For many who loved Paramount Plus’ Halo collection, you’re in luck. You’ll be able to watch all eight episodes of its first season without spending a dime on YouTube. Moreover, the date for the following season might need leaked a bit early.

Yeah, you learn that appropriately. A supposed flagship title for the streaming service, the 2022 collection primarily based on Xbox’s golden goose is now up on YouTube. There wasn’t any official announcement as to why Halo is accessible.

Nonetheless, within the description of the episodes, Paramount might need let the discharge date for Season 2 slip: February 8. The date was eliminated, however eagle-eyed viewers like myself discovered it earlier than it was scrubbed.

Launched final yr, Halo is a military-action collection that loosely adapts the video games. I say that because the present, in its first episode, did the unthinkable: they made Grasp Chief take off his helmet. No different media entry has proven John-117’s face, so seeing who’s beneath was surprising, to say the least.

It took the world abruptly, resulting in file numbers for the service for the primary episode. Although, a later episode had all of Grasp Chief’s armor taken off for… grownup functions. Whereas it was hit and miss with critics and followers, the present did properly sufficient to be greenlit for a second season. And, as beforehand talked about, followers received’t have to attend that lengthy for its launch.

Launch the Chief

The timing for the date slip appears a bit handy given The Recreation Awards being subsequent week. The ceremony, whereas centered on video games, has had its justifiable share of adaptation reveals and information. In years previous, trailers and clips for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film got here out. Heck, even the primary trailer for the present was revealed on the occasion.

So it wouldn’t be stunning to see Halo Season 2 get its trailer debut subsequent Thursday. The present is predicted to seem at this weekend’s CCXP conference in Brazil, so we could get one thing there. Nonetheless, the date received’t be as massive a shock as they hoped. Nonetheless, if the present received a second season, it’s clear the staff has one thing particular left to point out.

The franchise has seen higher days, to be frank. Halo Infinite wasn’t as massive because the staff hoped, as delays and multiplayer troubles lessened the sport’s reputation and influence. It could be cool to see a resurgence of the collection and online game diversifications have been nice lately if their rival PlayStation’s The Final of Us is something to go by.

Halo stars Pablo Schreiber (Narcos) as Grasp Chief/John-117 and Jen Taylor (Halo: Fight Advanced) as Cortana, who we received to talk to final yr. The supporting forged boasts the likes of Charlie Murphy (Joyful Valley), Natascha McElhone (The Truman Present), and Bokeem Woodbine (Spider-Man: Homecoming), simply to call just a few. So, when you have time to kill, you’ll be able to watch all of the episodes freed from cost by way of this playlist and end the struggle earlier than February 8.