Progress has been steadily made since the initial Cutting Room Floor blog posts nearly a year ago. The recent update reveals that the team has delved deep into the history of Halo, exploring forgotten folders and uncovering hidden gems from the game’s development process. The upcoming MCC update will showcase the fruits of their labor.
The dedicated team is currently resurrecting new maps using assets salvaged from the early demo builds of Halo: Combat Evolved. Among the new environments in progress are the Underground, a tight 4-8 player corridor created from an unfinished Gearbox Software indoor environment, and Abyss, an arena for 2-4 players that originated as the barebones Dusk arena seen during E3 2000. These previously unseen maps will finally see the light of day after two decades.
