No specific details have been released as of yet in terms of what percentage of the 268 layoffs are taking place within Halo Studios, but as it’s only a “small team”, that could indicate the studio was hit hard.
Of course, this is just speculation at this point, so we’ll just have to wait and see.
Rumours were swirling today that Activision would be taking over operations of Halo development, and it’s clear there was some truth to them. Although, as mentioned in the quote above, a “small team at Halo Studios” will continue to work on Halo and support “the community and games in-market”.
Just last month, we heard reports that Activision’s Sledgehammer Games had pitched a “Halo multiplayer game” to Microsoft, and that Xbox was already “exploring a proposition to have Activision help develop Halo games”.
