Despite the fact that sales start in November Xbox series x and Xbox series s, Microsoft was left without a flagship project that should promote the next generation of consoles. This was the long-suffering shooter Halo infinite, however in August it was announced that the release of a new part of the adventures John-117 postponed to 2023.
And in October in the studio 343 Industries another blow was struck. As the journalist told Bloomberg Jason Schreier, the company has left its head and head of development Halo Infinite Chris Lee… This is the second development leader to leave 343 Industries in the past two years.
Lee has worked in the studio since 2008, in 2016 he took over as head of the partner studio. However, after the postponement of the release date for Halo Infinite, the top manager was pushed aside when Microsoft invited to save the project. Joe Staten (former Halo’s head writer Bungie, now in charge of Infinite’s single player campaign) and Pierre Hintza (was responsible for support The master chief collection, now working on Infinite multiplayer).
Chris Lee will continue to work inside Microsoft, but he will no longer be involved with Halo.
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