Former Halo Infinite Head of Creative Joe Staten is officially leaving Microsoft after a nine-year stint between publishing and 343 Industries
Game industry veteran Joe Staten is leaving Microsoft, a company spokesperson confirmed to IGN. Shortly after that, Staten himself commented on the news on his Twitter account, thanking everyone at Xbox and mentioning he would be going on a new adventure.
Joe Staten was recently moved from 343 Industries, where he helped ship Halo Infinite as Head of Creative, back to the Xbox publishing division where he had worked for several years on games like Insomniac’s Sunset Overdrive, Armature’s ReCore, Remedy’s Quantum Break, Asobo’s Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection, Playful’s Super Lucky Tale, Undead Labs’ State of Decay 2, Sumo Digital’s Crackdown 3, Forgotten Empires’ Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Asobo’s Microsoft Flight Simulator, and DONTNOD’s Tell Me Why.
