Microsoft has rebranded its Halo studio and announced ambitious plans for the future.
Seemingly out of nowhere, Microsoftannounced a major shakeup for its flagship Halo seriesin early October 2024.
Microsoft also acknowledged some past struggles and pledged a brighter future for the series after Halo Infinite.
What are the new games?
What these games are, however, remains a mystery.
In other words, get comfortable, because they won’t be announced soon.
All of this will take place as Halo Studios works on future projects.
This is not a new game, nor is a tech demo in the traditional sense, Microsoft said.
What platforms are the new Halo games coming to?
Hintze said under the previous model, 343 needed an entire team of staffers to develop and upkeep Slipspace.
Hintze said the expectations of gamers has changed–they want content faster.
Studio art director Chris Matthews said Slipspace was simply not modern enough for its goals.
“Respectfully, some components of Slipspace are almost 25 years old,” he said.
“We should talk about things when we have things to talk about, at scale.
The next step will be talking about the games themselves,” Hintze said.
“Halo Infinite was the last remnant of how we made Halo games in the past.
That was our recipe.
And what we’re doing right now is changing our recipe.”
The new team
Microsoft has installed a new executive leadership team to build the future of Halo.
What happens next?
“That’s what should motivate what we build.
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