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Halo veteran Joseph Staten is making a AAA game for Netflix

<p>Former Halo scribe Joseph Staten has joined Netflix’s burgeoning gaming division. On Monday, Staten tweeted that he will serve as the creative director on a new AAA game and original intellectual property from the streaming giant. “In my work life, there’s nothing I love more than collaborating with others to build worlds filled with iconic characters, deep mysteries, and endless adventures,” Staten <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://twitter.com/joestaten/status/1648000044719833088?s=20">wrote on Twitter[/url]. &quot;So today, I'm thrilled to announce that I've joined Netflix Games as Creative Director for a brand-new AAA multiplatform game and original IP. Let's go!&quot;</p><div id="d881cfa7665441bf853a8d0c4cfdaa89"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So today, I'm thrilled to announce that I've joined @Netflix (https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Games as Creative Director for a brand-new AAA multiplatform game and original IP. Let's go! 2/2</p>— Joseph Staten (@joestaten) April 17, 2023 (https://twitter.com/joestaten/status/1648000079557709824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)</div><p>The announcement comes less than two weeks after Staten announced his <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/xbox-head-says-microsofts-mobile-game-store-could-arrive-next-year-180007168.html">departure from Microsoft[/url]. Before joining the tech giant in 2013, he worked as a writer and director of cinematics on <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/sony-closes-bungie-acquisition-playstation-studios-190623763.html">Bungie’s[/url] first three Halo games. Staten later helped write and co-direct Destiny, but left the studio before the game’s release in 2014. Following his return to the Microsoft fold (Bungie was a Microsoft studio before it went independent in 2007), Staten worked as senior creative director on the Xbox Game Studios team for a number of years before <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/halo-infinite-343-industries-halo-veteran-151631579.html">moving to 343 Industries[/url] in 2020 to assist in the development of Halo Infinite. This past January, Microsoft reassigned Staten away from 343 at the same time it <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/343-industries-says-halo-and-master-chief-are-here-to-stay-after-studio-hit-hard-by-microsoft-layoffs-203029094.html">cut “at least” 95 jobs[/url] at the troubled developer.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>On Monday, Staten said the game he’s working on at Netflix would be a “multiplatform” release. To date, the company’s gaming strategy has primarily centered around obtaining mobile publishing rights to respected indie titles like <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/netflix-into-the-breach-ios-android-mobile-exclusive-204020515.html">Into the Breach[/url] and <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="https://www.terranil.com/">Terra Nil[/url]. Funding the development of a multiplatform AAA game is significantly more ambitious and, it should be noted, risky.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/halo-veteran-joseph-staten-is-making-a-aaa-game-for-netflix-173502368.html?src=rss

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