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In recent years, the Halo franchise has struggled to maintain relevancy in the multiplayer shooter space due to controversial design decisions. While Halo 4 and Halo 5 were certainly enjoyable, many fans disliked how 343 Industries placed less of an emphasis on the sandbox and focused more on special movement and combat abilities intrinsic to every player. As a result, the games didn t appeal strongly to Halo s core following.
In response to the fanbase s feedback on these games, 343 Industries has pivoted to returning Halo to its sandbox-driven roots with Halo Infinite. To give players a chance to test the game, the developers have recently launched the first official Halo Infinite beta (also referred to as a technical preview) that allows them to try out the core multiplayer Arena experience against AI bots, experience weapon drills in the Academy training mode, and get a feel for the customization and battle pass systems.
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During a Halo Infinite technical preview livestream that premiered ahead of the first Halo Infinite beta test, 343 Industries Lead Multiplayer Designer Tom French confirmed that assassinations will not be in Halo Infinite at launch, but will eventually make their way into the game at a later date.
Assassinations fancy killmoves that allow players to execute enemies they catch off guard from behind have become a fan-favorite part of the franchise ever since they were introduced in Halo: Reach. However, 343 Industries has chosen to remove them from Halo Infinite for launch because of the fact that they put the player performing the assassination at great risk without any gameplay benefit. Back-smacking, or simply hitting a player in the back with a standard melee, kills them in one hit as well. Therefore, there s really no point to using assassinations.