Halo Studios Announce A Huge Change

Formerly Known as 343 industries, Halo Studios, talks about the changes they're making in their game development process.

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00:00Halo developer 343 Industries is no more. Now rebranded Halo Studios, in a video reminiscent

00:07of Bungie's VidDocs, the company announced their new direction adopting Unreal Engine

00:125. With a disclaimer that it's not a game, it's a research project, studio art director

00:17Chris Matthews showed off Project Foundry, utilising Unreal to develop gorgeous biomes

00:23and immaculate character models with pristine details.

00:26The biomes are a familiar sight, from the Pacific Northwest inspired Valhalla-esque

00:31greenery, to the desolate snowy wasteland reminiscent of Snowbound. Interestingly, the

00:36third biome shows a land devastated by the flood, possibly hinting to the franchise staple

00:41enemies return for the first time in the main series since Halo 3.

00:45The video continues to stress a new chapter for the franchise, with VP and studio head

00:50Pierre Hintze calling their most recent title, Halo Infinite, the last remnants of how they

00:55made Halo games in the past, with the future focused on starting anew, slyly dropping that

01:01they have multiple games in development.

01:03So what do you think of this news? Are you looking forward to the future of the Halo

01:06franchise? Are you excited to fight the flood again? Let us know in the comments and as

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