Layoffs at Microsoft hit 343 industries and Bethesda Games Studios

[Resist]

@MasterGold

I’m expecting for Infinite to be abandoned after season 3 the battle royale will be moved to the next Halo game

Thankfully, this won’t happen.

[Cairnst (Bill Cairns)]

@Cayde4Ever

Doubt we will get an answer for a very long time. I don’t think he ever said he was staying for the long term. However he was bringing in former Bungie talent back into the studio like Paul Bertone, so I think that signaled to everyone that he wasn’t going anywhere. But maybe this was always the plan for him to eventually leave.

A former Halo dev weighed in and said his role was indeed temporary but that he was open to staying longer. I guess he simply decided not to? I certainly don’t think he was forced out. There’s lots of reasons why this COULD be - maybe the role was too stressful, maybe he achieved all he wanted to achieve, maybe he was upset with the layoffs and their impact and wanted to step away, maybe this was just always the plan. We can only guess at this point.

[MasterGold]

@pg2g

That’s be crazy because I don’t think we getting a next Halo game anytime soon. The battle Royale should be pretty far along.

If anything they can release it standalone.

I didn’t even consider that yeah I can see that happening

[Resist]

people really think mass layoffs are something rare in gaming, huh.

also, people will still be lining to work for XGS/MS, and if you think otherwise… you are very naive.

[owl_theory]

If the single player team got hit the hardest, and Staten of all people is out - my feeling is 343 is shifting focus entirely to the multiplayer side of Halo, slipspace, forge, the live service, managing the IP overall. Campaigns become available to other in house studios, Id, MachineGames, InfinityWard, etc. If/when they wanted.

I don’t think MS will ‘force’ anyone to do it again, I don’t think they’d have to. Don’t think we’re gonna get another 343 campaign ever again, but I definitely don’t think Halo is dead in the way people are gonna feel for a while.

[Resist]

@owl_theory

If the single player team got hit the hardest, and Staten of all people is out - my feeling is 343 is shifting focus entirely to the multiplayer side of Halo, slipspace, forge, the live service, managing the IP overall. Campaigns become available to other in house studios, Id, MachineGames, InfinityWard, etc. If/when they wanted.

I don’t think MS will ‘force’ anyone to do it again, I don’t think they’d have to. Don’t think we’re gonna get another 343 campaign ever again, but I definitely don’t think Halo is dead in the way people are gonna feel for a while.

No other MS studio wants to make a Halo campaign. In fact, history shows XGS really don’t like have other IPs pushed on them.

[Cayde4Ever (Cayde)]

@owl_theory

If the single player team got hit the hardest, and Staten of all people is out - my feeling is 343 is shifting focus entirely to the multiplayer side of Halo, slipspace, forge, the live service, managing the IP overall. Campaigns become available to other in house studios, Id, MachineGames, InfinityWard,

I don’t mind this at all. If another team wants to take a shot at Halo, let them

[Sparda3g]

Huh…

I wasn’t aware that Amazon did their layoff today as well, 18,000. I guess this is what happens when you’re in one echo chamber. That’s on me.

[Daniel]

@Mort

I just think they need to split it up. Have all the MP-stuff use Infinite as a platform, and make good Halo SP games (with co-op at launch…) themselves or give it to someone else who can make games without all the things that sunk Infinite like MP, Forge, live service etc. It’s too much to do all of that over and over again every time you make a Halo game.

I’ve been saying this for a while, I think they should do it with Gears as well. There are clearly people who like MP more than SP with both games and the other way around as well. Trying to provide both in a single complete package tied together isn’t a good idea anymore.

[MJ_INC]

Really feel for all the people getting laid off, not just at Microsoft but across all industries as companies prepare for a possible recession. It’s sad to see especially when most of these companies could have kept the people on with a small blip on their balance sheets but they’re beholden to the shareholders who are the owners of these giant corporations

[anon74828371]

We have already checked and learned a lot. We will be able to talk about it shortly.

This may shock the halo community, but know that it is neither positive nor negative.

If we had to summarize, we would say that this cutscene can teach you a lot.

https://twitter.com/BathrobeSpartan/status/1615903745073618944?t=DCb6CN42IiFfgy2LtuWaYg&s=19

For those who are worried: rest assured, this is not (really) the end of halo.

On the other hand, it is the end of a cycle which began 13 years ago, to lead to new things.

Never has this slogan been as fair as today #Hope

https://twitter.com/BathrobeSpartan/status/1615921866803220487?t=bbwDMzWytt81PeLPN3VQ2A&s=19

https://twitter.com/BathrobeSpartan/status/1615923737001328640?t=Z4E4XQx7QOsOrhvuAR1BWw&s=19

https://twitter.com/BathrobeSpartan/status/1615926759211339777?t=BeQ1D5QPisspYjTDnOPnEw&s=19

[proelitedota (Andrew)]

@anon74828371

We have already checked and learned a lot. We will be able to talk about it shortly.

This may shock the #Halo community, but know that it is neither positive nor negative.

If we had to summarize, we would say that this cutscene can teach you a lot.

My guess is that 343i will partner with an external studio for a new game.

[proelitedota (Andrew)]

Jacob Wolf

Yikes. Not a good sign for gaming industry.

[Good_Old_Collingwood]

Late Night Gaming is suggesting that what is happening at 343I is a repositioning to becoming a publisher, publishing Halo games, made by other developers.

What is going on at 343, dude?

[howlingmosquito (mosquito)]

@Good_Old_Collingwood

Late Night Gaming is suggesting that what is happening at 343I is a repositioning to becoming a publisher, publishing Halo games, made by other developers.

What a load of garbage. The studio is 90% of the size it was the day before yesterday.

[Sparda3g]

Klobrille

Klobrille

Klobrille

The squirrel is right.

[Vonterribad (Matt)]

@Good_Old_Collingwood

Late Night Gaming is suggesting that what is happening at 343I is a repositioning to becoming a publisher, publishing Halo games, made by other developers.

Unless they laid off everyone (bar 30 people). I dont see how this is even a potential scenario.

[Sparda3g]

Alanah Pearce

[Opatschi]

@howlingmosquito

So shall we discuss it in 5 years then? In 5 yesrs infinite will be …uh 50 or 60 million players and odds are people will still be calling it a failure.

I verry much doubt that

[Opatschi]

@anon74828371

We have already checked and learned a lot. We will be able to talk about it shortly.

This may shock the #Halo community, but know that it is neither positive nor negative.

If we had to summarize, we would say that this cutscene can teach you a lot.

Gonna be interesting what will happen, gotta a feeling we wont see Halo singleplayer for a very long time…