Halo Infinite Tech Preview 2
343 Industries is gearing up for another Halo Infinite tech preview. This event will take place across two weekends; this weekend (September 23-26) and next weekend (September 30 - October 3). According to John Junyszek, Halo Community Manager at 343 Industries, “Our primary goal for these two tech previews will be to test our online services at a larger scale than ever before.”
There’s going to be quite a bit of content for players participating in this tech preview. A list of what’s going to be available:
- Social Arena (including objective modes and a new map on Sunday, September 26)
- Bot Arena (including objective modes)
- Big Team Battle (debuting September 30 - October 3)
- Three modes on Fragmentation
- Training Mode
- Weapon Drills
- Customization
- Battle Pass
- New Halo Waypoint app & web experiences
Daily matchmaking will be up and running at 10am-2pm PT & 5pm-9pm PT on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. A much more detailed schedule:
Weekend 1 (Arena)
- Thursday evening, September 23:
- Build becomes available for download Thursday night
- Training Mode and Weapon Drills are available
- Friday, September 24 @ 10am-2pm & 5pm-9pm PT: Matchmaking available
- Saturday, September 25 @ 10am-2pm & 5pm-9pm PT: Matchmaking available
- Sunday, September 26 @ 10am-2pm & 5pm-9pm PT: Matchmaking available
- Monday, September 27 @ 10am PT: Flight access closes until Weekend 2
Weekend 2 (Big Team Battle & Arena)
- Thursday evening, September 30:
- Flight access turns on
- Training Mode and Weapon Drills become available
- Friday, October 1 @ 10am-2pm & 5pm-9pm PT: Matchmaking available
- Saturday, October 2 @ 10am-2pm & 5pm-9pm PT: Matchmaking available
- Sunday, October 3 @ 10am-2pm & 5pm-9pm PT: Matchmaking available
- Sunday, October 3 @ 9pm PT: Surveys go out to a portion of Halo Insiders
- Monday, October 4 @ 10am PT: Flight access closes
- Wednesday, October 6 @ 10am PT: Halo Support site closes
Another solid tech preview will build more goodwill towards the official launch of Halo Infinite on December 8th, which is something the franchise needs after the lackluster performance of Halo 4 and Halo 5.