IGN - [quote]Microsoft has today confirmed that the next mainline Halo game will be developed by Call of Duty maker Activision, with mass layoffs hitting Halo Studios amid a significant restructure of its Xbox studios setup. Xbox announced 268 layoffs today "across Halo Studios, other first-party studios, and the XGS management and central functions layer" as part of the ongoing cuts first announced in July. The layoffs, the majority of which are at Halo Studios, come as part of new Xbox boss Asha Sharma’s “reset” of Microsoft's gaming business that had already seen 1,600 staff lose their jobs in the summer. At the time, Microsoft said another 1,600 staff on top would also go this financial year. --- With Halo Studios gutted, Microsoft has handed Halo to Activision. Activision will develop "the next Halo title," Booty said, "led by a new, purpose-built team that is separate from ongoing development and plans for Call of Duty. A small team at Halo Studios will continue supporting the Halo community and games in-market." Booty did not say when the next Halo game will come out, or if Activision plans to reboot the series or rotate it into its schedule of releases for Call of Duty, which hasn’t missed an annual release for 20 years. https://www.ign.com/articles/confirmed-microsoft-hands-halo-to-call-of-duty-developer-activision-as-part-of-huge-xbox-studios-shakeup[/quote] Thoughts? Personally, I think Halo is dead and they should just call it a day. The magic that Halo once had is long gone. Still, it will be interesting to see what sort of game Activision will create for Halo.