{"id":600469,"date":"2023-01-23T10:46:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/23\/343-industries-will-continue-making-halo-games-following-microsoft-layoffs\/"},"modified":"2023-01-23T10:46:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:46:58","slug":"343-industries-will-continue-making-halo-games-following-microsoft-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/23\/343-industries-will-continue-making-halo-games-following-microsoft-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"343 Industries will continue making Halo games following Microsoft layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2007029\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2023-01-23T11:46:58-05:00\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2023-01-23T11:46:58-05:00\"><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"content-container\">\n<p><span>Last week, Microsoft revealed it would lay off roughly 10,000 employees \u2013 including developers at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2023\/01\/microsoft-layoffs-343-industries-bethesda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Bethesda and 343 Industries<\/span><\/a><span>. Despite that, it seems the latter will continue working on the <\/span><i><span>Halo <\/span><\/i><span>series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Immediately following the layoffs, there was a great deal of speculation that 343 Industries, in particular, might not be responsible for developing Halo games anymore. In response, the studio released an official statement on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHalo and Master Chief are here to stay,\u201d Pierre Hintze, studio head, said <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Halo\/status\/1616918614254157828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>on Twitter<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201c343 Industries will continue to develop Halo now and in the future, including epic stories, multiplayer, and more of what makes Halo great.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/03Xm3a9s59\">pic.twitter.com\/03Xm3a9s59<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Halo (@Halo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Halo\/status\/1616918614254157828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>2022 was a particularly rough year for the Halo franchise. While the initial reception for <em>Halo Infinite<\/em> was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2021\/12\/halo-infinite-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>pretty positive<\/span><\/a><span>, post-launch support has been coming out at a snail\u2019s pace \u2013 upsetting most fans. For example, while online co-op did eventually release, the split-screen iteration was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2022\/09\/halo-infinites-split-screen-co-op-mode-has-been-canceled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>outright canceled<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Similarly, Paramount\u2019s <\/span><i><span>Halo <\/span><\/i><span>TV series has been the subject of much ridicule. Whether it\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/lists\/halo-master-chief-butt-reaction-fans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Master Chief\u2019s live-action butt<\/span><\/a><span> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/lists\/halo-fans-live-action-cortana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Cortana\u2019s new look<\/span><\/a><span> \u2013 fans weren\u2019t too keen on the adaptation. However, the series is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2022\/02\/paramount-halo-tv-series-second-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>getting a second season<\/span><\/a><span> and was the most <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thegameawards\/status\/1612311682961006592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>popular show on Paramount Plus<\/span><\/a><span> last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Written by Kyl<\/i><i>e Campbell on behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/glhf.gg\/\">GLHF<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2023\/01\/microsoft-layoffs-343-industries-halo\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Kyle Campbell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Microsoft revealed it would lay off roughly 10,000 employees \u2013 including developers at Bethesda and 343 Industries. Despite that, it seems the latter will continue working on the Halo series. Immediately following the layoffs, there was a great deal of speculation that 343 Industries, in particular, might not be responsible for developing Halo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":600470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[534,37597,1510],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-600469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-financial","8":"category-industries","9":"category-making"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}