{"id":341502,"date":"2025-07-04T01:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=388663"},"modified":"2025-07-04T01:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:30:00","slug":"the-development-of-the-new-halo-is-wobbling-after-massive-layoffs-at-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-development-of-the-new-halo-is-wobbling-after-massive-layoffs-at-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"The development of the new Halo is wobbling after massive layoffs at Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The video game division of Microsoft has gone through one of the most critical moments in its recent history, being labeled by many as the &#8220;darkest day&#8221; for Xbox<\/strong>. In a drastic turn of events, numerous layoffs have impacted its main studios, including Halo Studios and Blizzard, creating an atmosphere of tension and concern among employees.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The new Halos might never exist<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the case of Halo Studios, it is reported that the layoffs have affected a team working on multiple projects in the Halo franchise, including a sequel to Halo Infinite and a possible remaster of the original installment. <strong>Internal sources indicate that team morale is low, with an anonymous developer citing: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think anyone is really satisfied with the quality of the product at this time. There has been a lot of tension.&#8221;<\/strong> This environment has been fueled by the perception that the company is looking to replace staff with artificial intelligence, which has raised even more concerns about the future of video game development in the division.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Halo Infinite | Campaign Launch Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PyMlV5_HRWk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, Blizzard has made a difficult decision to cancel the development of new content for Warcraft Rumble, their latest mobile game. <strong>Despite the team&#8217;s efforts to improve the player experience, the lack of results has led the company to lay off most of the Warcraft Rumble team<\/strong>. Although the game will remain available for download and patches will be released, it is expected that there will be no significant updates in the short term.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current situation of Xbox reflects internal tensions and an apparent inability to deliver effectively in the market, <strong>highlighting the urgent need for restructuring and clear direction in a highly competitive environment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Xbox Game Pass\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8b773de5-0b20-429f-a535-c159557192df\/2791990695\/xbox-game-pass-Xbox%20Game%20Pass%20for%20PC-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Xbox Game Pass<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft&#8217;s video game division has gone through one of the most critical moments in its recent history, being labeled by many as the &#8220;darkest day&#8221; for Xbox. In a drastic turn of events, numerous layoffs have impacted its main studios, including Halo Studios and Blizzard, creating an atmosphere of tension and concern among employees. The new Halos may never exist. In the case of Halo Studios, it is reported that the layoffs have affected a team working on multiple projects in the Halo franchise, including a sequel to Halo Infinite and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":341503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[1512,1816,5007,12351,5475,1404],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-341502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-blizzard","tag-halo","tag-halo-infinite","tag-halo-studios","tag-warcraft-rumble","tag-xbox","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341514,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341502\/revisions\/341514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341502"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=341502"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=341502"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=341502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}