A former developer at Certain Affinity has said that Halo’s now-canceled Battle Royale mode could have been a “game change for the franchise.”
The news came via the LinkedIn profile (as spotted by XboxEra) of Mike Clopper, the Studio Design Director at Raven Software, who was previously a Game Director at Certain Affinity.
“MP Halo Infinite – I led a large team of designers working on a canceled Battle Royale mode for Halo. I believe this product could have been a game changer for the franchise. We loved playing it and working on it was a fantastic experience in spite of its cancelation,” his LinkedIn Profile reads.
It’s anyone’s guess why the Battle Royale mode for Halo Infinite was cancelled, but rumours surrounding the project have been going on for the past couple of years. The Battle Royale’s codename was Project Tatanka, and unfortunately, it’s likely never to see the light of day.
Earlier this month, Halo announced a massive rebrand, including changing the name of 343 Industries to Halo Studios and moving the Halo franchise to Unreal Engine 5.
“If you really break Halo down, there have been two very distinct chapters. Chapter 1 – Bungie. Chapter 2 – 343 Industries,” studio head Pierre Hintze said. “Now, I think we have an audience which is hungry for more. So we’re not just going to try improve the efficiency of development, but change the recipe of how we make Halo games. So, we start a new chapter today.”
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Because a sandbox campaign wasn’t a stupid enough idea on its own.
…Make Halo Worse Any % Speedups.
Former developer for a reason. Thankfully they didn’t get their way. Halo 4, 5 and infinite are a genuine joke. 343 has essentially been gutted and replaced with Halo Studios because 343 failed every step of the way. They have no care or thought process for the fans and just do whatever they feel is good at the time but seems to always miss the mark.