It's Officially the End of an Era For Halo
Activision Blizzard will develop the next Halo game, Xbox announced in September, bringing a symbolic end to a decades-long rivalry between two FPS.
Activision Blizzard will develop the next Halo game, Xbox announced in September, bringing a symbolic end to a decades-long rivalry between two FPS.
The short version
- On Tuesday, Xbox announced the next phase of its ongoing restructuring, with a memo from executive vice president Matt Booty citing developer Halo Studios as the first line item in a wave of 268 new job cuts.
- A “small team at Halo Studios will continue supporting the Halo community and games in-market,” Booty added.
- Activision, the company behind Call of Duty, will be developing the next Halo game.
What happened
This is the sort of news that, a decade ago, would have sounded like a prank. But in 2026 — where golf course moguls can be two-term presidents and Silicon Valley can actively engineer the end of humanity with no blowback whatsoever — it’s business as usual.
Why it matters
For Xbox specifically, it’s another chapter in a decade of brand mismanagement, and a symbolic end to one of gaming’s longtime fanbase wars.
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