You haven’t got to begin a Paramount+ trial simply to determine whether or not or not the Halo TV collection is price your time. The streaming service has made the primary episode of the game-inspired present free to look at on YouTube for every week beginning March thirty first (sorry!). The freebie is simply viewable within the US, however it’s price a glance if you wish to see Hollywood’s tackle Master Chief and the Covenant.

There’s no thriller behind the technique. Paramount+ is clearly hoping to construct Halo‘s viewer base (and thus the subscriber base) as shortly as attainable, and a free pattern may assist when trailers aren’t sufficient. The supplier has used this strategy earlier than with releases like Star Trek: Picard.

It may also be a query of seizing on early success. Paramount+ was assured sufficient in Halo to resume it earlier than the premiere, and that assist was apparently well-founded. Deadline reported that the collection broke the service’s one-day premiere viewership file, ousting the Yellowstone prequel 1883. While Paramount+ remains to be small in comparison with heavyweights like Amazon and Netflix, sustained curiosity in Halo may assist the streamer develop and scale back its dependence on Star Trek.