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Seems Joe Staten is now Head of Creative at 343i
- Thread starter Theorry
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Staten went over as a favor with his big ol' Halo Bible, dropped that bad boy on the table, and said "y'alls shit is all fucked up."
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Its gonna be a GaaS and supported for years, so it makes sense that the guys responsible for the final touches sticks around for a bit.
Generally speaking this means they oversee all creative crafts and IP work, not directly working on a game themselves. That's what this specific title usually means in bigger places across the industry. Focusing on long term strategy for an IP, making sure each game or media produced from that IP conveys the same tone and follows established IP pillars, adheres to studio standards, that sort of high level stuff.
Obviously different studios and companies have different definitions for these positions, so it could be something else at 343i.
I hope to see Joe stay with 343i, if that's what he truly wants to do. I believe Joe has a real understanding of what made Halo, Halo. The man just oozes with a passion for the series, when you listen to him speak in documentaries from the Bungie days.
Yeah I was thinking the same. 343i handles all of the franchise themselves im pretty sure, so hed probably now heads the creative direction of the franchise and not just infinite.
I hope this isn't a short term thing. Joe should stay with Halo for as long as possible. That is if he wants to of course.
Thank you. I'm confused about the bolded part though. Is it possible to explain this in layman's terms ?
Also anyone know what the difference is in both positions Joe had (creative director vs head of creative) ?
I'm assuming head of creative is a higher position than creative director ?
Thank you. I'm confused about the bolded part though. Is it possible to explain this in layman's terms ?
Also anyone know what the difference is in both positions Joe had (creative director vs head of creative) ?
I'm assuming head of creative is a higher position than creative director ?
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Appreciate the detailed post. I'm asking because he was previously Creative Director, so I'm not sure if his position changed or just the name of the position.
He was Creative Director, as well: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/inside-infinite-december-2020
If they're smart, they'll make him the face of the franchise similar to what Bungie did with Luke Smith.
Echoing what others have said: Only if Staten wants to, then he would be a priceless asset to 343, and could really make some great, meaningful changes. I'm already more hyped for Infinite than I was prior, when he came onto the project. And, according to him, the game is shaping up very nicely, especially the campaign.
So 500 people are gonna work on halo updates for 10 years?
Would be a fucking waste if that's what they're doing
It's a service title like Destiny, so yes, that's exactly what is going to happen
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Bonnie Ross said that the next thing after Infinite is exploring new genres for Halo. There's a lot you can do with the franchise, thanks to its incredible big expanded universe.
But not gonna lie, I'd like to see them creating something new, as well. Always thought that it's a mistake to have 1 studio for 1 franchise.
They're going to do other games...they'll just always be in the halo universe. Would that count as new ip? Not sure.
Why would 343i make a new IP?
343i needs to work on Halo only and anything else would be a waste.
Maybe, but usually you actually have multiple creatives involved (Creative Director, Associate Creative Director, etc). You could even have several Creative Leads for each part of the project (Campaign, MP, Forge...). This title implies he is now managing all creatives for Halo Infinite, not just acting as Creative Director.
I would bet a lot of money that they're going to do an ODST style campaign using the Infinite engine also.
If it wasn't, they would just make another Halo game, they are for Halo and Halo only, hence the studio name.
Creative Director is usually the highest creative (design / art) craft position on a game or franchise. Head of Creative usually refers to a studio level position that the Creative Directors in that studio report to.
Again, this may be different in 343, not sure how things are handled over there. :D
See above.
It's supposedly 750 people now and yes they are, that's how many people it takes to support a live game like Infinite is intended to be. Of course they will work on other games but not outside of the Halo IP, Bonnie Ross mentioned spin offs after Infinite.