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Xbox insider Jez Corden has addressed growing concern among Halo Halo fans that a move to Activision Blizzard could turn the franchise into an annual release, mirroring Call Of Duty's yearly cadence.
Since we got the confirmation that Halo is shifting under ABK's structure, a fair chunk of the reaction has skewed anxious rather than hopeful. The fear, essentially, was that Halo would start getting a new entry every year, complete with the trappings that come with Call of Duty's live service model: multiplayer-first releases, item shops, microtransactions, and campaigns trimmed down to four hours or less to hit an annual deadline.
Some fans went further, speculating Activision could even alternate development between Call of Duty and Halo year on year, using shared internal studios to keep both franchises on a yearly treadmill.
Corden says that's not what's happening
Responding directly to those concerns on X, Corden gave a simple "yes" when asked whether he could confirm annual Halo releases aren't the plan, and followed up elsewhere saying plainly: "they ain't gonna run it like CoD. people need to calm down lol."
Obviously, this is far from an official confirmation, but Jez Corden is a reliable source for all things Xbox, and let's be honest, what are the chances that Activision really want to turn Halo into CoD? I doubt they're that stupid.
I think this would be a worst-case scenario for a franchise with such rich, vast lore as Halo. If I had to guess, I'd probably say Activision will try to start from scratch, rebooting the series with a darker, more military feel. But that could just be a Halo fan inside of me speaking.
Activision have officially said they want to make the greatest Halo game ever, which will give Halo community at least some kind of hope that they're not half-baking this.
It will be a while before we play Activision's Halo, though, whatever that game turns out to be, so there's plenty of time to be concerned later on. Now, it's up to the dev teams to start cooking.
