UE5-Powered New Halo Reportedly in Development at 343 Industries – Rumor
wccftech.comMicrosoft's Halo studio 343 Industries might very well have begun development on an UE5-powered new Halo installment.
Back in October of last year, we reported on a podcast from Seasoned Gaming, in which editor-in-chief Ains claimed that 343 Industries is currently working on the next Halo campaign within Epic's most recent game engine. "It is part of that restructuring that is building the next generation of Halo on Unreal [Engine]", Ains said in the podcast, although this next Halo single-player campaign is likely still years away.
Fast forward a couple of months and we now have some additional information that might support the above-mentioned rumor about a new UE5-powered next Halo entry. As spotted by Xbox insider 'Idle Sloth' on X, former Art Director at 343 Industries, Justin Dinges, was working on the next "unannounced" Halo release between April 2022 and March 2023. Before his work on this next Halo release, 'Dinges served as Game Director as well as Art Lead on Halo Infinite. He also worked on both Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians as an Environment Artist.
Interestingly enough, although these might not be connected, 343 Industries Senior Character Systems Designer Ian Slutz, has been building "player systems and assets in Unreal Engine 5".
(FYI) According to Justin Dinges's (Art Director) LinkedIn page, 343 has been working on the next unannounced Halo release since April 2022
Also, Ian Slutz (Senior Character System Designer) has been building player systems and assets in UE5
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— Idle Sloth
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