It appears like Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries may be abandoning its customized Slipspace Engine for Unreal Engine.

This comes from journalist Jeremy Penter (thanks VGC), who wrote yesterday (October 2), “I can solely affirm that many sources are saying this and really clear that it is already been determined and Halo is for certain switching to Unreal. I really feel prefer it’s time for different switches behind the scenes together with individuals leaving and their previous issues. Unreal is a good selection.”

It’s not unusual for builders to change engines in the event that they discover it is not working significantly nicely, like when Kingdom Hearts 3 switched from Square Enix’s fairly at-the-time damaged Luminous Engine to Unreal Engine 4. The awkward factor is that this engine was meant to energy the way forward for the Halo collection, which if the experiences are true, clearly is not one thing will probably be doing.

Halo Infinite clearly had fairly a rocky time, having been delayed by over a yr, arriving final yr with lacking modes and options equivalent to marketing campaign co-op and the Forge. A roadmap has outlined the arrival of the Forge and marketing campaign co-op for this November, however even that comes with the caveat that split-screen co-op has been cancelled, a staple of the collection.

Infinite did have the largest launch within the collection’ historical past, however the inconsistent updates have annoyed gamers, and quite a few employees exits additionally would not have carried out any favours for the group’s workflow.

There are rumours {that a} battle royale venture is within the works at Halo assist developer Certain Affinity, however who is aware of if that will likely be sufficient to revive gamers religion within the on-line Halo scene. These rumours have not talked about whether or not this supposed venture will likely be developed in Slipspace or not, however with 343’s supposed transfer to Unreal, it is probably the engine will likely be left behind for future Halo tasks.