More evidence suggesting a Halo game will release on PlayStation has appeared, and it doesn’t seem to be Halo Infinite.
This story actually begins back in June when Grunt.api claimed to have found evidence pointing toward some sort of Halo release on PlayStation. Grunt.api is a Halo dataminer with access to the Halo API (Application Programming Interface) which allows him to reliably report on unreleased information.
Known Halo insider Rebs Gaming has now released a short follow-up video, claiming to have talked to Grunt.api about exactly what he found.
According to Grunt.api, via Rebs Gaming, a brand new, unannounced Halo title with PlayStation computability is currently listed in the API.
Both Rebs Gaming and Grunt.api believe it to be Project Ekur from developer Certain Affinity, a game that Rebs Gaming previously leaked, describing it as a rebranded version of Halo Infinite’s cancelled battle-royale mode. According to Rebs Gaming, 343 (now Halo Studios) canned the idea when they decided to move to Unreal. Somewhere along the line, Certain Affinity took up the project, and some sources claim it may have even been turned into an extraction shooter.
Coming back to the latest reporting, the mystery Halo game has apparently been linked internally to PlayFab, a part of the Microsoft Azue system designed help enable cross-platform gaming, among other things.
Spotted alongside the Halo title was a beta file, with no other details.
Grunt.api is speculating that there’s either two full Halo games coming, or that the first title is a Beta for Project Ekur and that the second title is the full game.
The reporting gets fuzzy here, because Rebs Gaming’s breakdown and his speech make it tricky to discern if two Halo titles plus a beta have not been spotted, or just one Halo title and a beta. Have a listen for yourselves, because I was getting a little confused.
Although small, Rebs Gaming is a trusted source within the Halo community.
If there is indeed more than one Halo title in the API, it could be the heavy-rumoured remake of Halo: Combat Evolved. We’ve also heard claims that Microsoft intends on bringing the Halo: The Master Chief Collection to both PlayStation and Switch.
Whatever this ends up being, we will likely know by the end of the year as the Halo World Championships are scheduled for October, a perfect place to reveal a Halo spinoff game or remake. Halo Studios themselves also stated that they intend on showing off what they’ve been working on at the event, and have publically stated they are working on multiple Halo projects.