Whereas Halo Studios has already confirmed that it has an announcement slated for October 24’s Halo World Championship occasion, Grasp Chief’s voice actor, Steve Downes, has now additionally taken to social media to additionally tease that there’s some huge information coming. In his put up, Downes additionally celebrated voice actor Jen Taylor’s work as in-game AI Cortana with a T-shirt, whereas additionally confirming that each of them will likely be on the HaloWC occasion.
“Repped for our woman, [Jen Taylor], in Chicago this previous weekend,” wrote Downes. “Jen and I can’t wait to see you guys on the Halo World Championships in Seattle, October 24 & 25! PS: BIG NEWS A’COMIN!!”
Halo Studios had already confirmed that will probably be celebrating the primary anniversary of its rebrand from when it switched from being referred to as 343 Industries on the upcoming occasion with a brand new announcement. The studio famous that will probably be sharing extra particulars about what it has been engaged on within the meantime, together with providing a “deep dive” panel.
“Again in June we let the neighborhood know that we’d be persevering with the dialog from final 12 months’s HaloWC and the ‘A New Daybreak’ video and sharing extra about what we’ve been engaged on,” wrote wrote the studio. “Like final 12 months we’ll be on the Foremost Stage to speak about it however this 12 months we’ve additionally obtained a ‘deep dive’ panel deliberate for the Group Stage that you just gained’t need to miss.”
The announcement is anticipated to be for a remake of the unique Halo: Fight Developed, which had first come out all the way in which again in 2001 on PC and the unique Xbox. A report from earlier this month has indicated that the remake, being co-developed by a studio underneath the Virtuos banner, will likely be just like what we noticed with The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered. Which means that the remake will reportedly use a “hybrid engine”, with new visuals and gameplay components developed in Unreal Engine 5 or one other trendy sport engine on high of the core sport that can nonetheless use its authentic engine underneath the hood.
Different rumours from earlier this 12 months have additionally indicated that the remake will strictly be for the marketing campaign itself, with aggressive multiplayer being utterly absent. The identical stories indicated that, together with a remake of the unique Halo, Halo Studios can be engaged on a multiplayer challenge dubbed Ekur, which will likely be a battle royale sport.
Whereas the studio may be near unveiling its subsequent main launch, it has additionally been seemingly going by some inner troubles. A hearsay from final week has indicated that there are management points at Halo Studios, which finally led to the departure of artwork director Glenn Israel. In a put up asserting his departure from the studio, Israel wrote about solely with the ability to reveal extra particulars about his time on the firm “in its entirety when it’s completely secure to take action subsequent 12 months.”
In order for you some Halo in your life within the meantime, you possibly can take a look at the Halo 3: ODST weapons that have been added to co-op shooter Helldivers 2 as a part of a crossover Legendary Warbond.
