Halo Infinite will let you jump seamlessly between Xbox Series X and PC

Halo Infinite
(Image credit: 343 Industries)

Halo Infinite is easily the biggest upcoming game from Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios, and while it'll launch day and date across Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC, players on PC won't be barred from carrying over any progress made on console. 

Microsoft's Head of Xbox Game Studios, Matt Booty, confirmed today via Xbox Wire that Halo Infinite will support cross-play and cross-progression across Xbox consoles and PC, so you won't be restricted no matter where you decide to play.

This is just part of what will make Halo Infinite a tentpole release on PC as well as Xbox Series X. Halo Infinite will also feature support for ultrawide and super ultrawide monitors, as well as a range of graphics settings so even if you haven't been able to grab an RTX 3080, you'll be good to go.

Booty also revealed that Halo: The Master Chief Collection has crossed over 10 million players on PC since it first launched, which has no doubt informed the focus on making Halo Infinite a proper release on PC. After being delayed out of 2020, Halo Infinite is currently scheduled to launch at an unknown date sometime in Fall 2021 (between September and December).

Xbox on PC continues to improve

Booty also explained how Microsoft is working to further its reach in PC gaming, starting with developers. Beginning on August 1, 2021, Microsoft will no longer share 70% of the revenue for any games sold on the Microsoft Store and is instead bumping the number up to 88%, in line with PC games sold on the Epic Games Store.

Booty closes by noting that while "we still have a lot of work to do," Microsoft has never been in a better place with PC gaming.

TOPICS
Samuel Tolbert

Samuel Tolbert is a freelance games journalist. His bylines can be found at Android Central, Windows Central, iMore and TechRadar.

Read more
Halo Infinite
Xbox games are coming to Nintendo Switch 2, per Phil Spencer
Black Knight and Cuddle Team Leader glide into Tilted Towers
Best crossplay games 2025: top titles for cross-platform play with friends
Xbox logo on a green background
Xbox year in review 2024: 'Next year, we promise'
Four Spartans face down waves of Covenant aliens in Firefight mode
Best Xbox Series X games 2025: smash hits for Microsoft's top console
The two protagonists hold up a store
New Xbox Series X games 2025 - the most anticipated Xbox release dates
Xbox Live Gold price deals
Xbox in 2025: a make-or-break year for Microsoft's console
Latest in Consoles & PC
Image of Naoe in AC Shadows
Assassin's Creed Shadows is hands-down one of the most beautiful PC ports I've ever seen
Image of AC Shadows cover art & Steam Deck
It's not perfect, but Assassin's Creed Shadows' performance is impressive - it runs smoothly on the Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally
Steam Deck OLED in limited edition white color
With a single update SteamOS could turbocharge handheld PCs – here's how
Samus Aran leaping through space
Metroid Prime 4 tipped to be at the heart of April's Nintendo Switch 2 deep-dive
Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo Switch 2 expected to have AI upscaling and I can't wait to finally play Tears of the Kingdom with upgraded graphics
Asus ROG Ally using Steam
I think Asus could be the perfect partner for an Xbox handheld – but I have questions
Latest in News
DeepSeek
Deepseek’s new AI is smarter, faster, cheaper, and a real rival to OpenAI's models
Open AI
OpenAI unveiled image generation for 4o – here's everything you need to know about the ChatGPT upgrade
Apple WWDC 2025 announced
Apple just announced WWDC 2025 starts on June 9, and we'll all be watching the opening event
Hornet swings their weapon in mid air
Hollow Knight: Silksong gets new Steam metadata changes, convincing everyone and their mother that the game is finally releasing this year
OpenAI logo
OpenAI just launched a free ChatGPT bible that will help you master the AI chatbot and Sora
An aerial view of an Instavolt Superhub for charging electric vehicles
Forget gas stations – EV charging Superhubs are using solar power to solve the most annoying thing about electric motoring