Activision Will Build the Next Mainline Halo as…

One of the stranger consequences of Microsoft's Xbox reset is now official: the next major Halo game will be developed through a new purpose-built team under Activision. Halo Studios itself is being reduced to a smaller organisation that will continue supporting current Halo games and their communities. Activision's expanded remit also includes oversight of Rare and World’s Edge, meaning the Call of Duty publisher suddenly finds itself responsible for an extraordinary collection of Microsoft's most recognisable gaming properties. It is difficult to overstate how significant the Halo move is. Halo has been inseparable from the Xbox identity since the original console arrived in 2001, first under Bungie and later under 343 Industries, subsequently renamed Halo Studios. Moving future development into Activision territory is therefore considerably more than an organisational footnote. Microsoft has not yet revealed exactly what the new Halo title will be, when it will arrive or how the new development structure will operate in practice. What is clear is that Xbox's internal map has been redrawn rather dramatically. Activision joined Microsoft because of Call of Duty; three years later, it is also being handed the keys to Master Chief's armour locker.

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Date: September 23, 2026. - Category: Xbox. - Primary subject: Activision Will Build the Next Mainline Halo as Microsoft's Most Famous Xbox Series Changes Hands.

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