‘Halo’ Is Reportedly Threatening To Make An Extraction Shooter

InnovationGaming‘Halo’ Is Reportedly Threatening To Make An Extraction ShooterByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorApr 23, 2026, 10:21am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Halo Infinite343Xbox may have been reviving, or attempting to revive, big franchises like Fable and Perfect Dark (RIP) or returning with more Gears of War. But Halo has remained on ice outside of multiplayer updates since Infinite launched in 2021, and while 343 (now “Halo Studios”) is working on future projects, one newly reported one is raising eyebrows.This comes from reliable insider Mr. Rebs, who previously said that a Halo Battle Royale, which tied into the Infinite campaign narrative, was canceled in order to focus on the next Halo game. His latest report says that instead of a battle royale, which is supposed to be an “oversaturated” genre, now, it’s moving onto another genre that is…quickly becoming oversaturated: An extraction shooter.Tatanka, the codename for the battle royale shooter, is/was turned into a PvE extraction shooter way back when. Confirming this as definitely the next Halo multiplayer game coming is difficult because Rebs says many of his sources were laid off, but this was the plan at least as of late 2023, and they say it’s still supposed to be the next multiplayer project. However, one report says that this game/mode may be absorbed into the next mainline Halo game to operate as a multiplayer mode there. The idea could be a split like COD with traditional multiplayer and a battle royale.Just the mere mention of a new game being an extraction shooter has already become somewhat exhausting, as the success of just a few titles is being chased as part of a new trend, where trend-chasing often leads to dead or dying projects. Here, a PvE extr...