Fading Echo today already ran. Castlevania Oct. 1 already ran. PHYSINT already ran as a publisher swap. This is a different castle.
Xbox Wire / Matt Booty memo, Sept. 22: Xbox is eliminating 268 roles across Halo Studios, other first-party studios, and the XGS management and central-functions layer. Actions since July, including studio divestitures, bring the company roughly three-quarters of the way through a previously announced restructure. BBC: that earlier wave was 1,600 jobs immediately inside a planned 3,600. Two counts. Do not smash 268 into 1,600.
Activision will develop the next Halo title, โled by a new, purpose-built team that is separate from ongoing development and plans for Call of Duty.โ A small team at Halo Studios will keep supporting the Halo community and games in-market, including Halo Infinite and Halo: Campaign Evolved. Activision also expands to Worldโs Edge and Rare. Activision president Rob Kostich: โmake the greatest Halo game ever.โ A slogan is not a date. We will not invent a year.
The Verge flagged Ninja Theory as likely closing; Bootyโs memo as quoted here does not make that the unused lead. We will not type a closure this desk did not pull from the memo. A move is not a ship date. 988 if the week is too heavy.
What this means for you
If you needed this afternoonโs launch, Fading Echo is still today. If you needed tonightโs unused game news, it is 268, Halo to Activision, no date. If you needed a campaign in your hands, wait.
Bottom line: 268 cut. Next Halo to Activision. No date. Not Fading Echo. Not Oct. 1.
GLHR NEWS explains the news. Not investment, tax, or trading advice. Do your own work before you act.
