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Halo Infinite beta opens up to more players this weekend – everything you need to know
HALO Infinite is on track for its December launch, and gamers are getting a preview with the beta weekends.
343 is running two back-to-back Halo Infinite beta weekends, with select Xbox Insiders getting hands-on time ahead of launch.
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The studio laid out the schedule for this month's Halo Infinite multiplayer beta before it kicked off.
Taking place over two weekends, and during specific windows of time, players will be given access to 4v4 Arena, and 12v12 Big Team Battle (BTB).
To get into the first beta weekend, players needed to have registered with the Halo Insiders program before September 13, and emails were sent out to those selected.
The second beta weekend runs from Thursday, September 30 to Sunday, October 3, and isn't limited to Insiders.
As per the , Xbox players can download the build via the Xbox Insider Hub – right now, in fact.
Matchmaking will take place in specific windows, so be sure you're online for the play sessions.
You can check out the full schedule for both Halo Infinite beta weekends below.
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Halo Infinite Weekend 2 – BTB (12v12) and Arena
- Thursday evening, September 30 (Pacific time zone):
- Flight access turns on
- Training Mode and Weapon Drills become available
- Friday, October 1, matchmaking available:
- PST: 10am-2pm and 5pm-9pm
- EST: 1pm-5pm and 8pm-midnight
- BST: 6pm-10pm and Saturday, October 2 at 1am-5am
- Saturday, October 2, matchmaking available:
- PST: 10am-2pm and 5pm-9pm
- EST: 1pm-5pm and 8pm-midnight
- BST: 6pm-10pm and Sunday, October 3 at 1am-5am
- Sunday, October 3, matchmaking available:
- PST: 10am-2pm and 5pm-9pm
- EST: 1pm-5pm and 8pm-midnight
- BST: 6pm-10pm and Monday, October 4 at 1am-5am
- Sunday, October 3, 9pm PST / Monday, October 4, 12am EST / 5am BST:
- Surveys go out to a portion of Halo Insiders
- Monday, October 4, 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm BST:
- Flight access closes
- Wednesday, October 6, 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm BST:
- Halo Support site closes
Outside of the matchmaking windows, Training Mode, Weapon Drills, Battle Pass, and Customisation experiences will stay online and available to access.
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