“343 Industries has a dedicated transmedia team working with Showtime to set up and produce the Halo TV show. This group is separate from the Halo Infinite development team. These are two completely independent projects with dedicated teams and leadership that ‘they do not affect each other,’ the spokesman said in a statement to IGN.
A source who spoke anonymously with Thurott for the original report claimed that the show “took its priority instead of focusing on making sure development progress is on track to reach its goal line deadline.”
While 343’s response refuted this claim, the spokesman did not respond to the report’s assertion that “a significant portion of the game is outsourced to third party contractors”, who described the report as a source of some of the expected development issues from Halo Infinite.
Halo Infinite had its first just unveiling at E3 2019, with an expanded Cutcene teasing Master Chief’s next adventure. But after a recent gameplay showcase that was met with some blowback by viewers for perceived technical limitations, 343 and Xbox announced that Halo Infinite would be delayed in 2021 and miss the launch of the Xbox Series X.For more on Halo Infinite, check out this episode of Next-Gen Console Watch 2020 where the team digs into the Halo Infinite delay, and wonder how the Xbox Series X can compete without launching its flagship exclusive.
Jonathon Dornbush is the Senior News Editor of IGN and host of Podcast Beyond !.
