Recently 343 have been releasing a bunch of extremely early behind the scenes footage of the audio development for halo infinite and some of these sounds a.
The flood halo infinite.
The strongest piece of evidence that suggests the flood may be in halo infinite is the fact that based on numerous hints from the trailers the game is very likely taking place on installation 07.
The timeframe for halo infinite is going to be in mc s backstory kinda.
Rtas vadum halo 3 the flood latin inferi redivivus meaning the dead reincarnated or the parasite as they are known to the covenant are a species of highly virulent parasitic organisms that can reproduce and grow by consuming sentient life forms of sufficient biomass and cognitive capability.
While it isn t directly tied to halo infinite at all it s worth noting that 343 industries created an entire expansion centered around the flood for the real time strategy spinoff halo wars 2 called awakening the nightmare.
Halo infinite is being developed by 343 industries with assistance from skybox labs sperasoft and certain affinity.
It will utilize the new slipspace engine.
This recent discovery seems to confirm the theory.
The story entered planning stages in 2015.
The palace is a flood research facility where unspeakable horror took place.
One things for certain.
Zeta halo and flood are almost synonymous terms in halo canon.
An announcement trailer was released on june 10 2018.
The flood threat was successfully contained by the end of the dlc s campaign so we have no reason to suspect that the events of the expansion will matter in halo infinite.
Flood encounters are on my.
Considering that since the flood was in halo 1 and this is a prequel to everything else i can find it believable that the flood would appear in infinite however i d expect it to appear towards the mid to late parts of the game simply because of the human covenant war.