In addition to States, Pierre Hintze, head of the publishing team for Halo: The Master Chief Collection, will join the Halo Infinite team as project leader for his Free-To-Play multiplayer experience.
Hintze and his team “have shown a great opportunity over the past year to deliver new content, an excellent flight program, and content updates about MCC.”
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Halo veteran Joseph Staten, instrumental in the success of Bungie’s Halo games, has been transferred to 343 Industries to help Halo Infinite “get back on track.”
As reported by Bloomberg, Microsoft will also move one more senior leader to Halo Infinite, and sources say these changes are to “add more expertise to the project.” Microsoft is expected to announce these moves as early as tomorrow, August 27th.
States and the other senior leader will likely work with studio head Chris Lee and report to Bonnie Ross, the Microsoft VP who controls 343.Staten began his career at Bungie in 1998 as a product manager on Myth II: Soulblighter, and was the writer and director of films for Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, the author for Halo 3 and Halo: Reach, a creative consultant for Halo Wars, the author and creative director of Halo 3: ODST, and the author and co-creative director for Destiny.
States left Bungie in 2013, before the release of Destiny, and he rejoined Microsoft in 2014 to work on non-Halo games in the Xbox portfolio.
According to Bloomberg, he oversaw another game published by Microsoft for this decision.
Halo Infinite was delayed until 2021 earlier this month, and it was undoubtedly a difficult decision as it was set to be the launch game for marquee for the Xbox Series X.
For more on Halo Infinite, read 343 Industries answering some of its biggest concerns and its statement on how it has “no plans” to postpone Halo Infinite until 2022 and remove Xbox One support.
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