A brand-new Halo Infinite upgrade is seemingly good news for fans of the sci-fi first-person shooter series, and particularly great news for OG fans who might prefer the older Bungie-era Halo games compared to the 343 Industries-era Halo games. And to be fair, the older Halo games are much better than the recent ones. Of course, since those were made 20 years back and made by a various studio, many of the developers that made those video games are no longer on the series, which is why it’s fantastic news for fans that veteran of the series Paul Bertone has actually returned to 343 Industries. Bertone has worked on every mainline installation in the series, minus Halo Infinite, well until now as he is now the technical design director at the series.
Remove the Halo heritage from the formula, this is just great news in general due to the fact that studios throughout the whole industry are bleeding talent, particularly senior talent. Simply put, to be including an industry veteran to your ranks is a far bigger offer than it used to be.
“I’m happy to confirm @Halo veteran Paul Bertone has joined the team as Studio Technical Design Director. Paul and I met in 1999, back in Bungie’s Chicago days, and then shipped Halo 1-3, ODST and Reach together. I’m thrilled to have Paul help lead the future of #HaloInfinite.”
Halo Infinite is the very best Halo video game that 343 Industries has made up until now,” reads the opening of our evaluation of the game. “That’s a sentence that I intended to be writing when Halo Infinite was first announced all the way back in 2018, and while it took longer than expected for the video game to show up, 343 has really done a bang-up job on all fronts this time around following the maligned Halo 5: Guardians. Across both its project and multiplayer offerings, Halo Infinite finds a way to press the franchise forward in brand-new, meaningful methods while likewise remaining true to what Halo was when it first arrived on the scene twenty years ago. The end product is a game that is concurrently permeating with nostalgia while likewise feeling like the next generation of Halo that we have actually been awaiting.”