Halo Infinite Development

It appears that the highly anticipated xbox series x exclusive is in hot water yet again after the game s lead director chris lee stepped away from the project earlier this week.

Halo infinite development. An announcement trailer was released on june 10 2018. Today i want to share an important halo infinite development update with the community. The decision to shift our release is the result of multiple factors that have contributed to development challenges including the ongoing covid related impacts affecting us all this year. That is despite some reported issues that have emerged in the course of the games development.

It s no secret that halo infinite hasn t had the smoothest development cycle. And when halo infinite finally was revealed with gameplay this summer we got proof of this with a game that did not look either next gen or finished despite five years of development. Halo infinite is reportedly very likely to be released in 2021 as 343 industries promised. Halo infinite was meant to be the marquee title for the launch of the xbox series x until it wasn t.

By 343 industries 8 11 2020. The master chief collection gets an update to take advantage of the power of the series x s consoles. While halo infinite has been delayed to 2021 halo fans are getting a treat this year when halo. We have made the difficult decision to shift our release to 2021 to ensure the team has adequate time to deliver a halo game experience that meets our vision.

Chris lee s departure comes as a massive surprise but this isn t the first time that major figures at 343 industries have departed the studio during halo infinite s development cycle. At the time the company said that the. Halo infinite is being developed by 343 industries with assistance from skybox labs sperasoft and certain affinity. The story entered planning stages in 2015 and was referred to as halo 6 at the time.

There were signs last year that halo infinite development wasn t going as planned when both the creative director tim longo and the lead producer mary olson decided to leave 343 industries. It will utilize the new slipspace engine. This is the second director to leave the project since starting development in 2018.