Halo Infinite/343i is officially done (Joe Staten leaving 343) *Update* leaving Microsoft

[ORDER_66]

My money is on Todd Howard leaving next...

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Has Netflix even put out any games yet? MF chasing a check to make that move.

 

[Bathing Ape]

Has Netflix even put out any games yet? MF chasing a check to make that move.

netflix? He clearly got a bag

 

[Bathing Ape]

My money is on Todd Howard leaving next...

Lol let’s be real, Todd is retiring making games for Bethesda

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Has Netflix even put out any games yet? MF chasing a check to make that move.

Immorality, and Oxenfree 2 soon

 

[ORDER_66]

Lol let’s be real, Todd is retiring making games for Bethesda

But he's still there in them offices tho... i mean why havent he left if that's the case. i was expecting him to quit the minute microsoft brought zenimax. that golden parachute gonna be epic...

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

But he's still there in them offices tho... i mean why havent he left if that's the case. i was expecting him to quit the minute microsoft brought zenimax. that golden parachute gonna be epic...

 

[ORDER_66]

 

[Kurt off them percs]

Gaming isn't what it used to be.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Tough luck here

Scoop: Netflix shuts down 'AAA' Team Blue gaming studio, amid gaming shake-up​

In late 2022, Netflix wooed Overwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny from Blizzard to build its SoCal studio. (Sonny had stints on Call of Duty and Sony Santa Monica before that).

In spring 2023, Netflix's SoCal studio added Joesph Staten, a longtime creative lead on Microsoft's Halo franchise at Bungie and 343 Industries. Staten was exiting the Xbox camp for Netflix to work "as creative director for a brand-new AAA multiplatform game and original IP," he said at the time. That move was widely covered in the gaming press, a sign that Netflix was very serious about this gaming thing.

That same spring, Team Blue also recruited art director Rafael Grassetti, who had nearly a decade of experience at Sony Santa Monica where he'd most recently been the God of War studio's overall art director.

As of October 2024, however, all three are gone and Team Blue has been shuttered, a Netflix rep confirmed to Game File.

Netflix declined to say how many people overall have been impacted by the closure, but Team Blue had included other seasoned veterans, too.

Its director of technology, Jerry Edsall, had more than a decade of experience in senior roles at Microsoft's The Coalition before joining Netflix's studio in spring 2023.

Gavin Irby, design director on Team Blue until this month, had a decade of experience in lead roles at Blizzard, Bungie and Jagex.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

 

[Rice N Beans]

Still upsetting these a$$holes punted the Halo franchise into the abyss.

Watching all my favorite sci-fi franchises die in the same 10 or so years sucks.

 

[Brehcepticon]

Still upsetting these a$$holes punted the Halo franchise into the abyss.

Watching all my favorite sci-fi franchises die in the same 10 or so years sucks.

They're going through...




Hard Times

 

[The Mad Titan]

And the last man standing is..

 

[Diondon]

Spiraling....