Microsoft has confirmed that Halo developer 343 Industries has been renamed Halo Studios, with “a number of” new video games within the works.
The announcement occurred Sunday (October 6) throughout the Halo World Championship event, with the newly christened Halo Studios additionally exhibiting a video of what it had been engaged on.
The six-minute New Daybreak video options various Halo-inspired places, created utilizing superior recreation engine Unreal 5, in addition to interviews with senior builders. “I believe followers are going to be enthusiastic about the way forward for Halo due to the chances which might be afforded us by utilizing Unreal,” defined lead animator Marcellis Wentz.
2021’s Halo Infinite was developed utilizing 343’s personal Slipspace Engine, which reportedly prompted various delays. “We’re coming into the subsequent chapter of the franchise and altering the recipe for a way we make Halo video games,” reads a press release from Halo Studios, who additionally confirmed “a number of Unreal-engine tasks [are] in improvement”.
Nonetheless, it is likely to be some time earlier than followers get to listen to about them. “One of many issues I actually needed to get away from was the continued teasing out of prospects and ‘must-haves’. We must always do extra and say much less,” stated studio head Pierre Hintze (through VGC). “For me, I actually assume it is necessary that we proceed the posture which we have now proper now in the case of our franchise – the extent of humility, the extent of servitude in the direction of Halo followers.”
“We must always speak about issues when we have now issues to speak about, at scale. At the moment, it’s step one – we need to clarify our plans to Halo followers, and appeal to new, passionate builders to our staff. The following step will likely be speaking concerning the video games themselves,” he added.
Earlier this 12 months it was confirmed that Paramount’s Halo TV collection had been cancelled after two seasons. The undertaking was first introduced in 2013, however solely made it to air in 2022. In accordance with studies, Xbox and 343 Industries had been attempting to get the present picked up by one other platform. “We stay dedicated to broadening the universe in several methods sooner or later,” 343 Industries stated in a press release, nevertheless it isn’t clear if that’s nonetheless the case following the rebrand.
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