Halo Infinite Campaign Co-Op Delays Release from Season 2 The developers from 343 Industries have determined that the Halo Infinite Campaign Co-Op Mode will not be ready and will be ready for its July 2022 release. Where Season 2 started on May 3, 2022, and Halo Infinite campaign co-op was supposed to be launched alongside Season 2. 343 Industries is now targeting a later-in-season launch instead, not planning on pushing it to Season 3, where Forge Mode is set to be launched. Even with delays, 343 Industries insists the Halo Infinite co-op campaign mode is still going to be officially available in July, but their target release date has been pushed.
At the same time, 343 Industries confirmed that the co-op campaign mode would not be added to Halo Infinites in July, as originally planned. Halo developer 343 Industries had previously said the Campaign Co-op and Forge modes were not coming until mid-2022 at the earliest, but the Halo Infinites community is now dealing with confirmations that Campaign Co-op and Forge will be delayed again.
The news comes in a new development update for Halo Infinites, in which developer 343 Industries has broken down current high-priority issues impacting Halo Infinites, what fans can expect from the game’s second multiplayer season, and updates regarding co-op and Forge.
PSA: The team is still working on our upcoming #HaloInfinite network co-op Insider flight build. While we always said our "target was the week of July 11", many sites reported it simply as "starting July 11." Still hoping for this week, but it will not start today. (1/3)
— Brian Jarrard (@ske7ch) July 11, 2022
Joseph Staten, creative lead at the developer of the game, said that the recent expansion of Halo Infinite Season 1 from March to May 2022 had an impact on the game’s release of Campaign Co-Op and Forge Level Editor. While many fans are excited and ready for a co-op campaign beta test soon, Halo Infinite Community Director Brian Jerrard let fans know through Twitter that there are clearly some issues with the games beta build. 343 community director Brian Jarrard did not say whether the delays will impact Halo Infinite’s full launch of its co-op campaign in August, which some fans had already expected would be delayed.
Halo Infinite fans have been wanting the game to add in campaign co-op mode since it released its free multiplayer beta, but it looks like they may need to wait a bit longer to get that. While no previous Halo game has shipped without the ability to play couch co-op and online, the team has decided to postpone the release of the cooperative missions and the Forge in Halo Infinite and it looks like Halo fans might be waiting a bit longer than that before they get to strap on a suit and get together with Master Chief and friends.
Players are used to being able to explore previous games campaigns together, and the announcement from 343 Industries that they were pushing the co-op campaign back has left fans with a bitter taste in their mouths of fans. As confirmed in Halo Waypoint Blog, 343 Industries revealed they are still working on the co-op campaign, hoping to have it released at some point in Season 2s lifespan.
