Long-rumoured Halo battle royale reportedly cancelled

While Halo Infinite may not have been the grand revival that Microsoft were hoping for the franchise, series co-developer Certain Affinity looked to be prepping to offer their own take on the franchise with a battle royale game. Though never officially announced, the long-in-development title has now reportedly been cancelled.

According to trusted leaker Shpeshal_Nick, Project Tatanka (as it was known) has been cancelled, with the industry insider – alongside his co-hosts –  making the claim via their XboxEra podcast.

For the uninitiated, Project Tatanka was being developed by Halo series co-developer Certain Affinity, with work on the game beginning as far back as 2020. Though it was never officially announced, its existence was all-but-confirmed multiple times over the years by the studio itself.

Even at the time of the initial leak, the battle royale genre was far past its peak, and while the genre’s popularity has ebbed and flowed since it is possible that Microsoft deemed a BR game tied to Hale Infinite specifically to be unsustainable.

With Project Tatanka now no longer happening, the future for Halo is even less certain. Of course, another Halo game is inevitably on its way, but what exactly it will be is a mystery for now.

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