Just a few days ago, Joseph Staten, the creative director of Microsoft’s 2021 first-person shooter Infinite aura and great power behind the scenes of all cardamom The franchise since its release, announced his departure from Microsoft. Now it looks like another important member of the cardamom The team also decided to leave Microsoft, albeit more quietly.

Windows Central noted that Frank O’Connor’s LinkedIn page It now shows that his job at Microsoft, which started in December 2003, now has an end date of April 2023. It also shows a new listing for “Franchise Creative Director” for something currently untitled. O’Connor has not updated his social media with any departure notice, nor has Microsoft commented on whether he has indeed left the company.

If O’Connor did leave Microsoft and the cardamom The franchise is behind it, it might be the end of an era for that game series. O’Connor previously worked with cardamom’Bungie’s original developer started in 2004, back when Bungie was still owned by Microsoft. In 2008 he joined Microsoft when Bungie decided it no longer wanted to own the company. He worked with cardamom343 Industries’ key to leading the many different story and narrative efforts in the multimedia franchise, from novels, comic books and of course games. His efforts also included work on cardamom TV show on Paramount Plus as executive producer.

Besides O’Connor (allegedly) and Staten, 343 Industries saw its longtime studio head, Bonnie Ross, leave Microsoft in September 2022. 343 Industries was also reportedly hit particularly hard by Microsoft’s decision to lay off 10,000 workers in early 2023. It will be interesting to see the The direction of the flagship Xbox game franchise going forward.

source: LinkedIn Through Windows Central