Halo Veteran Joseph Staten Joins Halo Infinite To Help With The Campaign
The cinematic director of the original Halo Trilogy returns to help shape Halo Infinite’s campaign.
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It looks like development on Halo: Infinite has been a little rocky, but now a veteran Halo developer has come on board to help steer the project to success. Joseph Staten, who worked on the original trilogy, will be joining forces with 343 Industries as product lead for the game’s campaign.
Staten began his career at Microsoft in 1998 working with Halo’s original developer, Bungie. Among his many roles, Staten worked as director of cinematics for the first three games in the series. In retrospect, Staten was responsible for shaping the Halo universe in the first trilogy. Since then, he has been busy with Destiny as story director. He rejoined Microsoft Studios in 2014, working on many other projects like Crackdown 3, Quantum Break, and Killer Instinct. Staten has also worked as an author for a series of novels in the Halo universe, including Halo: Contact Harvest.
According to the Halo Waypoint blog, Staten will be helping steer the ship for the upcoming Halo: Infinite campaign. He temporarily joins 343 Industries as the project lead for the new installment, working as a guide for the story. “The team has been working hard realizing our vision for the campaign and we’re happy to have Joseph’s help to get it to the finish line,” 343 said in a statement. The blog post also added, “Joseph will be focused on supporting the campaign team’s existing, talented, creative leaders and ensuring they have everything they need to create an awesome Halo game.”
Staten shared the good news on his Twitter page, expressing his excitement to return to the world of Halo. “I’m thrilled to join Halo to help them ship Halo Infinite. As a project lead for the Infinite Campaign, I will be supporting the team’s existing, great leaders and empowering them to do their best work.” His return to the franchise comes just after wrapping up Tell Me Why, a new game coming later this week from Xbox Game Studios.
This latest update follows some new information regarding the development of the game: 343 has entered a partnership with Certain Affinity to help out with the multiplayer portion of Halo Infinite. The company, led by Max Hoberman, has staff coming from Bungie who have all worked on the Halo franchise previously, similar to Staten’s history with the games.
Halo: Infinite’s release was originally for November with the launch of Xbox Series X, but the game was delayed after its demonstration at Xbox’s showcase this year. With Staten’s participation in the game’s development, this should suggest that there are some big changes coming up for the next installment. The game is expected to drop sometime in 2021.
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