Xbox boss Phil Spencer explained in an interview that the Gears and Halo series that integrate with Xbox are no longer as prominent as before, and that the company now attaches importance to other brands.
At the Xbox 2023 Showcase event, which took place at the beginning of last week, Starfield, Avowed, and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II trailers and gameplay footage of games such as We are all very excited for new games.
However, the first games that come to mind when Microsoft and Xbox are mentioned We haven’t seen anything about Gears of War and Halo series.. Then Phil Spencer explained why in an interview.
Looks like the company no longer ‘needs’ these series
In an interview with The Guardian, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said that we should expect to see series such as Halo and Gears of War less in the future, because the company no longer includes them. didn’t need much. Spencer, “I don’t mean to say that Halo has diminished in importance, but we now have over 20 studios. I’ll basically go back to when I had four games – Fable, Forza, Halo, Gears… the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Now we have a lot more games.” said.
It is thought that Halo Infinite, which was released in 2021 and is still a live game, has a very problematic development process. As you know, the developer of Halo Multiple resignations had occurred at 343 Industries. Although the series has not been shelved, as you can see, it has been thrown into the background.
Xbox Game Studio boss Matt Booty said:When will we see a new Halo game?‘ he replied as follows:
“We’ve been pretty open about the leadership change at 343 Industries. You can see that at some of the social events the team has had over the seasons, but I don’t want to force them to talk about their long-term vision until they’re ready. I think you’re going to see some pretty cool things coming.”
In short, nothing has been officially said. However, according to rumors from reliable sources, a studio called Certain Affinity is developing Halo in a battle royale genre in the style of Escape from Tarkov. Let’s see what awaits us for Halo in the future.