Former 343 Dev Says Halo 5 Monthly Updates Left Team 'Burnt Out'

While some people are getting a bit frustrated with the update and release schedule ofHalo Infinite, it turns out that there may be a very good reason why things are coming out at the pace they are for the newest installment in the long-running series. In fact, whileHalo Infiniteseems to be declining in popularity, one formerHalo 5: Guardiansdeveloper explains that the slower pace of updates and releases might have been because of the struggles workers had with the last game.The arrival ofHalo Infinitecame more than six years after the launch of its predecessor. WhileHalo 5wasn’t universally beloved, it appears there are some things it got right. In fact, it appears that one big thing the previous game did better than the newest entry is that its content drops were quite a bit more consistent in the eyes of some of the franchise’s most devoted players.RELATED:Halo Infinite Players Want Loading Screens to Feature Map ImagesThat came to light late last week when popularHaloplayer The Act Man took to Twitter to complain about how long it had been since there had beenany real update forHalo Infinite. While explaining that he won’t ever just stop playingInfinite, he doesn’t understand why 343 Industries was so consistent with its updates toHalo 5and it’s been three months without so much as a roadmap for the new game.

That prompted a former member of theHalo 5development team to respond directly to The Act Man, explaining that there might be a very good reason why things aren’t coming at the same pace for the current installment. Patrick Wren, who now works for Respawn Entertainment, said that the way the company did things forHalo 5led to quite a bit of burnout. He added that, “monthly releases like that were extremely unsustainable.”

Because he’s not with 343 Industries anymore, he apparently can’t speak definitively as to that being the reason thatHalo Infinitecontent updatesare coming at a slower pace. Instead, he just seemed to want to make it clear that he understands 343 couldn’t or shouldn’t have tried to keep up that previous pace.

That explanation may not satiate some players that are unhappy with the way thatHalo Infinitecontent has been rolledout since the game was officially released. However, it does shed some light on why the company appears to be working at a more slow and deliberate pace this time around.

Halo Infiniteis available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.