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An unannounced project by 343 Industries and Certain Affinity to make a Halo battle royale game has reportedly been recently canceled, according to new rumors from noted Xbox game leakers.

The final trailer for season 2 of the Halo TV series shows a ton of action, and hints greatly that the season will depict one of the Halo game series' biggest events, the fall of Reach.

Microsoft's 343 Industries has announced a partnership with Mantic Games that will result in a tabletop board game based on the Halo video game franchise scheduled to launch in September 2024.

343 Industries has revealed plans to add a new gameplay mode to Halo: Infinite. The Firefight: King of the Hill mode will let players fight waves of enemies on a hill that needs to be captured.

The first trailer for the second season of the Halo live action TV series has dropped. It also confirms that Second 2 will debut on the Paramount+ streaming service on Feb. 4, 2024.

Well before the making of a Halo live-action TV series, Microsoft tried to make a Halo big-budget feature film, and recruited talent like Peter Jackson, Alex Garland, and others. It later fell apart.

Paramount+ has added the entire 9-episode first season of the Halo live-action TV series to its YouTube channel, letting people in the US watch the show for free for the first time.

343 Industries will launch the first of its new Operations content updates for Halo: Infinite later today. The launch, called Combined Arms, will include a Halo 3 multiplayer map playlist.

343 Industries has revealed more info on the upcoming updates to Halo Infinite's Forge map editor, allowing users to put in AI enemies in multiplayer maps for the first time for a PvE experience.

343 Industries has revealed some new info, and a new trailer, on Extraction, the new gameplay mode that will be added as part of the Season 5 update for the sci-fi shooter Halo Infinite.

Ubisoft has brought Master Chief from Halo over to its tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege in its latest cross-over update. The pricey Elite Bundle takes over the hammer-wielding Sledge.

The 3/4 scale version of Microsoft's Xbox 360 console and controller includes a removable hard drive, working lights, and removable side panels. It's available for preorder for $149.99 at Target.

Among the updates for the PC Halo game collection will be adding join-in-progress support for Firefight Mode, Theater mode for Halo 4's campaign and Spartan Ops, and new mod content.

The popular wave-defense mode of Halo, Firefight, may be incoming to the free-to-play multiplayer portion of Halo Infinite soon. Leaks show integration with the Forge level editor as well.

The popular Infection Mode returns for Season 4 of Microsoft's Xbox and PC game Halo Infinite, along with some new multiplayer maps, some new custom skins for weapons and more content.

The sci-fi movie The Island had big Microsoft product placements, including one where the company predicted we would have phone booth-like structures to search the net with MSN Search.

Amazon announces the closure of its Halo fitness division less than three years after its launch. The Seattle-based company is also discontinuing support for all Halo products and services.

Frank O'Connor, who has worked at Microsoft as the Creative Director of the Halo game franchise since December 2003, looks like he has quietly left the company if his LinkedIn page is accurate

Joseph Staten, who also worked on the first three Halo games as well as Destiny for Bungie, confirmed late on Friday he was leaving Microsoft but didn't say what he will be doing next.

343 Industries has delivered an exciting update to Halo: The Master Chief Collection, enabling Steam Deck owners to finally access online multiplayer features. There are some known issues though.

343 Industries had reportedly lost almost 100 developers in the latest layoffs round of Microsoft. Going forward, the shooter franchise is said to be switching to Unreal Engine and ditching Slipspace.

Our latest edition of Microsoft Weekly unpacks news about Microsoft's declining revenues in consumer categories, some Windows 11 updates, bugs, and fixes, and a bunch of app enhancements.

Halo studio 343 Industries was the center of rumors this week saying the shooter franchise's development will be moved to other studios, but an official announcement has dispelled these reports.

Halo Infinite has finally received the long-time-coming features campaign co-op and Forge editor modes. The massive Winter Update carrying the new additions is now available across PC and Xbox.

Microsoft recently revealed the Deals with Gold for this week and titles from the Halo and Mafia franchises have been heavily discounted. There are many other surprises in there too.

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is jampacked with news related to Patch Tuesday updates and patches in general, Insider builds, and a rather unconventional Teams ringtone, among other items.

343 Industries founder and studio head Bonnie Ross is leaving the company after almost a 30-year stay at Microsoft's gaming division. Pierre Hintze is taking over the studio head role.

The much-awaited campaign cooperative play feature for Halo Infinite is almost here. 343 Industries has now shared exactly how will the four-player system will work in the open world of Zeta Halo.

Mediatonic has kicked off the first Fall Guys event following the battle royale platformer's free-to-play transition, and it's Halo themed. A new bombastic playlist, costumes, and more are now here.

343 Industries is working on implementing a system for directly purchasing Season Points, the currency used in The Exchange in-game shop for claiming cosmetic items in the Master Chief Collection.

343 Industries today gave an extended preview of the upcoming three modes to Halo Infinite multiplayer: King of the Hill, Land Grab, and Last Spartan Standing. All three land with Season 2.

Yesterday, original Halo composer Marty O'Donnell confirmed that he, Mike Salvatori, and Microsoft have resolved their legal differences and now he can share certain music again on YouTube.

In a recent interview between IGN and 343 Industries, the developer revealed that the upcoming Halo show will reveal Master Chief's face. According to a producer, it's an important part of the story.

343 Industries is planning to release a Mid-Season Update to Halo Infinite next week. It will carry a range of bug fixes, performance boosts, motion tracker range improvements in BTB, and more.

Today, Paramount + announced that the soon-to-be-released Halo show was renewed for a second season. This should give the creators more leeway to expand the stories they want to tell.

A new report by Eurogamer says that original Halo composers Marty O'Donnell and Mike Salvatori want to block the Halo show from launching until Microsoft offers them “clarity” over some Halo songs.

Microsoft has made available its Valentine's Day-themed merchandise on its Xbox Gear Shop. Prices range from $4.99 to $44.99 and includes t-shirts, mugs, cushions, throw blankets, and stickers.

Today, Paramount+ revealed that the long-awaited Halo show — that takes place in an alternate timeline with major plot changes — will premiere exclusively on the streaming service on March 24, 2022.