In a nutshell: We're simply a few weeks away from the highly-anticipated launch of Halo Infinite, so what better mode to ramp up the hype than to denote the best replica Needler gun to date.

Hasbro has been making video game-themed Nerf guns for a while at present. There's its Fortnite line that includes a rocket launcher, a series of blasters based on popular Roblox games, and a previous attempt at a Needler in its Halo lineup that wasn't exactly stunning, just that particular single-sprint-firing replica did toll just $10, absolutely.

The latest version of Nerf's Needler is a lot more impressive—and ten times the price. It doesn't burn down sharp spikes of crystalline plasma that home in on enemies and explode on affect, sadly, only does feature a fully motorized equalizer that shoots ten darts in a row from the rotating, 10-dart drum.

The Needler besides has a very cool effect in which needles on the top of the gun light upwardly when users grip the handle. Each time a dart is fired, one of the lights goes out, imitating how the needles disappear in the game version.

Nerf'south new Needler requires a hefty six AA 1.5V batteries to work. Information technology also comes with a price tag to match its characteristic set: $100. Buyers get a stand to prove information technology off—there's a brandish style that activates all its light-up features—equally well as a card that unlocks in-game content for Halo Infinite. No word on what this content might be, but 1 would imagine it'southward related to the Needler or is a ready of Nerf skins.

The Nerf LMTD Halo Needler is now available to pre-order from Amazon, Entertainment Earth, GameStop, and Hasbro Pulse. The replica is still in development, which means it'due south not ready to send until December 2022. Halo Infinite, meanwhile, lands on Dec 8.

h/t: The Verge