What’s Going On With Halo & 343 Industries? | GameSpot Information

In keeping with Halo leaker Bathrobe Spartan–who has a observe report leaking Halo inside information–and translated by Metro, Microsoft’s mass layoffs have hit 343 Industries arduous and can see as much as a 3rd of its workforce laid off. 343 Industries will then tackle a parental function for Halo, overseeing new video games and content material whereas engaged on sustaining the sport’s engine. This is not solely new territory for 343 Industries because it has relied on outdoors assist to develop Halo Infinite’s multiplayer content material (Season 2 is a primary instance of this), however Bathrobe Spartan claims that the deliberate story-based DLC has been scrapped as a consequence of it being thought of not cost-effective beneath 343’s stewardship.

On the flip aspect, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier jumped right into a Reset Period thread concerning the report and stated, “I ran these bullet factors by just a few individuals. Whereas it is true that 343 is concentrated on multiplayer, the stuff about marketing campaign DLC being scrapped is fake (I do not suppose there was a lot of that deliberate within the first place), and a number of that is both fallacious or simply hypothesis.”

GameSpot has contacted Microsoft in an try and get extra particulars, so make certain to test the location for any additional updates.

And talking of updates, the place are the remainder of the large fixes for GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Version. The bundle of video games have damaged freed from the Rockstar Retailer exclusivity and at the moment are out there to buy on Steam. That is nice for Steam Deck homeowners as a result of all three video games are suitable, however not so nice on the similar time as a result of these Steam variations are in the identical tough state the sport has been in for months.