Highlights
- Fans are pushing for the revival of the canceled MEGA Bloks Halo game due to the success of LEGO toy-themed video games.
- Support for the canceled game seems strong, with positive feedback from those hearing about it for the first time.
- Some Halo fans are disenchanted with the franchise’s direction, wanting more emphasis on fresh Master Chief adventures instead of the rumored Halo: Combat Evolved remake.
Some fans of the Halo franchise have recently begun to ask for the revival of the canceled game that would have presented the space marine-based shooter in the style of its popular MEGA Bloks toys. Halo and MEGA have a history dating back to 2009, and while there are around 50 building sets based on various Halo games, the planned video game collaboration never made it to release.
Development of the planned Xbox 360 game, which never had an official name and had been under development under the code name “Haggar,” was canceled in 2013. It’s unclear just how long developers at the former n-Space, which was known for its work on games like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and the Skylanders franchise, had been working on it prior to cancelation, but it came back into the spotlight in early 2017 after a video game archivist dug up footage of the cancelled MEGA Bloks Halo game.
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Discussion about the cancelled game has recently sprung up again on Reddit thanks to a post from user npc042, who said they would prefer to play the building block toy-themed version rather than the rumored remaster of Halo: Combat Evolved for PlayStation 5. That report, which came from Tom Warren of The Verge on June 6, states that Microsoft has started plans for a remaster of the first game in the Halo franchise and that it could be in development for PS5. The report also hints that more could be revealed at the Xbox Showcase on June 9.
Halo Fans Seem to Actually Want the MEGA Bloks Game
While the original post may have been a bit of a tounge-in-cheek insult against the direction the Halo franchise is heading, support for reviving development of the canceled game actually seems pretty strong, with a lot of commenters finding out about it for the first time and having positive things to say. Some pointed out the success of MEGA competitor LEGO’s efforts in creating toy-themed games based on other successful IPs, such as Star Wars and Batman. At Summer Game Fest on June 7, Sony revealed LEGO Horizon Adventures, placing Horizon series protagonist Aloy in a new building block-themed adventure.
Even with excitment over the resurfacing of the cancelled game, a lot of Halo fans seem disenchanted with the franchise’s direction under Xbox Game Studios. While Halo Infinite has enjoyed generally favorable user reviews since its launch in 2021, some fans seem to be worried that 343 Industries is being stifled by its publisher, with one noting an ad during Summer Game Fest used footage from Halo Infinite that had been around for years. Another voiced their opinion that Microsoft should be putting more emphasis on Master Chief as a company mascot, contrasting Halo against Nintendo’s reliance on Mario games in establishing brand recognition.