A former member of renowned Texas-based support studio Certain Affinity has confirmed frequent reports the team was working on a battle royale mode for Halo Infinite, calling the cancelled project a potential “game changer”.
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But while Certain Affinity and Microsoft have never publicly confirmed the succession of reports from reliable sources claiming the canned project was a battle royale mode for Halo Infinite, former Certain Affinity design director Mike Clopper – who recently joined Call of Duty studio Raven Software as a design director – has now done just that.
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Since the project’s cancellation at Certain Affinity, Microsoft has announced a third-person mode for Halo Infinite – which is due to arrive next month – and has also shared its future plans for the Halo series.
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One of its most intriguing projects, however, was the frequently rumoured and oft alluded to – but never officially confirmed – Halo-themed battle royale mode.