{"id":41832,"date":"2017-01-09T08:29:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T16:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=41832"},"modified":"2017-01-09T08:29:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T16:29:33","slug":"halo-mega-bloks-game-youll-never-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2017\/01\/09\/halo-mega-bloks-game-youll-never-play\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the Halo Mega Bloks game you&#8217;ll never play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At some point in 2013, n-Space, the journeyman game developers responsible for a ton of licensed Nintendo ports of third-party titles, was secretly hard at work on an Xbox 360 game based on the Halo Mega Bloks property. This <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VZB8d11d9go\">video<\/a> from Andrew Borman of PtoPOnline shows how far along the project was before it was cancelled. Codenamed &#8220;Haggar&#8221; while in development, the Halo Mega Bloks game would&#8217;ve been a knock-off of the popular Lego games from Traveller&#8217;s Tales, but with the addition of Halo&#8217;s campaign structure and a cooperative multiplayer horde mode. Unfortunately for fans of Master Chief and low-budget brick building, the game would never make it past the final hurdle. Development ended when Microsoft&#8217;s focus shifted from the Xbox 360 to the Xbox One.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2016, n-Space was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Polygoblin\/status\/714883799075713024\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">shuttered<\/a> after 21 years in the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At some point in 2013, n-Space, the journeyman game developers responsible for a ton of licensed Nintendo ports of third-party titles, was secretly hard at work on an Xbox 360 game based on the Halo Mega Bloks property. 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