
343 Industries' community manager seemingly shut down rumors that the studio will only be supervising the Halo franchise, rather than leading the development of future Halo games.
Halo-centric podcaster and occasional leaker Bathrobe Spartan first popped up with the rumor that 343i would tackle "concept and pre-production in-house" before handing off development to other studios, citing anonymous former Halo developers as the source. The podcaster also pointed to the studio's falling headcount following layoffs in early 2023 as evidence.