| Ryuu96 said: Just feel like something doesn't add up with Certain Affinity. They have 250+ full-time employees and only one job listing but we're told they're working on Halo: Tatanka which is a standalone Halo title expanded even further, a Monster Hunter-like title as an Xbox exclusive which will be AAA and they recently announced they're working on an original FPS codenamed Project Loro which doesn't yet have a publisher and they've been pitching for it. They're also still doing AAA co-development and AFAIK they're still assisting on Halo Infinite. So a 250+ studio is working on 3 AAAs alongside co-developing/assisting other AAA titles? Doesn't feel like enough, they could be severely undercounted but I got that 250 number from their own website, it could be that most of these projects are extremely early in development, we know Lobo is but the Monster Hunter could be as well, or they could be stretching themselves thin, or something could have been cancelled, interestingly I can see that Project Lobo (the FPS) entered development in December 2022, Pierre took over 343 on September 2022. |
The impression I got from all of the reports we have seen since the 343 mass layoffs last year, is that Pierre decided to take Certain Affinity's work on Tatanka and moved it internal, expanding it from just a Halo Battle Royale mode into a full Halo game that will replace Halo Infinite when it releases. At first it seemed to be multiplayer only, but then last month we got that report that 343 has opened a new singleplayer team that is working on a campaign for the next game. Considering it was expanded into a full-on Halo Infinite sequel running on UE5, I'd say optimistically that we won't see a release until at least 2027, probably even later. As for Certain Affinity, they may still be working on Tatanka in a limited capacity, but it seems like most of their devs are now on Project Loro (their first ever self-created IP) and the Project Suerte Monster Hunter clone for Xbox that Jez leaked. I think they may be assisting on Last Expedition still as well.
Last edited by shikamaru317 - on 08 November 2023
