While we wait for Microsoft to show off its upcoming Xbox Series X games, Halo fans starved of information on Halo Infinite just got a dump of fresh details – from Mega Bloks.
Overnight, Mega Bloks revealed its Mega Construx Halo Infinite range, and while much of it is as you’d expect (Master Chief/UNSC vs the Covenant), there are some story details fans have gleaned from the plastic toys.
THERE MAY BE SPOILERS AHEAD.
Chief among the snippets of information is the naming of a Brute – and their armour. The Defense Point Showdown set includes a character called Hyperious. This Brute, fans speculate, is the voice we heard in 343’s latest Halo Infinite tease – the one that confirmed The Banished from Halo Wars 2 are in the game.
More interesting still is Hyperious’ armour. Zoom in and you’ll see the damaged helmet of Spartan Locke, the primary playable character in Halo 5: Guardians, attached to Hyperious’ right shoulder. Is Locke dead? Does Hyperius kill him at the beginning of Halo Infinite? That’s what fans think, and if that’s true, Mega Bloks just unloaded one hell of a spoiler upon the community.
That’s not all. The new toy range reveals a new Banished vehicle called the Skiff: