While Not A New Game, Halo Studios Confirms The Storyline For Halo Infinite Will Live On In New Novel ‘Halo: Edge Of Dawn’

The current state of Xbox’s Halo is in a blunder of uncertainty. Although Microsoft is confident in the new direction for the series – rebranding 343 Industries into Halo Studios & transitioning to Unreal Engine 5 for the franchise – there are still a lot of gaping holes to be filled. In January, insider Rebs Gaming did hint there is a good possibility an announcement will surface in 2025. The Xbox firm already hinted that something massive will come in 2026 for the 25th anniversary.

Gathered from the recent Xbox Games Showcase this month, many fans are taking from Phil Spencer’s wording that a major announcement will be coming next year also. However, there has been further disappointments on Halo’s behalf recently as well. Halo 5 concept art lead & Halo Infinite associate art director Darren Bacon told Video Gamer there were continuous talks of a Halo 3 Anniversary at one point. But, that it fell through due to budgetary reasons.

And while it seems more than clear that the plot for Halo Infinite is finished for another jab in video games, there will be a continuation via other mediums. In the latest Halo Canon Fodder, it reveals that Kelly Gay (Charlie Madigan) is to write a new novel that follows the events of the game. Gay previous penned the 2016 book Halo: Smoke and Shadow.

“2560. After eliminating War Chief Escharum and sending the Banished leadership into chaos, the Master Chief continues the fight on Zeta Halo, accompanied by his new AI companion and their loyal pilot Fernando Esparza. As Spartan-117 searches for scattered allied forces, a young combat medic—tortured and imprisoned for months by the Banished and the enigmatic Harbinger—may hold the key to unlocking deeper mysteries within this ancient ringworld.

The description continues: But every step towards answers is haunted by the sinister and elusive blademaster Jega ‘Rdomnai, who is hellbent on vengeance….” Franchise writer Alex Wekeford added: “This is indeed a story set in the immediate aftermath of Halo Infinite’s campaign, tying in with some story threads from The Rubicon Protocol—one of Kelly’s previous novels.

“In some ways, Edge of Dawn might be thought of as similar to First Strike, where we sat for a while with the immediate fallout of the events that transpired in Halo: CE, dealing with some of the things we learned while embarking on a new adventure.” There was some excitement recently that rolled out for Halo Infinite. The latest ‘Legacy Operation’ that went live introduced Grifball & Halo 3’s Hayabusa armor. You can read the full report by heading here.

Are you interested in this Halo Infinite follow-up novel?

Source: Halo Waypoint