At the Halo World Championships earlier tonight, there were a series of announcements regarding the future of the Halo franchise. First and foremost, 343 Industries announced that they have been renamed to Halo Studios. In addition to this news, there was confirmation that multiple Halo projects are being developed using Unreal Engine 5. An extensive video is embedded above while more details are included below:
“If you really break Halo down, there have been two very distinct chapters. Chapter 1 – Bungie. Chapter 2 – 343 Industries. Now, I think we have an audience which is hungry for more. So we’re not just going to try improve the efficiency of development, but change the recipe of how we make Halo games. So, we start a new chapter today.” ~ Pierre Hintze, Studio Head
A key step in our path for the future is Project Foundry. Neither a game nor a tech demo, Foundry represents our multi-discipline research and reflection on what is required to build Halo in Unreal, while also serving as a training tool for our development process going forwards.
This is the foundation for how we are changing the recipe for how we make Halo games.
For more details on this news, please check out the detailed post via an Xbox Wire interview with the team.
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