Bonnie Ross, head of Halo developer 343 Industries, said: announced her departure (opens in new tab) From the company she founded on Twitter today. “Although I was hoping she would stay on Halo until the winter update was released, I’m announcing that I’m leaving 343 to join her family’s medical affairs.
Prior to 343, he worked on projects such as Zoo Tycoon, Mass Effect and Gears of War on the Microsoft Game Studios (now Xbox Game Studios) side. Ross reportedly pitched the idea of an internal team to continue development of Halo after Bungie bought her independence from Microsoft, and that the company she founded under Microsoft was her company. I managed the series following Halo Reach.
Ross’ departure doesn’t seem to have anything to do with Halo Infinite’s performance, which attracted some attention during development, and was delayed a year after 2020’s divisive first show.343 is a respectable shooter. It had a pretty fun free multiplayer campaign last fall when it successfully released the game, but since then promised features like co-op campaigns have been delayed and other features like split-screen multiplayer have been delayed. We’ve had a hard time appeasing our player base while deprecating features.
xbox boss phil spencer gave to twitter (opens in new tab) We congratulate Ross on her work with the company and wish her the best of luck. The company has not announced who will replace Ross in his previous role as head of 343 Industries.