Head of Creative for Halo Infinite is leaving 343 to join Xbox Publishing
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343 gonna be stuck doing battlepass cosmetics while Creative Assembly takes over Halo by making a Br spin off.
They moved Staten because this is it… 343 is pretty much done.
Infinite is pretty much cancelled. One of the biggest industry failures of all time.
They moved Staten because this is it… 343 is pretty much done.
Infinite is pretty much cancelled. One of the biggest industry failures of all time.
so management build those trees?
Too bad Microsoft couldn't use that infinite war chest to keep its employees.
This is the big reason why Xbox hasn't been able to compete. They have more IPs, studios, developers, and money than PlayStation, but they don't know how to nurture and care for their talent.
This is the big reason why Xbox hasn't been able to compete. They have more IPs, studios, developers, and money than PlayStation, but they don't know how to nurture and care for their talent.
RIP Ofor3 studios. Not surprised. Hack cover band. This was all earned with incompetence and the result of a talentlesss studio.
Phil Spencer is absolutely terrible at his job. If you ask me, everything indicates that the Series consoles are the very worst Xbox consoles to date. This is their worst generation by far. And honestly… they’re gonna get steamrolled.
Phil NEEDS to be fired. He’s a huge failure.
Phil Spencer is absolutely terrible at his job. If you ask me, everything indicates that the Series consoles are the very worst Xbox consoles to date. This is their worst generation by far. And honestly… they’re gonna get steamrolled.
Phil NEEDS to be fired. He’s a huge failure.
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Microsoft in general has always had high employee churn due to the toxic management culture. It’s hard to develop anything creative when the talent doesn‘t want to stick around for long.
One of the reasons the original Halo was so hacked down from the original demo version was because more than half of the staff at Bungie quit when they were told Microsoft was buying the company!
I know everybody is mad with the changes and layoffs so take his criticism with a bit of salty even if it has some truth behind.
And of course it is about Halo Infinite but any game project that had issues with the leadership (I can even remember Cyberpunk as a recent exemple).
www.eurogamer.net
And of course it is about Halo Infinite but any game project that had issues with the leadership (I can even remember Cyberpunk as a recent exemple).
Ex-Halo Infinite developers criticise "incompetent leadership" at Microsoft
Former 343 Industries employees have taken to social media to criticise Microsoft following a round of layoffs.
www.eurogamer.net
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Head of Creative for Halo Infinite is leaving 343 to join Xbox Publishing
with looking what it is happening, look like ActiBlizz acquisition is make it or break it for them. And it isn't exactly pulling into Make Harbour... Honestly, I think Xbox going the way of the dodo would be the healthiest thing that could happen. Talented devs will land on their feet, overall...
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Head of Creative for Halo Infinite is leaving 343 to join Xbox Publishing
with looking what it is happening, look like ActiBlizz acquisition is make it or break it for them. And it isn't exactly pulling into Make Harbour... Honestly, I think Xbox going the way of the dodo would be the healthiest thing that could happen. Talented devs will land on their feet, overall...
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Oh wow, that is really putting a spotlight on them.
I mean, we all had notions and guessed that it was Microsoft / Project managers or the leadership at MSFT game studios but this confirms it.
The fact that he is working at Respawn and I have great respect for them and their talent, really makes it very solid.
I mean, we all had notions and guessed that it was Microsoft / Project managers or the leadership at MSFT game studios but this confirms it.
The fact that he is working at Respawn and I have great respect for them and their talent, really makes it very solid.
Probably none. Let's say the worst case scenario for MS happens, and they fold Xbox (personally I don't think this is happening; I DO think they're going to reposition Xbox as a computer-centric gaming brand ala Steam Deck or Steam Machines, though. Maybe just a few years from now but internally making some early changes to lean that way harder in a couple years).
They would probably still keep some of their internal development teams and make a lot of what they have multiplatform titles. So they would just go full 3P in that case. If by some freak chance they decided to fold out of gaming altogether, they would just sell their valuable IPs. Flight Sim sold to Asobo, Gears maybe sold back to Epic, Halo & 343i sold to Certain Affinity in some package deal, Forza and Turn 10 & Playground maybe sold to another publisher like Ubisoft or Sega, etc.
The IP wouldn't just disappear.
Likely and would be a good move. 343i clearly aren't equipped to handle the IP responsibly from a creative POV. I'd think Certain Affinity get put on the IP first though; maybe they and iD Software work together on a new Halo and just downscale 343i so they serve as a support studio for bulk content creation (but leave all the creative decision making with Certain Affinity and iD Software members).
Yeah the 10-year plan is absolutely dead. They won't even keep the servers running until 2031 at this rate, there'll barely be anyone playing it (well, there's barely anyone playing it right now but the number would be even lower 5-6 years from now).