Xbox 360 Halo games go dark December 2021 • Eurogamer.net

Halo Xbox 360 games go dark December 2021, 343 Industries announced.

Online services for Halo: Reach, Halo 4, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Anniversary of Combat Evolution, Spartan Attack and Halo Wars will all end by December 2021.

You will be able to continue playing these games after this date, of course, but some online features, such as online matches, will go offline.

It means the Halo 3 online multiplayer expires 14 years after the adventurous Bungie shooter, in September 2007.

This also applies to those games running on newer consoles via back-compat, as the underlying software is still the original Xbox 360 content and therefore dependent on legacy online services.

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Explaining the decision, 343 said the time, resources and energy it takes to keep these games online no longer determine how many people are playing.

“To date, we have maintained work and forward-looking priorities for the future with the ongoing maintenance of Halo Xbox 360’s legacy services,” said 343 in a post on Halo Waypoint.

“Maintaining these legacy services today requires a significant amount of time and resources that will directly impact the studio’s ability to support current and future projects such as Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Halo Infinite.

“At the same time, month – over – month usage of these legacy Xbox 360 game services is declining, creating an even greater imbalance between the time and work required to maintain vs. the impact That’s not to say we don’t give in. It doesn’t value and care about everyone who plays Halo – we really do. with any business, our teams need to regularly measure needs according to available resources (time, people, experience, etc.) and prioritize areas and opportunities that will yield the greatest results.

“As these games continue into age, and as modern remakes developed for many of these experiences have moved forward, fewer and fewer people are investing. time in the original legacy titles.Digital sales have slowed significantly and physical sales of these Xbox 360 legacy titles were halted back in 2018.

“Unpaid time and energy on Halo’s future is all that is spent maintaining and supporting Xbox 360’s legacy services.”

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Useful 343 instructions on what goes dark for each affected game.

So far, digital sales of Xbox 360 Halo games have stopped, 343 confirmed. 343 Halo: The Main Collection, which includes Halo: Anniversary Evat Combat, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, and Halo 4, identified as time the future of online play for these games.

“Continuing to evolve and expand MCC whilst making our ambition for Halo Infinite a priority and stepping away from maintenance and the barriers of these age-old services will empower the team to stay laser-focused on our most critical future- looking efforts, “said 343.

So, if you are still running individual achievements that require online services, for example matching or challenge-based, you should expect to cover that by December 2021. It is also worth noting legacy file sharing content will no longer be accessible from December 2021.

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