Halo Development Update (Episode 5): 343 Industries New Single Team Structure!

[@maroon508244]

Great video, your reporting on Halo 7 has been excellent and thorough, nobody is doing it like you right now. I really like how you probed the question on Infinites audio, I just thought it was a general question when I saw it on my feed.

[@RebsGaming]

Thank you very much! And yea a lot of the questions I ask on Twitter are related to something I plan on talking about in videos.

[@frankm35506]

Infinite's sound design is amazing. I'm glad Becky's back. Sounds like two really great hires

[@gabethebabe3337]

At this point I'm anticipating 343 fumbling yet again. That's all they've done. They've given up on making actual Halo games so now they want to make small projects that won't make anywhere near the splash they need for success.

[@dudebrotacoman9152]

Exactly, they can’t even get the identity of Halo right so naturally they’re just gonna keep failing. It’s honestly embarrassing.

[@EastlakeRasta7]

If you really think about it they should have done this from the get-go or at the very least make an attempt to make an original Ip that way they're not tied down to fucking up and being compared to Bungie.

[@batmanneedssome200]

Means nothing if Jason Staton was fired from 343. Let that sink in. THEY NEVER CARED FOR HALO

[@xXjosecoseXx]

Why are you Hyping up Halo 7 when the previous track record for 343 has been a TrainWreck after TrainWreck. Do Not Give 343 any chance to shift the narrative, they don’t care about Halo. Microsoft should give the Halo IP to another Game Studio that would have more respect for Halo Franchise than 343 has ever did.

[@hansnevaloses1741]

Brain dead ass take

[@nickjackify]

I hope you dont get burned out from doing this man. This is what the community needs to keep track of them...

[@RebsGaming]

@@nickjackify don’t worry I won’t!

[@gustavofernandesmartins3032]

Great to see they are becoming a more focused group. Having such an Imense team of devs would affect the process negatively in some way, by having such great amount of ideas and visions for the game. I Just hope that this new team is able to maintain itself, and by seeing these new filled apliccations, It seems to be going at the right direction.

[@KIRI77]

It's still 343

[@losaface4]

They had their time and they blew it. Halo died with Infinite and it's corpse was set on fire as one last F U to the fans with the terrible TV show.

[@Grandpa76]

If you need more info to talk about you could also speak on the roles that were/are already filled or carried over from the previous Halo. I know it’s not “new” info per se, but it’s still “unreported” if the purpose of this series is to lay out the team of people creating the next game. For instance, I think it’s a big deal that the suspected Narrative Lead and Lead Writer is Paul Crocker and Clay Carmouche, due to their impressive portfolios. Clay wasn’t involved with Infinite but was hired for the pre-production of Halo 7 and likely left after the base script was finished. What I’m saying is there’s already work that’s been done on the game, likely before you even started this series of updates!

[@nagiaoe2434]

343? Not a chance

[@brambo3011]

The single team structure sounds really good. It's about time management realized that the old setup was laughably non-conducive to producing a good product. On the audio front though, the news doesn't wow or excite me to be honest. While I did like Infinite's soundtrack, as a fan of Halo 4 and 5, I really didn't appreciate the complete disregard for the incredible themes those games' composers created, especially when Infinite was a direct sequel to them. It honestly feels like they were directed to go back and remix/rescore the majority of Halo CE's soundtrack, with some new tracks in the same style as Marty and Michael's work. That isn't the composers' fault mind you, and they did a really great job at doing that (I love Bungie's games' music just as much and so I do still love Infinite's), make no mistake, but it just feels like they're going more down the path of ignoring much of what Halo 4 and 5 did to try and appease fans who didn't like 4/5 or just never gave them a chance. It's a slap in the face to fans who love what Neil Davidge and Kazuma Jinnouchi brought to Halo...new themes and new perspective while still honoring what came before. More of Infinite's (and any future sequel's) soundtrack should include both the older music and the newer...117, Lasky's Theme, Green and Blue, Midnight, The Light is Green...and so many more could've had their motifs worked in. Hopefully going forward they'll look back to the great work that was done in Halo 4/5 as well as Bungie's titles.

[@iTzKneecap]

I have no experience in the gaming industry at all but god dammit, I'll be the lead game designer if they need one. I know what the people want.

[@ImmaBeBored]

if halo 7 is being made by 343 industries. then i dont care.

[@jaype331]

They need HiddenXperia directing the story.

[@wmv8996]

More like consulting

[@emperorfridgethedude]

Watch us have to wait nine years for the next game and wjen it releases it has three playlists and a campaign where nothing happens again. I'm holding out hope still, but at the same time, I'm really skeptical.

[@jakeasch4839]

Not even Joseph Staten could fix Infinite. They need to put Halo to rest.

[@h4lohank]

343 shouldn’t be developing anything nobody’s playing their game right now cause it’s crap

[@lordshmee13]

id hope for some new concept art or just art that this new team thats being made to get an idea where they are with this title to ensure the community that Halo 4-5 isnt happening again as for moving on from Infinite, lets never stray away from the 2018 trailer again, was so disappointed no wildlife or tunnels to search through, i wonder how long it took them that they wanted to destroy Zeta or a part of it, because playing on just the islands was sad and hope 7 just picks up everything that Infinite left to the way side

[@DeviniteHD]

I still feel like those roles are not for Halo 7, but for a new game that they are developing alongside Halo 7

[@RebsGaming]

@@DeviniteHD Good point. You could be right. One info is confirmed, I will clarify everything.

[@EastlakeRasta7]

I don't remember a single song on Halo infinite that I actually enjoyed, same thing when it comes to the missions and objectives throughout the campaign. For me, I did enjoy it overall but I'm more disappointed

[@Bobaluga9]

Forget halo 7. Halos only future is in its past.

[@optomysticartist7768]

They just better let u pick ur color for this next game or im all set

[@blem5376]

Halo died at halo 5, especially when it became I live service game

[@jp9403]

I hate to break the news to you but it's gonna suck

[@268_3]

Aw, good for them-not holding my breath, though.

[@Bloodhound46]

They need to finish Halo Infinite Halo Infinite is literally an unfinished game lack of weapons lack of vehicles, ETC

[@EggEnjoyer]

That game can never be finished. It’s broken at this core. This was obvious since the beta

[@colinkennedy]

The H:I soundtrack was ass. Not happy to hear they got the same person back. If you exclude the rehashes of past songs and a couple standouts, most of the music is just drum beats, hit slowly, or ephemeral "vibe" sounds with no clear emotion behind it. We need Marty.

[@oddguy12]

it is lost dont buy

[@MichaelKLee-jf7qs]

the soundtrack from halo infinite was forgettable. And it's gonna look the same. Yo I love Master Chief from Fortnite!!