Last week, content creator Rebs Gaming claimed that several current and former employees had made allegations of mismanagement and abuse against Halo Studios head Pierre Hintze, which was later corroborated by Windows Central senior editor Jez Corden.
In a new video, Rebs expanded on his original report, discussing the ongoing turmoil at Halo Studios and the uncertainty over the future of the franchise. Supposedly, the original plan was to launch three games in three years — Campaign Evolved, Project Ekur, and a new campaign.
However, Rebs alleged that Ekur and the new campaign were canceled, as focus shifted to getting Campaign Evolved back on track. “Handling multiple projects at once proved to be too difficult for leadership,” he explained.
Rebs claimed that Ekur originally began as a battle royale game, which was then turned into an extraction shooter, and then reverted back to a battle royale. Allegedly, “leadership never planned to release Ekur with classic multiplayer modes,” despite the team pushing for an arena component, while “development was a mess and the project was behind schedule." Rebs even said that the team was anticipating major crunch to prepare it for the upcoming Halo Fest.
“Development of the next main campaign was...
