While Halo fans aren’t necessarily the calmest fans in the gaming ecosphere, the criticisms leveled towards Halo Infinite were mostly valid, but 343 Industries took quite some time before addressing any of Halo Infinite’s gameplay issues. Over the last seven months or so, 343 Industries has implemented a number of changes and added a handful of content to Halo Infinite, and while it’s certainly welcome, the game isn’t quite there yet. However, that hasn’t stopped 343 from continuing to try, even with the recent cancelation of Halo Infinite’s campaign co-op, and the upcoming Yappening event is the perfect example of this.
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Halo Infinite’s Yappening Event
Announced in a comic strip, tweeted out by the official Halo Twitter account, an event called The Yappening is headed to Halo Infinite next week on September 6. In the comic strip, a Grunt wearing makeshift Spartan armor calls up the UNSC and exclaims that he has some goods to share. Upon being invited inside, the adorable little smuggler opens up his box of wares, revealing some spray cans, a banana keychain, and a soccer ball wearing “Yapyap’s very own custom-made rare headfin bladehat.” The final strip of the comic claims that The Yappening is happening, with the tagline “play weird games, get weird stuff.”
The Yappening event actually first appeared in the RTS spin-off Halo Wars 2, where the event’s namesake made his debut. Coming to the game as DLC, Yapyap The Destroyer used Grunt Goblin suits to overwhelm his opponents, all while spewing out some snarky one-liners. Yapyap was then used as the face of the Yappening event, which saw a variety of outlandish game modes come to Halo Wars 2 for a limited time. The Yappening also spread to Halo: The Master Chief Collection in 2018, once again bringing a range of absurd game modes to the table. The Yappening also affected Halo: MCC’s user interface, changing some icons and even the names of some menu items.
Based on the tone of the comic strip announcement, it seems as though Halo Infinite’s Yappening event will follow suit. Fans can probably expect to see at least one or two limited-time game modes head to Halo Infinite next week, along with a slew of cosmetics, all themed around Yapyap’s incompetence on the battlefield. If the comic strip is anything to go by, then it seems likely that fans will get to unlock a handful of new colored skins for both armor and weapons, along with a banana weapon charm. It also seems likely that players will be able to get their hands on the “custom headfin bladehat” that the Grunt was trying to peddle in the comic. The Yappening is set to start on September 6, and will apparently run for at least a week, though the end date isn’t currently known.
Halo Infinite is available now on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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