{"id":626916,"date":"2023-04-08T09:49:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T14:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/08\/halo-veteran-joseph-staten-is-leaving-microsoft\/"},"modified":"2023-04-08T09:49:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T14:49:32","slug":"halo-veteran-joseph-staten-is-leaving-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/08\/halo-veteran-joseph-staten-is-leaving-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo veteran Joseph Staten is leaving Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article id=\"content\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Halo veteran Joseph Staten is leaving Microsoft<\/h2>\n<p><span><span> \/ <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>A writer and designer on three previous Halo games and Destiny, Staten joined the Infinite team after the game was delayed from its original 2020 release date.<\/h2>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2023-04-08T00:30:25.196Z\"> Apr 8, 2023, 12:30 AM UTC<\/time><span>|<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Share this story<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure><span><span><\/span><img alt=\"Three Spartans are on the battlefield in Halo Infinite.\"   src=\"https:\/\/duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/0x0:1920x1080\/2400x1600\/filters:focal(960x540:961x541):format(webp)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23845823\/CoOp_0.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><cite>Image: 343 Industries<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Joseph Staten, a Bungie veteran who worked on the first three <em>Halo<\/em> games and was brought on to help get <em>Halo Infinite<\/em> over the finish line, is leaving Microsoft, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/joseph-staten-is-leaving-xbox-microsoft-has-confirmed\">the company confirmed to IGN on Friday<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joestaten\/status\/1644501906126176257\">Staten himself confirmed on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHey folks, I am indeed leaving Microsoft,\u201d Staten said. \u201cI\u2019ll have more info to share soon, but for now, I\u2019d just like to thank all my\u00a0@Xbox\u00a0colleagues for all their understanding and support as I embark on a new adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Staten switched from Xbox\u2019s global publishing arm to the <em>Halo Infinite<\/em> development team at 343 Industries <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/8\/27\/21403687\/halo-infinite-bungie-joe-staten-returns-campaign\">in August 2020<\/a>, and by then, the game had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/8\/11\/21363769\/halo-infinite-delay-launch-2021-release-date-xbox-series-x\">already been delayed to 2021<\/a> from its original November 2020 launch date. He helped get <em>Infinite<\/em> out the door <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/12\/6\/22820011\/halo-infinite-campaign-review-xbox-series-x\">in December 2021<\/a>, but the game had some post-launch troubles, including delays of its campaign co-op and Forge modes that meant they didn\u2019t launch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/9\/1\/23332738\/halo-infinite-season-3-delay-forge-launch-november\">until November 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Staten left 343 Industries <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/31\/23579819\/microsoft-layoffs-halo-343-industries-tatanka-unreal-engine\">following layoffs<\/a> at the studio to rejoin Xbox\u2019s publishing division. Now, he\u2019s leaving Microsoft altogether. <\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Update April 7th, 10:01PM ET<\/strong>: Added tweet from Staten.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/4\/7\/23674958\/joe-staten-halo-infinite-destiny-microsoft-bungie\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Jay Peters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halo veteran Joseph Staten is leaving Microsoft \/ A writer and designer on three previous Halo games and Destiny, Staten joined the Infinite team after the game was delayed from its original 2020 release date. Apr 8, 2023, 12:30 AM UTC|Share this storyImage: 343 IndustriesJoseph Staten, a Bungie veteran who worked on the first three<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":626917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22401,46,4744],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-626916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-joseph","8":"category-technology","9":"category-veteran"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626916","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=626916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}