“While we are humbled and inspired to see the amount of passion poured into this project, the fact remains that it’s built upon Microsoft-owned assets that were never lawfully released or authorized for this purpose,” 343 Industries said. The recent release of the ElDewrito mod’s 0.6 update caught the attention of Microsoft - thanks to its popularity with players - and the company similarly clamped down, but with a slightly different tack.
The game was put on hold, but “ended up in the wild beyond its intended audience and official scope.” Microsoft issued DMCA takedown notices in an attempt to scrub Halo Online’s unofficial spread across the internet. The creators of the mod, known as ElDewrito, have stopped active development on the project after Microsoft contacted the team, according to posts from 343 Industries and ElDewrito’s creators.Īs 343 Industries says in a post on Halo Waypoint, Halo Online was developed for the Russian market in conjunction with studio Sabre Interactive.
Microsoft and Halo developer 343 Industries have intervened in the development of a community-made mod for Halo Online, a free-to-play PC game based on Halo 3, over concerns that the project violates Microsoft’s intellectual property.
