343 Industries is a Microsoft Studios internal-build team established to create new properties for the Halo series.^[1][2]

ProjectsEdit

Upcoming and CurrentEdit

• The Forerunner Saga - Written by Greg Bear.
• Reclaimer trilogy
• Halo 5
• Halo 6
• Halo: The Fall of Reach - Boot Camp - An adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Brian Reed with art by Felix Ruiz.
• Kilo-Five Trilogy - Written by Karen Traviss.

ReleasedEdit

• Halo Waypoint - The central hub for Halo-related content.
• Halo: Primordium
• Halo: Glasslands
• Halo: The Thursday War
• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
• Halo: Helljumper - Written by Peter David and drawn by Eric Nguyen.
• Halo Encyclopedia - Edited by Tobias Buckell and published by DK Books.
• Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe - Written by Eric Nylund, Tobias Buckell, Karen Traviss, and other critically acclaimed authors.
• Halo: Blood Line - Written by Fred Van Lente and drawn by Francis Portela.
• Halo Legends - Created in partnership with numerous Japanese anime studios.
• Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack
• Halo: Reach Anniversary Map Pack
• Halo 4
  • Halo 4 Crimson Map Pack
  • Halo 4 Majestic Map Pack
  • Halo 4 Castle Map Pack

Known EmployeesEdit

• Bonnie Ross - General Manager ^[3]
• Frank O'Connor - Franchise Development Director (formerly of Bungie) ^[4]
• David Wu - Chief Technology Officer (also CEO and Director of Technology at Pseudo Interactive, former Senior Software Engineer at Origin Systems)
• Dan Ayoub - Executive Producer for Publishing (former Senior Producer at Ubisoft and EA, Game Director at Propoganda Games)
• Kiki Wolfkill - Executive Producer on Halo 4 (former Director of Art at Microsoft Studios)
• Josh Holmes - Studio Creative Director, Creative Director on Halo 4 (former VP and General Manager of Propoganda Games, Lead Designer at EA)^[3]
• Kenneth Scott - Senior Art Director on Halo 4 (former Art Director at id Software) ^[5]
• David Berger - Development Manager on Halo 4 (former Development Lead at FASA Studios)
• Sotaro Tojima - Audio Director on Halo 4 (former Sound Designer and Audio Director at Kojima Productions)^[6]
• Chris Lee - Lead Producer (former Lead Producer and Producer at Microsoft Game Studios, Program Manager at Microsoft)
• Vic DeLeon - Lead Mission Artist on Halo 4 (former Senior Environment Artist at Bungie, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo ODST, Halo: Reach)
• Scott Warner - Lead Game Designer on Halo 4 (former Designer at Pandemic Studios and Black Isle Studios)
• Brad Welch - Lead Designer on Halo 4 (former Lead Designer at EA, Pandemic Studios)
• Corrinne Yu - Principal Engine Programmer on Halo 4 (Director of Technology of Gearbox Software, creator of Borderlands, Lead Engine Programmer of 3D Realms, creator of Prey, Director of Technology of ION Storm, creator of Deus Ex and Anachronox)
• Will Christiansen - Gameplay Animator on Halo 4
• Nicolas 'Sparth' Bouvier - Lead Concept Artist (former Lead Concept Artist at Ubisoft)
• Jesse Snyder - Lead Designer on Halo 4 (former designer at Treyarch, purported creator of the Nazi Zombies gametype)
• Ray Almaden - Lead Level Designer on Halo 4 (former Senior Designer at EA, Guerilla Games and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
• Fredrik Persson - Lead Gameplay Engineer (former Lead Programmer at Pandemic Studios)
• Nick Bell - Lead Mission Artist (former 3D Artist at id Software, Senior Environment Artist at Edge of Reality, and Senior Prop Artist at Midway Games)
• Paul Pepera - Environment Artist (former Environment Artist at id Software, 3D Artist at Timegate Studios, founder of Tryptych Studios)
• Brien Goodrich - Cinematic Director on Halo 4 (former Art Lead at Turn 10 Studios, Lighting Supervisor and Associate Art Director at FASA Studios)
• Neill Harrison - Art Manager on Halo 4 (former Art Manager at Rare)
• Kevin Grace - Managing Editor ^[7]
• Jonathan Goff - Community Manager (formerly of McFarlane Toys)
• Christopher Schlerf - Senior Writer on Halo 4
• Jason Pace - Publishing Producer ^[8]
• Jeremy Patenaude - Content Creator (formerly of AscendantJustice.com) ^[3]
• Jacob Benton - Mission Designer (formerly of AscendantJustice.com)^[3]
• David Ellis - Spartan Ops Designer (formerly of 1up.com)
• Maggie Oh - Senior Technical Artist (formerly of Pixar)
• Patrick Gillette - Gameplay Animator (formerly of Bungie)
• Tim Diaz - 3D Artist (formerly of Sony Santa Monica)
• Brian Reed - Writer (former writer at Pandemic Studios)
• Armando Troisi - Narrative Director (former Lead Cinematic Designer at BioWare)
• Daniel Price - Senior Service Engineer (former Software Development Engineer at Microsoft)
• Sally Huang - Producer on Halo 4 (former World Art Intern at Bethesda Softworks, Technical Artist at EA)
• Che Chou - Studio Producer (former Community Manager at Turn 10 Studios)
• Kathy Gehrig - Associate Producer (formerly of Valve)
• Corrine Robinson - Associate Producer (former manager at McFarlane Toys)
• Veronica Peshterianu - Associate Producer on Halo Waypoint (former Production Intern at EA Redwood Shores)
• Greg Murphy - Dr. Designer (former Design Director and Software Test Engineer at Microsoft)
• Matt Aldridge - Lead Character Artist (former Senior Character Artist at Lucasfilm, Character Artist at EA Los Angeles)
• Joe Waters - Software Development Engineer (former Lead Engineer at Monolith and Hidden Path Entertainment, Graphics/Effects Developer at FASA Studios)
• Rj Ranola - Environment Artist (former Environment Artist at Raven Software and EA Chicago)
• Derrick Hammond - Environment Artist (former Environment Artist at Raven Software)
• Donnie Taylor - Environment Artist (former Contract Artist for Bungie, 3D Artist at Liquid Dragon Studios)
• Wade Mulhern - Senior Environment Artist (former Senior Environment Artist and Cinematic Artist at Sony Computer Entertainment America)
• Mark Champigny - Cinematic Artist (former Senior Animator at Raven Software and Activision, Animator at EA Chicago)
• Adam Peterson - Senior Environment Artist (former Environment Artist at Sony and Namco)
• Tonya Noerr Tornberg - Senior Animator (former Senior Animator at Animal Logic and Sony Pictures Imageworks, Animator at EA)
• Bryce Cochrane - Animator Director (former Animator at EA Blackbox, Art Director at Kuju Entertainment)
• CJ Markham - Motion Capture Supervisor (former Lead Animator at Rockstar Games London, Animation Consultant at Rockstar San Diego, Course Content Providor at Autodesk)
• Eric Will - Senior 2D Artist and Graphic Designer (former Artist at id Software, User Interface Artist at EA Chicago)
• Andrew Bosold - 3D Environment Artist (former 3D Generalist at Valkyrie Entertainment, Lead Artist at Wandering Samurai Studios)
• Greg Cox - 3D Environment Artist
• Jonathon Wood - Senior Effects Artist (former Lead FX Artist at n-Space, senior VFX artist at EA Tiburon)
• Justin Dinges - Environment Artist (former freelance artist at Glitchless, Senior Environment Artist and Multiplayer Level Designer at Raven Software)
• Scott Parrish - Lead Creature Technical Director (former Lead Creature TD at Industrial Light and Magic, Character Pipeline TD and Cloth Technical Director at Sony Pictures Imageworks)
• Daveed Kaplan - Sr. Character Artist (former Art Director at Atari, did contract work as Art Director and Digital Sculptor for Square Enix, Marvel and Todd McFarlane Design)
• Liz M. E. Chung - Multiplayer Designer (former Designer at 2K Marin, Associate Game Designer at Crystal Dynamics)
• Clive Burdon - Animation and Cinematics Producer (former Senior Producer at Neversoft Entertainment and Paradox Development, Producer at Leftfield Productions)
• Gavin Carter - Sr. Producer (former Producer and Design Intern at Bethesda Softworks)
• Paul Parsons - Sr. Game Designer (former Game Designer at Disney Interactive Studios and Backbone Entertainment)
• Alexander Boczar - Lead Infrastructure Engineer (former Technical Director at Pandemic Studios, Lead Programmer at Unique Development Studios)
• Adam Pino - Gameplay Developer (former Lead Tools and Systems Engineer and Senior Software Engineer at Pandemic Studios, Programmer at Idol Minds)
• Matt Brown - Senior AI Developer (former Lead AI Engineer at 2K Marin, Senior Software Engineer at EA)
• Alex Cutting - Producer (former Software Design Engineer at Microsoft Studios)
• Chris Haluke - Sr. Mission Designer (former Lead Level Designer at Guerilla Games and Propaganda Games, Level Designer at Ubisoft Montreal and Artech Studios)
• Jason Behr - Sr. Mission Designer (former Senior Designer at Monolith Productions and Retro Studios, Design Consultant at Bluepoint Games)
• Paul Ehreth - Mission Designer (former Product Designer at Good Science, Technical Artist at Microsoft Research, Game Designer at Sony Online Entertainment)
• Wei Wiharjo Chan - Environment Artist (former Lead Artist at Killspace Entertainment, Senior Artist and External Art Producer at Pandemic Studios, Artist at Vivendi Universal)
• Kendall Deacon Davis - Designer (former Screenwriter at Mirror Images, Program Manager at Microsoft, Writer at Swolecat Studios)
• Dave Bolton - Junior Concept Artist (former Concept Artist at ArenaNet and Hourglass Games)
• Justin Lippert - Level Builder (former Web Desinger at LeadingMD, Lead World Builder and Level Designer at queSPECK Studios)
• Tiana Los - User Interface Artist (former Web Advertising Designer at AT&T)
• Brendan Wilson - Tools Developer (former Game Programmer at Koei Canada, Engineer at ATI)
• Quentin Rezin - Encounter Designer (former Scripter and Level designer at inXile Entertainment)
• Josh Kerwin - Public Relations
• Chad Armstrong - Designer (former Multiplayer Designer at Bungie)

TriviaEdit

• 343 Industries is named after 343 Guilty Spark, the Forerunner Monitor of Installation 04.
• 343 is a possible 7 reference. 7 x 7 =49. 49 x 7 = 343.(7 x 7 x 7= 343)
• 343 is a possible 7 reference that was used by Bungie. 3+4+3=10. 10-3=7.

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