Joseph Staten: Last News

Halo Infinite‘s former head of creative, Joseph Staten, has joined Netflix Games after leaving 343 Industries earlier in the year.On Twitter, Staten revealed that he would be serving as creative director “for a brand-new AAA multiplatform game and original IP” at Netflix Games.“In my work life, there’s nothing I love more than collaborating with others to build worlds filled with iconic characters, deep mysteries, and endless adventures,” shared the Halo veteran.While Staten was involved with Microsoft’s Halo series since Halo 2, recent layoffs and restructuring saw him moved from 343 Industries to Xbox’s publishing division in January. However, Staten ultimately left Microsoft this month to join Netflix.So today, I'm thrilled to announce that I've joined @Netflix Games as Creative Director for a brand-new AAA multiplatform game and original IP.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Netflix has shut down its Southern California-based video game studio, referred to internally as “Team Blue,” which had a specific focus on producing AAA games. The studio, one of several opened by the streamer during its still-young push into gaming, tapped execs including “Overwatch” producer Chacko Sonny, “Halo” alum Joseph Staten and “God of War” art director Rafael Grassetti.

343 Industries, Halo Infinite‘s open-world map underwent “significant scaling back” before it was released.Speaking to the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences on August 1, 343 Industries’ head of creative Joseph Staten revealed that the studio made a lot of changes and cutbacks to Halo Infinite‘s map (via TechRadar).“The team went through a lot of iterations on scope and biome variety before I joined,” Staten said. “Even after I joined the team, we had to make choices about where to scale back.”Staten added that the team didn’t have the time to create the world they originally envisioned while also delivering on the quality level.

343 Industries, Joseph Staten, has confirmed that more weapons will be coming to Halo Infinite’s multiplayer over time. This comes from a quick-fire interview Staten did over at Game Informer (thanks, IGN) where he spoke about the current line-up of weapons in the game, and what players can expect going forward.Staten said it was a “pretty safe bet” that more weapons would be added as time goes on, and that secret weapons may also be coming to the game: “if I told you, they wouldn’t be secrets now would they?” he teased.More content will also be coming on a season-by-season basis, meaning we probably won’t see new weapons in the game until May 2022 at the earliest.Plenty of other minor details were revealed in the interview, as Staten said