Published May 6, 2026, 11:50 AM EDT Firefight: Gauntlet riffs on a classic mode I can't believe we're still getting Halo Infinite updates in 2026 Image: Halo Studios/Xbox Game Studios Sign in to your Polygon.com account Halo Infinite is really living up to its name. Six months after developer Halo Studios announced the end of Infinite 's major content updates, the live-service shooter just got a brand-new mode out of the blue. Well, this is a pleasant surprise. Released in 2021, Halo Infinite was initially planned as a decade-long, perpetually evolving platform for Halo multiplayer modes. Four years into its run, Halo Studios shifted its development teams to other games: the forthcoming Halo Campaign Evolved remake , plus other "multiple Halo titles in development," which many fans of the series assume will either pick up the story where Infinite left off, roll out the next iteration of Halo multiplayer ( Campaign Evolved won't have competitive modes), or both.…