We’ve recognized for some time now that 343 Industries is at work on no matter is subsequent for the Halo franchise, whereas earlier this yr, the studio recommended that it had a number of initiatives within the works. Now, along with formally rebranding itself as Halo Studios, the developer has confirmed that it does certainly have a number of initiatives within the pipeline.
All future Halo titles are going to be constructed on Unreal Engine 5, and having spent the final couple of years engaged on an expansive tech demo dubbed Mission Foundry, Halo Studios has now revealed that it has a number of full Halo video games in growth as properly.
In keeping with studio head Pierre Hintze, as Halo Studios, the corporate has “recalibrated” itself, and as an alternative of focusing everything of its efforts on a single mission, empowered by the shift to Unreal 5, it at present has a number of titles in growth without delay.
“We had a disproportionate give attention to attempting to create the situations to achieve success in servicing Halo Infinite,” he mentioned. “[But switching to Unreal] permits us to place all of the give attention to making a number of new experiences on the highest high quality potential.”
COO Elizabeth van Wyck additionally defined that Halo Studios shall be putting a a lot better emphasis on getting suggestions from gamers at a lot earlier levels of initiatives’ growth. “We’re in search of earlier and earlier, wider and wider suggestions from our gamers,” she mentioned. “We began that with The Grasp Chief Assortment, and carried that on with Halo Infinite, and we need to do it much more for our subsequent initiatives. On the finish of the day, it’s not simply how do we consider, it’s how do our gamers consider it?”
As for what the a number of new Halo initiatives in growth are, that’s anybody’s guess at this level. Presumably, Halo 7 (or regardless of the subsequent mainline title within the collection seems to be) shall be one, whereas leaks have claimed that one other remaster of Halo: Fight Advanced can be within the works.
