There was no surprise for the particularly insightful.
Halo Infinite was recently remembered again. During the «Halo World Championship 2025» event, fans received an answer to a long-standing question about the game's lore.
The Halo Infinite campaign introduced the AI "Weapon", but never revealed what name the AI ultimately chose — this moment was revealed in the book «Halo: Edge of Dawn», the events of which chronologically take place after Infinite.
A long-standing fan theory has been confirmed: the name Joyeuse (Жуайёз) was chosen.
Fans previously recalled a quote from «Encyclopedia of Mythological Objects» (about the sword of Roland, a character from French medieval legends):
Upon the blade of the sword she created were engraved the words "My name is Cortana, of the same steel and temper as Joyeuse and Durandal ||||| На клинке созданного ею меча были выгравированы слова: "Меня зовут Кортана, я той же стали и закалки, как Жуайёз и Дюрандаль"
- Durandal — the name of an AI from Marathon, a Bungie game that predates Halo;
- Cortana — this name was also used for an AI in the Halo franchise
- Only the Joyeuse (Жуайёз) option remained — it was used for the «Weapon». Since it is difficult to pronounce, it is believed that it will later be pronounced simply as Joy (Джой) — the franchise account has already done so when mentioning the name .
