HALO 4 PICTURE SERIES

For as weird as the barn video is, though, it definitely features footage of Halo 4 that made it out into the world too early. It really does appear to have been shot in a barn or shed with the lights turned off, the footage on the TV appears to have been taped to VHS, and horribly compressed music blares throughout the video. The quality of the barn video is incredibly awful, and everything else about it is confusing.

HALO 4 PICTURE SERIES

The most bewildering leak from the Halo series (and possibly any game) is the so-called Halo 4 barn video, and in response to a user asking why Halo leaks are 'always terrible,' O'Connor linked to it with a one word comment: 'cursed.'

In a thread on the topic at ResetEra, users including 343's franchise development director Frank O'Connor were quick to remember some past Halo leaks that later turned out to be real. Some believe that the supposed leak's heads-up display matches a snippet of gameplay in the 343 recruitment video. The most intriguing part is a button prompt for a grapple hook, a tool that's never been introduced in previous Halo games. In it, you can see the familiar Halo sniper rifle, a nondescript test environment, and an unfinished heads-up display. The alleged Infinite leak that has fans squinting at 343's new employee recruitment video was posted to Reddit last month, and consists only of a single blurry photo of a screen. Right now there's no reason to treat the alleged screenshot as anything more than a rumor, but it's worth remembering that genuine Halo leaks in the past have been much weirder-as in 'filmed in a barn' weird. Is there something you think we should be reporting on? Email this week, 343 Industries released a new video that may have included a brief shot of work-in-progress Halo gameplay, and some fans believe the video corroborates a supposed Halo Infinite leak from December.

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