A new Halo Infinite card may have been leaked, and it looks legit

A new Halo Infinite card may have been leaked, and it looks legit

A new Halo Infinite map has apparently leaked online, showing off what could be another Slayer arena for the game's popular multiplayer mode. Twitter user @LeakyHalo, who you don't want to follow if you want to avoid spoilers, posted a two-minute walkthrough of what they claim to be one of Halo Infinite's new multiplayer maps, and it sure looks convincing.

I have pictures of this card with the saber. pic.twitter.com/EYnye4auPG August 13, 2021 See More Using a roving camera, the map looks like it takes place in a hangar, with rockets taking off in the distance against the backdrop of a broken moon. We also see a Sabre, one of Halo's iconic vehicles first seen in Halo Reach, though it doesn't look like you'll be able to commandeer it. The leaked map is clearly designed for Slayer and not Big Team Battle where vehicles come into play. However, this new Halo Infinite card is no surprise. The screenshots have been around for some time, having been discovered in the first major Halo Infinite leak that happened during Halo Infinite's tech preview. Details about the game's campaign have also leaked, along with a voice recording that may hint at a battle royale mode in Halo Infinite. However, this is our closest look at the leaked map layout. So far, we've seen five Halo Infinite multiplayer maps: Live Fire, Bazaar, Recharge, Behemoth, and Fragmentation, with Live Fire, Recharge, and Bazaar all playable during the Halo Infinite Tech Preview.

Analysis: Will we have a release date for Halo Infinite soon?

If the multiplayer map leaks tell us anything, it's that development on Halo Infinite is nearing completion. The question is: Can 343 Industries keep some surprises under wraps before launch? While Halo Infinite doesn't yet have a confirmed release date outside of "Holiday 2021," which is between November and December, it seems to be only a matter of time before Microsoft provides a release date. Halo Infinite is scheduled for release on Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, and PC, and will be available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers on day one. This is a banner year for Microsoft's new console with releases of Flight Simulator, Psychonauts 2, Back 4 Blood, Forza Horizon 5, and Halo Infinite all coming to Xbox before 2022.