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[LordOfChaos]

Microsoft Brings Back Halo Veteran to Get Delayed Game Back on Track

Joseph Staten making a return to Halo as part of wider reorganization to steer the game onto right path

www.bloomberg.com

 

[Chiggs]

Probably need to bring back Jason Jones and Marty O'Donnell, too.

 

[Compsiox]

Fuck. Finally a trusted source, Jason Schreier.

I love Joseph. Glad he's coming back.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Probably need to bring back Jason Jones and Marty O'Donnell, too.

I've been wishing for that ever since Marty was fired from Bungie

 

[Chiggs]

I've been wishing for that ever since Marty was fired from Bungie

Why not, right? Get the band back together.

 

[Compsiox]

Probably need to bring back Jason Jones and Marty O'Donnell, too.

The music we've heard for Infinite so far has been good. It would be nice though.

 

[Jack Peterson]

How about get rid of Bonnie Ross?

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

1. This game ant coming out next year lol
2. As much as its a great get, one player on your team doesnt change the entire roster

 

[PresetError]

 

[Tiamat2san]

Poor guy, he has a lot of work in front of him.
I imagine 343 people like kids with heads down staring at their feet while being lectured by an authority figure.

 

[llLeonhart]

Fuck... this game is not coming out in 2021, is it?

Anyway, I hope he can help make the game the best it can be.

 

[Polygonal_Sprite]

They should have just wrote Bungie a blank cheque when they had the chance last year.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Microsoft Brings Back Halo Veteran to Get Delayed Game Back on Track

Joseph Staten making a return to Halo as part of wider reorganization to steer the game onto right path

www.bloomberg.com

I read Joseph Staten as Joseph Stalin.

But wow it's at the point they have to do this now. On the other end though maybe this is a good thing.

 

[Chiggs]

1. This game ant coming out next year lol
2. As much as its a great get, one player on your team doesnt change the entire roster

Yeah, I think 2022 is looking more and more likely.

Also, let's all just agree on this:

The budget is at, or will be at, 500 million dollars when all is said and done.

 

[Adam_802]

Wow thats amazing news. Staten shoulve always been involved.

 

[longdi]

Seem quite late to steer infinite no? Unless MS is prepared to throw money at the problem!

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Out with the new in with the old.

The article mentions a wider restructuring but does not say anything else. I'm curious how deep those cuts go and who's going to heal them.

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

Yeah, I think 2022 is looking more and more likely.

Also, let's all just agree on this:

The budget is at, or will be, 500 million dollars.

Joe did immense work on the halo's but he was more a story guy. Other than shitty looking this makes me think the story, plot etc are also shit and need to be re-written which is going to take a lot of time

 

[Chiggs]

Seem quite late to steer infinite no? Unless MS is prepared to throw money at the problem!

Think Metroid 4, IMO. But MS is unlikely to have the balls to admit Halo: Infinite is being rebooted.

 

[Mokus]

Fuck... this game is not coming out in 2021, is it?

Anyway, I hope he can help make the game the best it can be.

Maybe not the"whole" game.

 

[nush]

When are they going to call The Benz?

 

[Haint]

So Holiday 2023? Sounds like every aspect is a dumpster fire in need of a total overhaul.

 

[Compsiox]

Definitely going to be Fall 2021, unless they're just having him work on the story going forward.

 

[longdi]

I thought infinite just had technical weaknesss with the engine, but this seems it's in worse state than i hoped...?

 

[truth411]

Yeah, I think 2022 is looking more and more likely.

Also, let's all just agree on this:

The budget is at, or will be at, 500 million dollars when all is said and done.

It seams just crazy to me, I understand 100 million, but 1/2 a billion?! Since the game was supposed to be launched this year, that means they blew through that budget already. What the heck were they doing? Someone should be fired at the leadership level.

 

[MasterCornholio]

I thought infinite just had technical weaknesss with the engine, but this seems it's in worse state than i hoped...?

They showed us the best part of the game. Now imagine what the worst must have been like.

 

[sincarra]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Joseph Stanten responsible for the story of Halo 1 - Halo 3?

 

[Chiggs]

It seams just crazy to me, I understand 100 million, but 1/2 a billion?! Since the game was supposed to be launched this year, that means they blew through that budget already. What the heck were they doing? Someone should be fired at the leadership level.

It's a mess.

• 5 years of development (so far)
  • Numerous departures and lost time
• New engine
• Marketing deals that have fallen through + partners that need to be reimbursed

This is a golden opportunity for Staten, though. He can make Bonnie Ross look like a real moron.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Idc if it comes in 2022, just make it good.

 

[Zato]

How embarrassing for all this publicly play out, 343 have been incompetent and Phil as the overall leader of Xbox should have managed the scenario better.

calamity in the face of launch with their premier franchise, customer confidence it does not instill.

From dropping sales, reviews, MCC disaster and now this.....Halo has been slowly beat down under Phil and 343.

clowns

 

[bender]

Jason Statham? Yes!

Oh.

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

It seams just crazy to me, I understand 100 million, but 1/2 a billion?! Since the game was supposed to be launched this year, that means they blew through that budget already. What the heck were they doing? Someone should be fired at the leadership level.

Im just baffled thinking what this game has to sell to get even close to even

 

[aries_71]

This is a golden opportunity for Staten, though. He can make Bonnie Ross look like a real moron.

She already did all by herself.

 

[Shambala]

Lol man this game had to be in development hell

 

[longdi]

How embarrassing for all this publicly play out, 343 have been incompetent and Phil as the overall leader of Xbox should have managed the scenario better.

calamity in the face of launch with their premier franchise, customer confidence it does not instill.

From dropping sales, reviews, MCC disaster and now this.....Halo has been slowly beat down under Phil and 343.

clowns

Maybe Bonnie haven't been clear and honest when providing studio update... there has to be trust when dealing with your studios

 

[Chiggs]

She already did all by herself.

That made me snort. Nice job.

You're right, of course. But Phil is pretty dumb, I guess, and can't see her for what she is.

 

[Clintizzle]

How about get rid of Bonnie Ross?

Guys leave Bonnie alone. She is pretty cute.

 

[Zato]

Im just baffled thinking what this game has to sell to get even close to even

I don’t think enough xboxes have been sold over it’s existence to facilitate enough sales for that to happen.

 

[Chiggs]

Guy leave Bonnie alone. She is pretty cute.

Bring in Jade Raymond!

 

[longdi]

That made me snort. Nice job.

You're right, of course. But Phil is pretty dumb, I guess, and can't see her for what she is.

Phil may get #metoo if he went in too hard. MS and Apple seems to be at the forefront with diversity hire

 

[Entroyp]

How embarrassing for all this publicly play out, 343 have been incompetent and Phil as the overall leader of Xbox should have managed the scenario better.

calamity in the face of launch with their premier franchise, customer confidence it does not instill.

From dropping sales, reviews, MCC disaster and now this.....Halo has been slowly beat down under Phil and 343.

clowns

The guy was so confident prior to the Xbox showcase in July that one has to think if it was out of arrogance or ineptitude.

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

 

[Chiggs]

Phil may get #metoo if he went in too hard. MS and Apple seems to be at the forefront with diversity hire

You do have to wonder what's going on, much like when people questioned Bob Iger's hesitance to fire Kathleen Kennedy, despite there being ample reason to do so.

 

[Evangelion Unit-01]

Joe is good news for long time Halo fans.

Joe's current role at MS seems to be more of Project Manager/Fixer/Get the game to ship w/ Crackdown 3 being the last major AAA release he worked on. He got brought onto that game late in development as well.

 

[bender]

CCTV of Joe hard at work inside 343 already leaked.

 

[longdi]

You do have to wonder what's going on, much like when people questioned Bob Iger's hesitance to fire Kathleen Kennedy, despite there being ample reason to do so.

Imo pushing this news on Bloomberg feels like Phil is starting to play hard. Someone is getting taken into account, shareholders don't like such news ..

 

[Chiggs]

CCTV of Joe hard at work inside 343 already leaked.

The best commercial ever made.

 

[ZehDon]

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

Joe is good news for long time Halo fans.

Joe's current role at MS seems to be more of Project Manager/Fixer/Get the game to ship w/ Crackdown 3 being the last major AAA release he worked on. He got brought onto that game late in development as well.

Uhoh.....

 

[diffusionx]

I read Joseph Staten as Joseph Stalin.

But wow it's at the point they have to do this now. On the other end though maybe this is a good thing.

I’d take him over Bonnie Ross too