Following the news that Microsoft fired over 10,000 employees, including some key developers from Starfield and Halo studios Bethesda and 343 Industries, former employees of the latter have made critical statements against Microsoft.
More specifically, Patrick Wren, who worked at 343 for eight years before moving to Respawn to work on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, has mentioned “incompetent leadership” at Microsoft and explained that it caused “massive stress for those working hard to make Halo the best it can be”.
Tyler Owens is another former 343 developer criticizing Microsoft on Twitter: “As a Halo fan, I’m really tired of Microsoft’s business practices and policies slowly killing what I love.”
Halo Infinite was praised at launch, but that was quickly replaced by criticism for the state of the game (where, for example, console players are forced to play against PC users) and the support. However, in recent months, good work has been done to fix Halo Infinite, which now seems to be on the right track.
