Halo's Unannounced Battle Royale Game Has Reportedly Been Cancelled

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Halo's long-rumoured unannounced Battle Royale game from Certain Affinity, codenamed Project Tatanka, has reportedly been cancelled before it could ever be revealed.

Although Halo Infinite has certainly made a big comeback compared to the underwhelming state that it originally launched in, it's fair to say that it's been a pretty rough time for the series over the past few years. That wasn't the case a few years back, however, as there were previously several promising Halo projects in the works that have we've heard barely anything of in recent years.

One such unannounced project was a Battle Royale game set in the Halo universe from Certain Affinity, who helped develop Halo Infinite. The unrevealed game was called Project Tatanka and was first reported on as far back as April 2022. Last year, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier even reported on the project, saying that it had evolved "in different directions" after starting out as a Battle Royale game.

Tatanka is also the name of a WWE wrestler who won a 40-man battle royale match, which is what filled speculation that the project was a Battle Royale of some kind.

We've not heard anything about Project Tatanka or the future of the Halo series in quite some time, but it seems that there might be some bad news for anyone who was hoping for a Spartan-focused Battle Royale. As shared on the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit, gaming insider Shpeshal_Nick recently talked about the game during an episode of the XboxEra podcast, and claimed that it has been cancelled.

During the podcast, Shpeshal_Nick brings up the rumour and reports that insider ColtEastwood has claimed that the project has been shelved, something that he then confirms is something that he and the other hosts of the