Halo Infinite season 5 introduces the best Forge update yet
The update has seen a rise in players on Steam, too
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Halo Infinitehas seen a large boost in players following the release ofSeason Five:Reckoningand the highly anticipated Forge update.
As reported byIGN, 343 Industries' first-person shooter has seen a rise in players onSteamrecently thanks to the launch of Season Five on October 17. According toSteamDBstatistics, the game had a steady number of players at around 7,000 for months, but the latest update saw the concurrent player count rise to over 18,000, making it the highest peak since the launch of Season Two:Lone Wolves, 17 months ago.
It’s not just the release of Season Five that has caused the game to see popularity again. 343 also introduced some brand-newupdates to the Forge toolkit, a feature that allows players to use the game’s sandbox to edit maps and create their own game modes.
With the latest patch, Forge now has NPCs - friends and foes from the main campaign - that can be used to populate maps, including UNSC, Banished, and Forerunner units to create your very own PvE experiences.
It looks like players are having a ton of fun with the update, with some even going out of their way to recreate other games within the Forge, and they’re seriously impressive (viaGamesRadar+).
UserDanTheBlokeon Twitter showcased their newest creation - aPokémonbattle arena featuring NPC fighters on each side, who have their own hybrid Poké Balls containing aliens. The aliens even have health bars and the center of the arena features the iconicPokémonlogo stamped into the grass.
Another user onRedditrecreated the final mission fromHalo: Combat Evolved, while another onReseteraturned the FPS into a MOBA-style game, explaining that they designed their build “over the space of 90 minutes and with zero experience of Forge coding”.
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It’s fair to say that Season 5:Reckoninghas been a success so far, with the latest Forge updates allowing even newcomers to try out the sandbox toolkit feature.
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