While the bulk of the Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries) development team appears to be focused on its next Halo project being built in Unreal Engine 5, the developer is still making sure its free-to-play live-service Xbox and PC shooter, Halo Infinite, gets regular content updates. The latest of these — Operation: Last Stand — has just recently gone live, and it's arguably the best Operation-style patch that the game's gotten yet.
The highlight of the update is the new Mutilator, a Banished double-barrel shotgun power weapon with some unique quirks. The first of these is the ability to choose between firing each shell individually for better accuracy at range or firing both at once, giving you a huge burst of damage that can easily one-shot other players, but only if you're very close to them.
