what you need to know
- A surprise Halo Infinite update has arrived, kicking off a new free event called Noble Intention and adding a new Forge playlist to matchmaking.
- The event is based on the Halo: Reach concept characters Rosenda-A344 and Thom-A293, and allows players to earn their armor, as well as additional armor pieces, skins, and a new 10-tier event pass pose from noble intention.
- The Forge playlist, meanwhile, includes four community-created Forge Arena maps: Perilous, Starboard, Salvation, and Absolution.
- Noble Intention is scheduled to last until February 21, giving players two weeks to earn the event rewards.
Update 2:41 p.m. ET: We previously reported that the update was only adding a Forge playlist to matchmaking, as Halo Infinite glitch prevented the Noble Intention event from appearing correctly in-game. We have since updated the article with details of the event.
A surprise Halo Infinite update has kicked off a new free event titled Noble Intention, complete with a 10-tier event pass from which players can earn a variety of new rewards. The event was paired with a matchmaking Community Collection playlist featuring various Forge maps created by the in-game community.
Since its release with the Winter Update in late 2022, Halo Infinite’s Forge level creation and editing tool has taken the gaming community by storm. Fans have worked hard to create amazing maps, with many asking developer 343 Industries for a matchmaking playlist featuring the best of them. Now, that wish has been granted.
The playlist features Slayer, Strongholds, Oddball, King of the Hill, CTF, and One Flag CTF Arena modes on a variety of community-created maps, including Perilous, Starboard, Salvation, and Absolution. Perilous is an overgrown UNSC facility that pulls players straight into the action with a design evocative of Halo 3’s Guardian, while Starboard is a beautifully detailed UNSC-themed reimagining of the classic three-lane map Midship. Salvation is a Banished and Forerunner-themed remake of the popular Damnation map from Halo: Combat Evolved, and Absolution is an original setting inspired by the aesthetics of the Delta Halo location from the Halo 2 campaign. You can see images of the maps below. .
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The Noble Intention event itself is themed after two concept characters from Halo: Reach: Rosenda-A344 and Thom-A293 (the latter was featured in the fan-favorite Deliver Hope trailer). By completing gameplay challenges and racking up XP during Noble Intention, players can earn armor kits that look exactly like the MJOLNIR suits worn by Rosenda and Thom. Various Recon and CDO armor pieces, Rosenda and Thom-inspired armor coatings, and a new Noble Rose pose are also available in the event pass. These rewards will remain available until February 21, which is when Noble Intention ends.
Overall, it’s great to see the developers of Halo Infinite highlight some of the best Forge maps the community has created so far, and the new cosmetics added in this event are also great. I do wish, however, that a wider variety of levels and alternative game modes were included in the Forge playlist. Some of the most popular maps created with Forge so far have been the ones developed for fun and unique mini-games, like the awesome Digletts mode bashing a Pokémon-inspired mole. Maybe 343 will create a social playlist for maps and modes like this in the future.
Halo Infinite is now available on Xbox and PC. Despite his problems, he is one of the best xbox shooters on the market right now for fans of arena-style FPS combat, and since multiplayer is free to play, there’s no barrier to entry. The campaign is also fantastic as it features exhilarating gameplay and an excellent story.
