the Halo Infinite multiplayer announcer state the two key words: “Battle Royale” much like the announcer often states the name of a game mode before a match starts.It’s a tenuous idea but one that isn’t without merit given the popularity of Battle Royale games such as Fortnite and Call of Duty: Warzone.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection will get skins for the elites and the energy sword when season seven starts on June 23.As announced on Halo Waypoint, 343 Industries will be adding multiplayer skins for the Sangheili alien race. The cosmetics come as part of the Season Seven: Elite battle pass that will be free for all players.There are seven new armour sets for the elites that add various styles to their wardrobes.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps and its predecessor, has opened up on his work for the upcoming Halo Infinite during an interview with NME.Speaking about his work for Halo Infinite, Coker opened up about the potential pressure that comes with such a beloved series.“It’s not that I don’t feel pressure, but because the original material is so strong, it’s like you’re building on the strongest possible foundation,” he said during an interview with NME.Coker’s last projects gave him complete freedom, so Halo Infinite is a change for him.d“The challenge was that Halo is the first time I’m stepping into someone else’s creation, so it’s been about learning the vocabulary and understanding why people like the original Halo music in particular.