Halo Infinite Creative Director Tim Longo leaves 343 Industries

Tim Longo, developer for 343 Industries and the creative director on upcoming release Halo Infinite, has reportedly left the company. Reports indicate that Longo's departure comes as part of an unusual internal restructuring in the months leading up to the release of the next game in the acclaimed Halo series.

As reported by Kotaku, Longo had been moved from his role as creative director to another as yet-unidentified role within the company just a few weeks ago, according to inside sources. His outright departure has only become public knowledge this week.

Microsoft sent the following statement to Kotaku further explaining the situation:

Roles and responsibilities of various team members regularly evolve to meet the needs of a game, throughout development. We have recently had two changes to the Halo Infinite development team. Our Executive Producer, Mary Olson will now take charge of the Campaign team on Halo Infinite as the Lead Producer, utilizing her many years of experience at 343 to help craft a great campaign for fans.

Additionally, Tim Longo has recently departed our team and we are truly thankful for his many contributions to our games, our studio and the Halo universe. We wish Tim nothing but the best in his future endeavors.

The overall creative vision and production of the game remains led by Chris Lee, Studio Head of Halo Infinite.

We have a world-class team building Halo Infinite and the overwhelming positive response by fans has us energized, more than ever, to create the best Halo game to date, alongside Project Scarlett in holiday 2020. These changes have no impact to the release date for Halo Infinite.

It's unclear what sort of impact Longo's departure will have on the release of Halo Infinite, if any. Rest assured that Shacknews will stay on top of the situation and report with new details as they surface. In the meantime, follow the development of the latest Halo release by stopping by Shacknews' Halo Infinite home page.