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• Glenn Israel who was an art director at 343 since 2010 and was also part of Bungie before that has left Halo Studios with a pretty ominous message about not trading away dignity, ethics or values and taking "evidence when necessary." Glenn's post said he can't share his story until it's "safe to do so" next year.
• Rebs says he can confirm Halo Studios has leadership issues, but he can't share information at this time until his sources allow him to do so.
• Of the 9 people listed in the Art Team section of Halo Infinite's credits, only one remains
• Rebs fears that something bad is brewing at Halo Studios
• The rest of the video mainly recaps the things we've already heard recently about the turmoil and departures at Halo Studios

 

[PurePlatinum]

You mean changing the name of the studio didn't fix the issues that have been plaguing it for 15 years?

 

[Sgt.Asher]

You don't say...

 

[Embearded]

How hard is it to locate the people behind these situations and give them the boot?

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Wow what hard hitting journalism. Fucking hell.

 

[OLED_Gamer]

Xbox as a whole has a leadership issue.

 

[Killer8]

Put me in charge, i'll fix all of it.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

Why is this a rumor?

We all know it, and we also know that the remake will suck ass and will follow whatever is trending

 

[rkofan87]

and water is wet.

 

[diffusionx]

Just shut down the studio and try again in a decade.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Just shut down the studio and try again in a decade.

My take as well. Put the IP on the shelf for at least a decade or more.
Maybe release a documentary about how badly a studio can handle an IP. Who what where when why of the things that went wrong.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

wait?! she/her left?!?!! Very interesting

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Just shut down the studio and try again in a decade.

i wonder if the reveal is test.

 

[Bernardougf]

Its this news ? Its like saying Xbox has leadership issues.. everyone knows

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Its shutting down, MS holds the IP and will just farm it out to 3rd parties. No reason for them to pay salaries or offer benefits when you got places like Virtuos to worry about that.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Maybe they'll license the Halo IP to Bungie

 

[Zacfoldor]

 

[RetroGamingUK]

 

[alphachino]

 

[MiguelItUp]

I mean, they've had all kinds of issues for a long, long time now and it was extremely apparent. Still is.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Y'know, it's pretty fun to fire up an old game from the series - the original version, not whatever 343 did to it - and just enjoy the thing. Just ignore the last decade and a half of slop. It's a dead franchise and I think it's time for people to make their peace with that.

 

[Walliwallipaloo]

Y'know, it's pretty fun to fire up an old game from the series - the original version, not whatever 343 did to it - and just enjoy the thing. Just ignore the last decade and a half of slop. It's a dead franchise and I think it's time for people to make their peace with that.

My wife and I literally teared up watching crowbcat's video on the death of Halo.

But yeah - it is over. Had a good run, though.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

She recently left Halo Studios and went to Riot Games. I wonder if she left because of the leadership problems, or was the cause of the leadership problems.

 

[stickkidsam]

Dun b sad face cuz it's over guyz.

B happy face cuz it happund

 

[Spukc]

Oh shit

 

[RAIDEN1]

Forget Halo Studios having issues, it's the larger studio you are under titled MICROSOFT, that has leadership issues...

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

You mean changing the studio's name didn't actually do anything?

 

[MakeMudosGreatAgain]

 

[pnutboy]

Yeah, no shit. They have no fucking clue what to do with this franchise

 

[diffusionx]

Its shutting down, MS holds the IP and will just farm it out to 3rd parties. No reason for them to pay salaries or offer benefits when you got places like Virtuos to worry about that.

here's the truth, Halo is totally irrelevant to today's market. It has absolutely no juice whatsoever. There's no point in doing anything with it.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Halo use to be a threat, gamers were proud of playing halo…

 

[Chittagong]

BREAKING

 

[LordCBH]

Leadership issues? At 343? Nooooo. Can't be. Next thing I know you'll tell me Bungie is also poorly run.