Halo Infinite loses director after being delayed to 2021 – CNET [CNET]

“I have stepped back from Infinite and I am looking at future opportunities,” Lee said to Bloomberg. “I believe in the team and am confident they will deliver a great game and now is a good time for me to step away.”

Perhaps most concerning is that Lee is the third key staff member Halo Infinite has lost. Creative director Tim Longo departed 343 Studios last August, and executive producer Mary Olson followed in October. 

Halo Infinite is a game of great importance for Microsoft. It’s key to selling not just the upcoming Xbox Series S and X consoles, but also the Xbox Game Pass service, in which users pay $10 per month for access to over 100 games, upon which Microsoft’s next-gen future equally relies. 

As it stands, the Xbox Series S and X will instead launch alongside AAA-but-multiplatform games Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Watch Dogs: Legion and Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War. 

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