How to Play Halo Infinite Split Screen Multiplayer with Friends?

Halo titles have always been local play-friendly and geared towards multiplayer. With the exception of Halo 5, all of them had some form of split screen local multiplayer and even campaign co-op. In this article we’ll be looking at how to set up Halo Infinite on your Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles for split screen multiplayer, so you can compete with your friends right at home on the big gaming projector screen, or join in together and take on the Banished in the campaign when the local co-op feature will be added to Halo Infinite later this year.

And if you want to learn more about Halo Infinite’s graphics modes to ensure the best performance, we have an article about that as well.

Due to differences in processing power and development goals by 343 Industries, Xbox One consoles offer two player split screen while current generation Xbox Series X and Series S consoles allow for Halo Infinite four player split screen. That’s perfect if you have more people over, and of course means the newer consoles are an even better fit for low latency 4K HDR gaming projectors with screens in the 120” and bigger range. 

The one big catch is that unlike the good old days of Halo and Halo 2, now everyone needs to have a gamertag, which means a Microsoft account. To play split screen, each player needs to be signed in, since guest accounts are not supported in Halo Infinite.

So, the simple process goes like this: