This recent discovery seems to confirm the theory.
The flood halo infinite.
The story entered planning stages in 2015.
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.
Halo infinite is being developed by 343 industries with assistance from skybox labs sperasoft and certain affinity.
An announcement trailer was released on june 10 2018.
Our vision for halo infinite s spiritual reboot was to create a story and experience that s inviting to new players and welcomes them to fall in love with halo the same way many of us did years ago without any prior.
The palace is a flood research facility where unspeakable horror took place.
The palace is located on installation 07 or zeta halo where infinite is theorized to take place.
Flood encounters are on my.
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.
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 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.
The timeframe for halo infinite is going to be in mc s backstory kinda.
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.
It will utilize the new slipspace engine.
Zeta halo and flood are almost synonymous terms in halo canon.