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343i's next Halo game will focus more on Master Chief

O'Connor on shifting the focus ahead of the next Halo.

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Even though 343i is still supporting Halo 5: Guardians (a game that was released back in October 2015) and is currently taking over post-launch support for Halo Wars 2, it seems the studio is already thinking about how to evolve the main series, next time with a greater focus on Master Chief.

On the occasion of the studio's tenth anniversary, studio head Kiki Wolfkill and franchise director Frank O'Connor took part in an interview with GamesTM (via Wccftech), where they outlined how, based on the feedback received from the community following Halo 5, they plan to develop a next chapter in the series.

"We took some digs for storytelling in Halo 5, but they were absolutely merited. We very much realized that people wanted Master Chief's story of Halo 5," O'Connor said.

"We definitely marketed in a way that we hoped was going to bring surprise, but for some fans and certainly fans of Master Chief, it was a huge disappointment because they wanted more Chief."

"They loved Blue Team, they liked Osiris, but they wanted Chief. And that has been a big learning. Chief we tend to think of as kind of a vessel for your adventure rather than necessarily this major character in the universe. He's really just your entry into the universe."

The pair from 343i clearly wanted to reassure their community, teasing us with the knowledge that John 117 will be more of a focus next time around (whenever that may be):

"Instead of focusing on bringing new characters into the world and expanding the playable characters we've sort of shifted the focus a little bit to making the world a little bit more realistic and compelling and, I would say, more fun for players who get to inhabit the Chief in the future, pretty much as they demanded."

We can't wait for more news. Maybe we'll see or hear something at E3?

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