Halo Infinite campaign co-op won't have online matchmaking

Campaign co-op will be publicly available in Halo Infinite soon, but there will not be any online matchmaking options.

Many fans participating in the current beta were curious about the feature’s omission since inviting people solely via a friend list can be tiresome. Unfortunately, everyone will have to make do.

“Online matchmaking will not be available with final co-op,” an Xbox spokesperson said via Gamesradar. “We encourage you to continue to use the Halo and the new Discord voice call feature on Xbox to find players to party up with as you continue playing the beta.”

Last week, Microsoft announced Discord voice chat is coming to Xbox Live. While that’ll probably help people sync up with friends, it doesn’t quite alleviate the underlying issue. After all, matchmaking exists in the first place to make playing with others a breeze.

According to SteamCharts, only a couple thousand people are playing Halo Infinite at any given moment. In fairness, that doesn’t consider players on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, or Game Pass PC, but the player numbers are clearly dwindling.

Halo Infinite is almost nine months old by this point, with an increasingly frustrated community over the state of multiplayer. Co-op mode, particularly, is a sore spot since it has already seen multiple delays. 

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.