>At least 5 employees were laid off, they received an invite to a meeting with organisation leaders, and two (very long) hours later, the Teams call began.
>The mood at the studio is tense, especially when it comes to one project that was recently in crisis, according to the developer. "I don't think anybody is really happy about the quality of the product right now," they said "There's been a lot of tension and pep talks trying to rally folks to ship."
>Since 2023, there's been a general shift toward working with contracted studios — rather than individual contractors — in the United States and Europe to speed up Halo production.
>Microsoft has increasingly focused on AI, a shift that's propelled its stock price to new highs.
>CEO Satya Nadella said that as much as 30 percent of the company's code is now written by AI.
>It's unclear how much AI has to do with this latest round of layoffs, but use of Copilot is "no longer optional" within Microsoft.
>Developer says Microsoft is trying their damnedest to replace as many jobs as they can with AI agents.
https://archive.is/DQTQM

>>714362547 (OP)
>CEO Satya Nadella said that as much as 30 percent of the company's code is now written by AI.
This seems like it will lead to some insane feedback loops that no one will ever catch.

>>714362547 (OP)
there's been tension in that studio since Infinite sharted across their platform
fucking retards

>>714362547 (OP)

>>714362547 (OP)
Lol, I told you rebranding to Halos studio was a ritual that should protect them

>>714362658
In the best case, it's autocompletion, it's not so bad in copilot, it detects similar pattern in code very well, but everything else is a meme

Sounds like this could be the MP project. I keep hearing about the Master Chief games, from the CE-3 remakes and the Halo Infinite sequel, but I'm not hearing about the future of Halo MP anymore. Oh oh

>>714362547 (OP)
>no no noooo only those heckin uneducated lower class blue collar nazi incel plebs were supposed to be automated out of a job not us
Eat shit.

>>714364714
>no no noooo only those heckin uneducated lower class blue collar nazi incel plebs were supposed to be automated out of a job not us
Lmao I remember when those arrogant redditors talked about how all truck drivers should “learn how to code” as the savior Elon musk would make self driving AI cars.

>>714364714
>>714365446
good morning saar
we agree, please send more of your jobs to India

This is why I voted for Trump! Less wokies with jobs and more Indians.
THANK YOU SAR

>>714362547 (OP)
>disability pride month
>fire your mentally handicapped developers
based

They're firing first worlders and using AI and indians.

>Don't like your job being replaced by Pajeets? Uh just learn to code, sweetie :3

>>714366512
How will that work with the new 11k jeet hires?

>forcing ppl to code with AI
jesus

>>714365578
Your useless trades will die, yes. Learn to code.

>>714367801
>Learn to code.
We not seeing the OP where people just got fired in place of AI agents?

>>714368346
Learn *clap* to *clap* code, *clap* chuddy.

>>714362547 (OP)
>The mood at the studio is tense, especially when it comes to one project that was recently in crisis
When has a 343 project ever not been in crisis?

>>714362547 (OP)
I warned everyone two years ago that mass layoffs were coming, down to the month and year. Okay, I'll try again and hope my message isn't lost in the archive. More mass layoffs are coming towards the end of the year for Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Bethseda, Square Enix, Epic Games, and Ubisoft. These layoffs will happen during the first few weeks of September 2025. Update your resume now. You aren't going to get another warning.

>>714362547 (OP)
>>CEO Satya Nadella said that as much as 30 percent of the company's code is now written by AI.
this shit will backfire eventually

>>714368616
Whatever, nerd.

>>714362547 (OP)
All this so they don't have to stop hiring Indians for 3 months at a time.

>>714366512
This shit will turn away dudes, the main demo for Halo. Actual retards.

>>714366512
why would i be proud of being autistic?

>>714362547 (OP)
Ive seen this movie before, so when do people start going out in the street and killing tech ceos?

>>714370532
Instead of AI they'll go back to hiring even more cousin fucking dung eaters, which isn't any better of a choice.

>>714362547 (OP)
how does this studio still fucking exist?
I can't think of any another game dev company that has released as many dogshit games in a row without getting shut down
they've been at this shit for 15 years and they still haven't managed to make a good game

>>714372056
how the fuck did bungie ever go under in the first place with the cash cow that halo was at the time?

>>714371903
its not just tech, finance needs to be tossed out of windows en mass aswell

>>714362547 (OP)
>CEO Satya Nadella said that as much as 30 percent of the company's code is now written by Actually Indians

>>714362547 (OP)
>9,000 staff fired, none from India
>14,000 Indian workers imported since the start of the year
Uh oh... I'm noticing...

>>714362547 (OP)
I agree with the idea that Halo Studios has one more chance to get things right. If they don't, they'll experience massive layoff or they'll get shut down while the Halo IP goes to either Activision or ID Software. If the next Halo doesn't light the charts up or at least get people to talk about it positively for an extended period of time, they're finished.

>>714372173
bungie didn't "go under", they just didn't want to be one of those studios that's stuck making literally the same game over and over again for all eternity (which is what microsoft wanted them to be), so they split from ms

>>714372173
Bungie gave the property to Microsoft because they wanted to make new kinds of games and genuinely didn't think Microsoft would make a Halo 4 after Bungie implemented Forge Mode, which theoretically meant Halo could be played "new" forever.

>>714372173
iirc they simply didn't want to make more Halo games. Chiefs story was done with 3, Reach and ODST were just to fulfil their contract for 5 games and after that they just signed a new contract for new games with Activision.

They should add a Battlefront 2 (original) style PvPvE game mode to Halo. Large battlefield, Covenant vs Humans, with tons of AI units running around including in vehicles. Spartans and Elites are humans.

>>714362658
Nothing these CEOs say about AI is true. I wanna see a dev team where the PO explains what the AI needs to do and the AI creates the code and delivers it. Where are those? Nowhere because it doesn't exist.

>>714372557
>>714372682
>>714372715
i see. thank you sirs. i didnt follow halo much after #3

>>714372682
Forge World barely sustained Reach during the time it was relevant.

Can't wait for Microsoft to implode once they fail to produce media.

Halo died in 2010

>>714371903
lol never. You are all too pussy to get off your ass and change anything

Now stfu ands sit there like a good slave. It's always funny when the slave class wonders about rising up lol

>>714362547 (OP)
>Employe got fired

Why is this big news in vidya only? This shit happens everywhere all the time.