At 343 Industries, their teams are wholly focused on the future of Halo. From significant updates and improvements to MCC and the move to PC, to the future of the franchise with Halo Infinite – They are working to deliver great experiences for years to come. The future looks very bright for Halo fans and they are incredibly excited about the opportunities that lie ahead.
To date, they have juggled future-facing work and priorities with continued upkeep of Halo’s Xbox 360 legacy services. Maintaining these legacy services today requires significant time and resources which directly impacts the studio’s ability to support current and future projects like Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Halo Infinite.
>We are intentionally moving slowly and deliberately with a multi-phase approach to provide our players with plenty of advance notice:
- One-time migration of over 6M pieces of Halo Xbox 360 Legacy UGC data to Halo: The Master Chief Collection
- Initial notification to players
- Digital sales of Halo Xbox 360 titles are halted
- Halo Xbox 360 DLC can still be acquired at no cost
- Continued messaging and reminders throughout the year across Halo channels
- Halo Xbox 360 legacy services are turned off