activision making halo is somehow only the third wildest sentence in xbox's memo
xbox's reset memo is absurd to read all at once. 268 roles are being cut across halo studios, other first-party studios and xbox game studios management. activision is getting a purpose-built team for the next halo, separate from call of duty, while a small halo studios team keeps supporting the current games.
playground and turn 10 are being merged. obsidian is moving under bethesda. rare and world's edge are moving under activision. and after two deals to sell ninja theory fell through, xbox says it is starting consultation on a proposed closure while still looking at other options.
this is not leak math or insider telephone. microsoft published the memo itself. somehow "activision makes halo now" is only one line in it.
two buyers fell through and "proposed closure" is the most depressing possible end to the ninja theory part
halo made by activision sounds like console war bait somebody would have posted in 2012