Xbox Hands Halo to the Call of Duty Maker, Cuts 268 More Jobs, and Moves Toward Closing Ninja Theory

[David_Schroth]

Microsoft’s “reset” of Xbox has reached the part where the org chart gets redrawn. The Bungie-born franchise that defined Xbox now belongs to the studio that makes Call of Duty. In a memo republished on Xbox Wire, Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty confirmed another 268 layoffs spanning Halo Studios, other first-party teams, and the […]

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[Peter_Brosdahl]

Yeah, Microsoft. Walks off in disgust with head held low.

 

[Grimlakin]

Wait isn't this the second or third time that halo has passed between studios? Do we even REALLY care at this point. All of the same regional programmers will end up working on whatever project is in their region again.

*blinks* Is this really news? I always thought the news was IT teams or Developers that kept people for more than 5 years.

 

[Brian_B]

More blood in the water

 

[DrezKill]

Wait isn't this the second or third time that halo has passed between studios?

When Bungie left Microsoft, 343 Industries was formed to take over the IP, mainly composed of ex-Bungie members. Later the studio's name was changed to Halo Studios, or some sh1t like that. And now that has basically been shut down, and the Halo IP is at Activision. F*cking weird. But once Bungie was outta the picture, the Halo IP was basically screwed anyways. 4 was an admirable effort I guess, 5 was crap, 6 was okay. I doubt Activision can do better. But I also don't think anyone can really do worse.