June 19 in the United States is celebrated Juneteenth or the Day of the Liberation of slaves. The creators of Halo Infinite decided to celebrate the event and added a new coloring to the game on the eve of the holiday. That’s just its name was very disliked by gamers.
343 Industries has released cosmetics under the name Bonobo — this is the name of the species of great apes. Some users considered it a racist insult and immediately started complaining about the developers on social networks. After 25 minutes, the studio changed its name to Freedom, and then hurried to apologize and explain that a big mistake had occurred.
According to the community manager of Halo Infinite, the word Bonobo refers to a set of tools used by developers, and should not have surfaced in the game.