343 Industries share details about Halo Infinite technical preview

The most recent post on the Inside Infinite blog comes after Halo's community manager, John Junyszek, clarified certain things over on Twitter.

According to the blog post, the first technical preview will focus on Arena gameplay vs bots. It will pit 4 Insiders against 4 bots set in Arena maps like Bazaar, Recharge, and Live Fire. 343 reasons that playing against bots will make it easier for Insiders to acclimate to the gameplay and pace. 343 also eased the understandable concerns by saying that they have added "quirks" to each bot to make fighting against them interesting.

Lastly, 343 intends to switch things up daily to prevent Insiders from getting bored of playing through the same thing every day.

Unfortunately, 343 stopped short of talking about what kinds of things Insiders can expect from the first technical preview of Halo Infinite. Instead, all the studio had to say is that it will "crack things up" after a slow start.

If you're wondering why 343 is referring to this as a technical preview and not an Alpha, the studio explains that the game is already "further along than what would truly be considered an alpha". However, the studio also added that the game still isn't at a "level of overall completeness some expect in a beta."

Thus, because the game is in a relatively weird place right now, 343 is referring to the upcoming test run as a technical preview.

Regardless of what it is called, it's clear that 343 has learned its lessons from the past. The studio wants to do the franchise right, which is why it is prioritizing player feedback.

Here's to hoping that something great comes of this - Phil Spencer's earlier statement be damned.