Halo: 343i would not make future games in the series; 2 projects are already on the way

The future of Halo It is still uncertain after the internal problems of 343 Industries and what happened with Halo Infinitea title that fell short of fans’ expectations. According to recent reports, Microsoft will make major changes to the management of the franchise, as it does not want the situation of the most recent game to be repeated.

Spartan Bathrobea well-known informant about the saga, revealed news that will undoubtedly worry some fans of the master Chief and will bring joy to others. According to their sources, 343 Industries will no longer be in charge of developing future games in the series.

Instead, the studio will work solely on pre-production, creating the concept for the games and then overseeing development. On the other hand, it stated that two new projects in the series are already on the way.

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Microsoft no longer relies on 343 Industries for Haloaccording to report

Bathrobe Spartan claimed that Microsoft no longer trusts 343 Industries to build the future of its flagship franchise after what happened with its most recent installments, including Halo InfiniteAs a result, the tech giant reportedly chose to scale back various areas of the study.

The source spoke to current and former 343 Industries employees, who revealed that the company suffered reductions last year and in 2024. It is estimated that went from having 500 employees to less than 280as it lost members of its marketing and internal communications teams, which are now managed by Microsoft.

If 343 Industries is indeed moving away from developing the series, this would imply that future installments will likely be created by other Xbox Game Studios teams or even third-party studiosbut there are no details on this. In recent days, 343 Industries made some interesting hires to reinforce its ranks. If the information is confirmed, then the new team members would focus on initial design and supervision tasks.

Various projects of Halo would already be in development

As if that were not enough, Bathrobe Spartan stated that there are already 2 important projects of the saga in development. It would take a while to know what they are, since they are still in the pre-production phase. Although there are no precise details about them, there have been interesting speculations about them.

One of them is said to be the rumored remake of Halo: Combat Evolved. It is even said that this project will make the saga multiplatform and reach PlayStation. On the other hand, it is speculated that the other game is the next main installment of the saga.

It is mentioned that one of the games will feature a multiplayer mode aimed at a large number of players. Finally, the source spoke about the future of Halo Infinite and stressed what many feared: the game did not meet Microsoft’s expectations.

As such, 343 Industries will supposedly focus on just supporting Forge and completing the development of some new features that were planned a while ago. For now, neither Xbox nor 343 Industries have confirmed this report, so for now it remains a rumor.

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