🚨HALO STUDIOS INSIDER REPORT DROPS > Xbox has laid off almost the entire Halo Studios team >30 staff members remaining > No Halo titles were in full production > Early pitch concepts included Halo 2 and Halo 3 remakes, Halo 7, and a campaign spin-off adapting the First Strike novel > The First Strike adaptation was planned as a 5-mission project with Firefight mode, targeted for release next year > Halo 7 was pitched to Xbox execs right before layoffs > Remaining skeleton crew plans to explore AI tools and heavy outsourcing for future remakes > Activision reportedly has zero intention to work with studio head Pierre Hintze, with Xbox shifting future franchise production toward Activision > Sources heavily criticize Pierre Hintze and Matt Booty for mismanagement, predicting an eventual total shutdown of the studio Source: Rebs Gaming