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343 Industries is an American video game developer located in Redmond, Washington, part of Xbox Game Studios. Headed by Pierre Hintze, the studio is responsible for the Halo series of military science fiction games, originally created and produced by Bungie, and is the developer of the Slipspace Engine.
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- History
- Universe Development and Storytelling
- Studio Mythos
- Projects
- Known Employees
Origin
Before the formation of 343 Industries in 2007, the Microsoft Game Studios Franchise Development Group (MGSFDG) was responsible for expanding Microsoft's video game franchises. A prominent example of their contribution to the Halo franchise would be their arrangement with publishers Ballantine Books and Tor Books to publish a number of Halo novelsover the years.
Establishment
Following the end of partnership between Bungie and Microsoft in 2007, Microsoft sought to form a first-party studio from its internal development group to oversee the future development of the Halo franchise; thus, 343 Industries was established. A small number of Bungie employees transferred to 343, notably Frank O'Connor and Chad Armstrong. In addition, several members of the new studio were hired from the Halo fan community, including Jeremy Patenaude and Jacob Benton of Ascendant Justice...
Projects and partnerships
343's first project was Halo Waypoint, a downloadable Xbox LIVE application developed in conjunction with Certain Affinity and released in 2009. Waypoint is also accessible via the official Halo website. Certain Affinity also created the maps in the Defiant Map Pack, the first map packto be released by 343, and has since worked with 343 Industries on several projects. In 2010, 343 released the first episode of their official podcast. After Bungie announced they would discontinue Halo-related...
Although Halo "expanded universe" fiction has always shared the same continuity as the games, under Bungie's watch material from outside the games was generally regarded as ancillary and was rarely intertwined with the games in a significant way; references to the novels, for instance, rarely amounted to more than throwaway lines. This was in part ...
343 Industries has built up a mythos of in-jokes related to Unicorns, which is referenced in the background of the FOTUS armor permutation. There is also a tongue-in-cheek in-universe counterpart of the studio itself, named the "434 Combat Readiness Lab". 343 Industries also has a in-universe company with the same name.
Upcoming and ongoing
1. Halo Waypoint - An in-house production for Xbox LIVE. 2. Halo: The Television Series- An ongoing TV series in partnership with Steven Spielberg and Paramount+. 3. Halo: Outpost Discovery- A tour focused on the Halo universe. 4. Halo Infinite - The sequel to Halo 5: Guardians, and a spiritual reboot for the series. 5. Halo: Outcasts - A novel featuring Thel 'Vadam and Olympia Vale trying to recover a supposed artifact on Netherop. 6. Halo: Epitaph - A novel following Ur-Didact's story after...
Released
1. Halo Wars - A real-time strategy game made in conjunction with Ensemble Studios and Robot Entertainment. 2. Halo: Helljumper- A comic book series written by Peter David and drawn by Eric Nguyen. 3. Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition) - Edited by Tobias Buckell and published by DK Books. 4. Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe - A collection of short stories written by Eric Nylund, Tobias Buckell, Karen Traviss, and other critically acclaimed authors. 5. Halo: Blood Line - A...
Discontinued
1. Halo Channel - A former "next-generation" hub of Halomultimedia.
Frank O'Connor - Franchise Development Director, formerly an employee of BungieProducts. Halo series. Parent. Xbox Game Studios. Website. 343industries.com. 343 Industries is a video game developer owned by the American technology company Microsoft, and is located in Redmond, Washington. They are responsible for the Halo video game franchise after taking over from Bungie Studios .
Halo is a military science fiction media franchise, originally developed and created by Bungie and currently managed and developed by 343 Industries, part of Microsoft 's Xbox Game Studios. The series launched in 2001 with the first-person shooter video game Halo: Combat Evolved and its tie-in novel, The Fall of Reach.
Halo Infinite is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by 343 Industries and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is the sixth mainline installment in the Halo series, [1] following Halo 5: Guardians (2015).
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343 Industries, often abbreviated colloquially as "343i," is a video game developer wholly owned by Microsoft Corporation and responsible for taking over the Halo Universe of games (including both already-released games as well as development of future Halo titles, books, comic books, and other...
343 Industries is a Microsoft Studios internal-build team that was established to create new properties for the Halo franchise. [1] [2] Contents. 1Projects. 1.1Upcoming. 1.2Released. 2Known Employees. 3Former Employees. 4Trivia. 5Sources. Projects. Upcoming. Halo: The Television Series – A television series produced by Steven Spielberg. Released.
