Yesterday, 10,000 Microsoft employees lost their jobs, including staff at Bethesda Games Studios, Gears of War developer The Coalition, and Halo maker 343 Industries."The reason for both of those things is incompetent leadership up top during Halo Infinite development causing massive stress on those working hard to make Halo the best it can be.https://t.co/wo6AfVyoDO — Patrick Wren (@Witdarkstar) January 19, 2023Tyler Owens, another former 343 Industries employee now at Respawn working on Apex Legends, tweeted: "As a Halo fan I'm really tired of Microsoft business practices and policies slowly killing the thing I love.Between the contracting policies they abuse for tax incentives and layoffs in the face of gigantic profits/executive bonuses... they set Halo up for failure"As a Halo fan I'm really tired of Microsoft business practices & policies slowly killing the thing I love — Tyler Owens (@heytred) January 18, 2023between the contracting policies they abuse for tax incentives & layoffs in the face of gigantic profits/executive bonuses... they set Halo up for failureAt the end of last year, Halo Infinite's multiplayer creative director Tom French left 343 Industries.A blog post at the end of last year from 343 Industries stated: "we're committed to making Halo Infinite better with every single update.""