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According to a rumor shared by YouTuber RebsGaming, Halo Infinite 2 was in development at 343 Industries before Microsoft decided to drastically change the franchise's plans. The YouTuber's anonymous source says that right after the release of Halo Infinite (December 2021), 343's campaign team began working on the sequel in the Slipspace Engine. The team reportedly had 'high hopes' for the gameplay improvements that could have been introduced in Halo Infinite 2.

However, plans changed completely when there was a leadership change inside 343 Industries in September 2022. with Bonnie Ross being replaced by Pierre Hintze. The new leadership decided to switch to Unreal Engine for future Halo games and canceled the Halo Infinite 2 project. The team was asked to start learning Unreal Engine 5, which lasted until early 2023 when Microsoft's big round of layoffs hit 343 Industries hard. RebsGaming's source was also affected, so they do not know if the team is still working on a direct sequel to Infinite or not.

Halo Infinite 2 Was in Development with the Slipspace Engine Before the Switch to Unreal Engine 5

According to a rumor, 343 Industries had started working on Halo Infinite 2 with the Slipspace Engine before the decision to switch to UE5.

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[Bloobs]

 

[XXL]

I'm good with this.

Halo on UE5 should be playable in VR with the UEVR mod on PC.

 

[clarky]

Rumor - Extas1s: Halo Infinite 2 was in development using Slipspace engine along with Project Tatanka but got canceled

343 Industries began work on Halo Infinite 2 in the Slipspace engine. Development continued until new leadership took over in late 2022 and that new team decided to switch to Unreal Engine 5, forcing the creative team to transition to the new engine." "Eventually, Microsoft laid off the entire...

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Yeah. Lol. It sounds like they literally wasted a couple of years.

 

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Rumor - Extas1s: Halo Infinite 2 was in development using Slipspace engine along with Project Tatanka but got canceled

343 Industries began work on Halo Infinite 2 in the Slipspace engine. Development continued until new leadership took over in late 2022 and that new team decided to switch to Unreal Engine 5, forcing the creative team to transition to the new engine." "Eventually, Microsoft laid off the entire...

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It didn't come up.

This seems to be a different source.

If the mods want to take it down or leave it up. I'm good either way.

 

[clarky]

It didn't come up.

This seems to be a different source.

If the mods want to take it down or leave it up. I'm good either way.

Rebsgaming? Who? My pooch would probably be a better source for gaming rumours.

 

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Rebsgaming? Who? My pooch would probably be a better source for gaming rumours.

He claims to have spoken with a 343 employee that was let go. Who knows though, but combined with the other thing you posted there seems to be some accuracy to this.

 

[Shin-Ra]

I'm good with this.

Halo on UE5 should be playable in VR with the UEVR mod on PC.

Isn’t the temporal accumulation smearing nauseating in fast-paced UE5 games?

 

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Isn’t the temporal accumulation smearing nauseating in fast-paced UE5 games?

Nothing makes me sick in VR. I'm pretty heavy into VR though.

The only game that had ever made me seriously nauseous was Doom VFR on PSVR 1.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

Yeah. Lol. It sounds like they literally wasted a couple of years.

Yeah, this what I took from it. The whole presentation seemed like a pitch to recruit developers. We are at least 4 years away from any main line Halo

 

[Shin-Ra]

Nothing makes me sick in VR. I'm pretty heavy into VR though.

The only game that had ever made me seriously nauseous was Doom VFR on PSVR 1.

Scavenger's Odyssey in PlayStation VR Worlds set me off within ten minutes but that was more down to the jumping between walls and ceiling than any modern rendering jank.

 

[LordBritish]

good

 

[Crayon]

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[stickkidsam]

Oh noooo the tragedyyyy…

How will I ever move on knowing we could’ve had Infinite 2 oh my god so laaaame…

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

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