Halo Infinite servers may be down as players swarm multiplayer beta

If you’re running into issues connecting to the dedicated servers, you’re not alone.

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What you need to know

The very firstHalo Infinitetechnical preview is now live, with players whoproperly signed upfor the test now accessing Slayer against Bots, a first for the Halo franchise. Unfortunately, we’re seeing many players having issues connecting to matches, including some of our own staff.

Rebooting the application or cold booting your console doesn’t seem to help. We are however seeing some success with players joining the lobby of a friend and then being able to load into matches. If you’re running into other problems, we’re keeping track of a list of bugs and known issues that 343 Industries identifies or numerous players seem to be encountering.

One particularly common bug right now says that anupdate is neededbefore players can fully download the Halo Infinite technical preview build. Fortunately, this one is solved by simply cold booting your console.

Halo Infinite is currently slated to launch at some point in Holiday 2021 onXbox Series X,Xbox Series S, Xbox One and PC.

A new Great Journey awaits

Halo Infinite is the biggest Xbox game of the year by far, and based on what we saw at E3 2021, it looks like it’s going to be fantastic.

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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.