Ringster

Ringster was the codename of a cancelled Halo spinoff developed by in collaboration with . Originally beginning development some undisclosed time between late 2017 to early 2018, Ringster was meant to be the Halo franchise's first entry into the genre. It was billed as a cross between the mythos of Halo and the gameplay of , a popular fighting game series. While development started off smoothly with Rare quickly finalising several gameplay elements and mechanics, the game only saw slow progress on its production as Rare was in the middle of multiple projects and found itself unable to meet Microsoft's deadlines. 
After a while, development on Ringster ceased as the game was internally cancelled without a public announcement of its existence. However, several months later, , the studio currently handling , was appointed to restart development and start the project anew. With Rare as co-developer once again and 343 Industries in a supervising role, Iron Galaxy overhauled the game's systems while keeping a few things intact, such as the 'Stamina' Meter and a couple of characters and stages, officially naming the title Halo: Pugilist. Years later, concept art from Ringster surfaced on the internet, prompting fans and journalists to uncover its existence as the abandoned predecessor to Pugilist.
==Development==
:See also: Halo: Pugilist § Cancelled prototype
==Gameplay==
==Legacy==
==Creator's Notes==
*This page was made as an auxiliary to the Pugilist article: because I had one too many ideas about the game's mechanics and input systems, I decided to take one suitable concept and turn it into a cancelled predecessor to Pugilist. Initially I meant to make it a subpage, but I figured it was better off on its own.