Understandably, Microsoft was quick to shut this practice down, as well as boot any players from regions other than Russia. One interest footnote about Halo Online is that early in the game’s life, Russian hackers attempted to mod it in order to remove in-game purchases and make it playable in other regions. The announcement notes that players have until August 30th - in other words, Tuesday - to use any remaining in-game currency or redeem rewards. There, a member of the development team wrote “Over the past six months, our colleagues from Microsoft failed to make decisions on the future of the project,” adding that it’s become clear “the current form of the game will not be released.” The cancellation announcement was made on the official Halo Online page on VK, the Russian social network. The game seems to have never gained much popularity, and Microsoft had all but abandoned it for the last six months. It was based on the engine from Halo 3, and only consisted of multiplayer gameplay, while microtransactions allowed players to buy armor and weapon customizations with real money.
Along with Microsoft, Halo Online was the work of developer Saber Interactive (which worked on Halo: The Master Chief Collection) and Russian publisher Innova Systems.
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