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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.

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 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.

Halo Infinite Season 5: Reckoning will include a lot of new features, including two new multiplayer maps, a new version of Halo 4's extraction mode, a way to add AI enemies in Forge maps, and more.

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.

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 is finally starting to offer three-month seasons for Halo Infinite, and kicking things off is Echoes Within with three new maps, an expanded community map playlist, and more.

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.

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.

343 Industries has delivered a custom game browser to Halo Infinite, letting players find and join Forge rounds much more easily. Free armor cores, a map from Halo 3, and more are here too.

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.

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.

343 Industries today revealed a November launch for some of the most major features such as campaign co-op and Forge beta. Unfortunately, plans for including split-screen co-op have been scrapped.

343 Industries has kicked off the cooperative play test for Halo Infinite, offering PC and Xbox players access to the feature for two weeks. The level select feature is also a part of this flight.

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.

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 is preparing its first 'Drop Pod' update for Halo Infinite, which should land sometime next week carrying significant Ranked playlist matchmaking changes as its biggest feature.

Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries is rolling out some major updates to the game and will roll back fixes that addressed skill jumps. The developers are basically reintroducing glitches.

Season 2 of Halo Infinite is finally here, with 343 bringing the free-to-play multiplayer a much-needed content injection in the form of new maps, modes, a 100-tier battle pass, and more.

343 Industries has extended the length of Halo Infinite Season 2, giving it also a six-month schedule. Unfortunately, campaign co-op launch plans have suffered again following this change.

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.

343 Industries today showcased the two new maps launching with the second season of Halo Infinite. Catalyst comes in as an Arena experience while Breaker is a Big Team Battle map with dynamic events.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection gets a major update today delivering the Flood to Halo ODST alongside various improvements, campaign cross-play between Xbox and PC, better mod tools, and much more.

According to Paramount, the newly-released Halo show has had the biggest debut ever on its streaming service. The previous record was held by 1883, which is a spin-off of Yellowstone.

Today, Paramount+ released another trailer for the upcoming Halo show. The video tells us a little more about the story and gives us a better look at the other characters in the series.

343 Industries today gave an update on the content incoming to Halo Infinite with Season 2, which includes new maps and modes but not the cooperative play feature for the campaign, at least at launch.

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.

Halo Infinite is getting a ranking update that should match players better depending on their skill level. The team has been working on these changes since the game launched in December 2021.

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.

343 Industries has pushed out a small update for Halo Infinite that finally resolves the Big Team Battle matchmaking issues, letting Xbox and PC players jump back into the 12 versus 12 arenas.

In a recent panel, Paramount Plus said that it plans on producing multiple seasons of the Halo show. However, it all depends on how the project's received by fans and critics, and if it's renewed.