There seems to have been some strong rumours going around recently suggesting that Xbox studio 343 Industries was moving towards an 'overseer' role for future Halo games - hinting that they'd no longer be the series' core developer. Well, a number of sources have now come out to shut down those rumours, including a comment from 343's own community manager.
As you can see down below, 343 community manager John Junyszek has responded to Jez Corden's rumour shutdown on social media. Junyszek says that the noise around Halo has "always been wild out there", while Corden categorically says that the rumours are "false".
Elsewhere, a Halo Infinite leaks account has also supported the denial of these rumours. The page, which gathers up Halo news and has a decent online following, says that it doesn't know "why anyone believed 343i would become more of a 'publisher' role" for the future of Halo - adding that the team "will be the primary dev on main line Halo titles going forward".
In recent months, we've had various hints that 343 is well on its way towards building a new Halo game. One former 343 dev was found to have been working on an unannounced Halo project between April 2022 and March 2023 before they left, while a new art director joined the team earlier this year to lead "a very exciting new era" for the Halo franchise.
Are you excited for the follow-up to Halo Infinite? Tell us what you want 343 to do down below!
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Three comments in and all of us are on the same page? Neat.
Having not grown up with Halo, and only getting into the series about half a year before Infinite released, and as such not having quite an emotional connection to the Bungie games as some, I feel pretty strongly that for as much as Halo Infinite has good gameplay, in trying to appeal to the “twitch shooter” market (CoD, Apex, Destiny), 343i seems to have lost some indescribable thing that made the original trilogy great.
343 has created an amazing game in halo infinite. They deserve to continue with halo.
Halo going to anyone else, even bungie, sounds awful to me.
Sorry to spoil your fun to the first three but I'm not in agreement. Halo Infinite is a great game and up there with some of the best Halo gameplay. The multiplayer did take way too long to get the content ball rolling which was their biggest mistake. I understand the money people didn't wait any longer as the game reportedly cost 500 million to make but hopefully going forward, they will be able to release when it is ready. It is not the early days of live service where you could release barebones and build up over time, there is simply too much competition now for people's time.
343i is horrible company. I'd outsource from them too. No doubt get better product. 343i just a toxic, unintelligible, chaotic, no direction trash bin. Their fourm mods and management truly hurt the franchise.
@Mustoe halo Infinite is one of the best multiplayer shooters available. It has a permanent spot on my series x and pc. My favorite halo. Awesome game.
@Mustoe certainly my favorite fps multiplayer. I can't name one better.
Hm it would have been exciting to hear what is going on inside 343. Will keep my eyes open for more details.
Well, that's unfortunate.
That's a shame. For a brief moment, there was a false ray of hope for the Halo franchise.
Seeing Halo was not going to be defiled by 343 next title was the best news halo related in forever. 343 is by far thee most incompetent developer and needs to be invested for what they did to the legacy of halo. They should be ashamed of this product and Microsoft should reconsider keeping them on payroll. Biggest hiest I've seen all my life.
Oh thank goodness. Halo is still in good hands for over a decade then, with Killzone 2 still beating ANYTHING 343i has made on Metacritic (go on, look it up).
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