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Halo boss Bonnie Ross is leaving 343 IndustriesThe studio founder says she’ll be “attending to a family medical issue”
The studio founder says she’ll be “attending to a family medical issue”
343 Industries founder and studio head Bonnie Ross has announced that she’s leaving theHalo: Infinitestudio. Ross said her departure was due to a “family medical issue” in a statement shared on herTwitteraccount. She’d been at the company since it was established in 2007.
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343’s leadership team is being restructured as Ross leaves the company, Microsoft have announced in a statement toWindows Central. Head of production Pierre Hintze will take over from Ross with immediate effect, taking charge of ongoing development for Halo: Infinite and theMaster Chief Collection. Some new roles have also been created within 343’s management. Head of marketing Bryan Koski will take over as general manager of the Halo franchise, and Elizabeth Van Wyck has been appointed business and operations lead.
Ross and 343 have come under fire from the Halo community over the company’s handling of Infinite. 343 recentlyconfirmedthat they were dropping the goal of including splitscreen couch co-op from the game, something that Ross had previously committed to including in every Halo game after the feature’s omission fromHalo 5: Guardians. Some among the Halo community weren’t happy, and held Ross toher wordsfrom 2017’s DICE summit. Infinite’s long-awaited campaign co-op was also pushed back, along with the arrival of Forge mode and season 3 of the game’s multiplayer.
Halo: Infinite’s campaign is onSteamand theMicrosoft Storefor £50/$60/€60, while the multiplayer is free-to-play. PC Game Pass subscribers can also play it that way too.
