Halo Infinite will officially get a third-person mode in November

Major (and quite surprising) news for Halo fans: Halo: Infinite is finally getting a third-person mode this November.

343 Industries announced the news on Friday during a Forge panel at the 2024 Halo World Championship. For those not attending the event, the announcement was also posted to X/Twitter, including some work-in-progress footage from the third -person mode in action:

Experience a new way to play!

3rd Person Mode is coming to Halo Infinite in November 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WkDkGLx8fF

— Halo (@Halo) October 4, 2024

As fans will know, this is the first time a third-person mode has ever been officially offered in a Halo game. Senior community manager John “Unyshek” Junyszek and Skybox Labs senior software engineer Colin Cove provided some more information in the Halo World Championship panel, saying that they will begin adding third-person Firefight mode in a future update, “but we have also the ability to do PvP and control it in Forge,” said Cove.

They clarified that third-person is supported at the mode level and that the modes, with Forge controls, will allow individual players (or all players) to switch between first- and third-person perspectives when desired. It is currently unclear whether the game will be available in campaign mode or will be limited to multiplayer.

While this is the first time third-person mode has been available on an official level, a number of mods have added it to the game over the years and have largely been well received by the community.

Halo Infinite first launched in 2021 and received a number of new maps, modes, quality of life improvements, and other additions over the years. However, some fans noticed a general lack of developer-made additional content for this year. With the Halo World Championship in full swing, we wouldn’t be surprised if more Halo-related announcements were made this weekend.

Alex Stedman is a senior news editor at IGN, overseeing entertainment reporting. When she’s not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons.