Despite losing an undisclosed number of developers as part of the Microsoft layoffs, 343 declared it will continue to deliver 'more of what makes Halo great.'
The same day as the layoffs, former 343 developer Patric Wren and contractor Nicholas Birdfor its direction on Halo Infinite and treatment of contracted workers, who were limited by Microsoft to 18-month stints at the company with mandatory six-month breaks in employment.Halo Infinite unfortunately had a rough 2022
, with a slow pace of multiplayer updates and significant delays on features like Forge and campaign co-op. Even with Hintze's public assurance, Halo was already in a bad place before 343 took this hit, to say nothing of the human cost of so many workers having their lives upended.Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors.
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