Thu, Nov 18, 2010 | 19:29 GMT
343 Industries hiring level designer and artist to “help breathe a fresh vision into a new Halo experience”
Microsoft’s put out a call for a Senior Technical Artist to “help breathe a fresh vision into a new Halo experience”.
That was last night. Today, according to a tweet from lead designer Scott Warner, the firm is also looking to hire level and mission designers.
Here’s the tweet in full:
One more game job related post: I need level/mission designers. I want to personally reverse this layoff trend and HIRE PEOPLE. Contact me
He also tweeted that when the Pandemic layoffs hit “exactly one year ago”, it allowed the firm to “pick up close to 20 very talented developers”. That’s good to hear.
Last night we told you about MS’s official hiring site listing a November 12 call for a senior tech artist.
Not much else is revealed, but here is the description in case you are thinking of applying:
We are looking for a highly-qualified candidate for the position of Senior Technical Artist. The Senior Technical Artist will play a significant role in establishing and maintaining the production pipelines. The ideal candidate will be able to work collaboratively with Art and Development teams to help bring our story alive and push the medium forward.
Now that Bungie’s moved on to Activision, it’s all up to 343 to keep your Halo juices flowing. Hopefully soon we;ll find out exactly what those juices entail.
Until then, best keep yourselves occupied with Halo: Reach.
Thanks, Mike.
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Tags: 343 industries, halo
25 comments
#1
LePlatypus
17/11/10, 10:15 pm
I thought Bungie was with Activision.
#2
cookiejar
17/11/10, 10:17 pm
Yep Activision.
Although not really a move either. Just a deal.
#3
LePlatypus
17/11/10, 10:23 pm
It’s just the article says EA which confused me. Curse you Steph confusing us (me)!
#4
Zurtech
17/11/10, 10:26 pm
And it definitely needs it, Reach was a right snoozefest.
#5
Razor
17/11/10, 10:31 pm
Don’t think Halo needs fresh vision does it. Didn’t do badly on the NPD’s did it.
#6
Stephany Nunneley
17/11/10, 10:37 pm
God Sorry. @1 & @2 and everyone else. And yeah, it moved from “a deal with MS” to a “deal with Activision”. A deal is a deal is a deal. God I am tired.
#7
OrbitMonkey
17/11/10, 10:37 pm
Applicant: Hi guys I’m pumped to be here & put some of my ideas forward on how to really refresh the Halo brand. A game I love!
Microsoft: Do any of these ideas involve Kinnect?
Applicant: Er…. No…..
Microsoft: Next!
#8
MegaGeek1
17/11/10, 10:40 pm
They need Kirsten Price blowing to help breathe any fresh ideas into that stale ass franchise!
#9
Stephany Nunneley
18/11/10, 7:30 pm
Added some new information in there about Pandemic and another position being open with the firm.
#10
Erthazus
18/11/10, 7:51 pm
“The ideal candidate will be able to work collaboratively with Art and Development teams to help bring our story alive and push the medium forward.”
Halo has a story? I mean, wow…
#11
manamana
18/11/10, 8:25 pm
@10 You don’t know of the Story, because the books are written in english.
#12
Erthazus
18/11/10, 8:39 pm
@11, Thank god that i can’t read in english books for 9-14 year old faggots like you that never read or saw a good classic Sci-fi books from the authors like A,B Strugatskies, Frank Herbert, Richard Morgan and e.t.c.
#13
OrbitMonkey
18/11/10, 8:45 pm
@11 So you need to read the books to understand the story of the game? Something not right there…
#14
manamana
18/11/10, 9:03 pm
@12 whats that, you already read in your kindergarden? Try Anthony Burgess, Arthur C. Clarke and Douglas Adams while you’re swaggering bullshit.
@13 nah, course not. But obviously halo has a story and the books are building the universe. Some call it merchandise, others call it milking. Matter of taste.
#15
manamana
18/11/10, 9:08 pm
Ertha, I thought you already get the and etc. stuff? etc. stands for et cetera, is latin and means “and so forth”. Drop the dots while you’re at it.
#16
Mike
18/11/10, 9:08 pm
Story doesn’t really matter. At the heart of it is the best shooter I’ve played. Halo keeps raising the bar and people feel threatened by it.
Been like this for 9 years now.
#17
Erthazus
18/11/10, 9:12 pm
@manamana, that just shows that you don’t even read books at all. Nice failure there.
Anthony Burgess works are philosophical novels with satire or historical fictions, not sci-fi or science fiction you dumbass. (except others two)
http://dailybail.com/storage/20080923__82875236AW011_SENATE_HOLDS_failp1.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1251240769891
Want to fail again? This is a Halo fanbase? :3
@Mike, “Halo keeps raising the bar ”
For example?
#18
manamana
18/11/10, 9:39 pm
*Facepalm* yeah kiddo…so what? Did you need to google Burgess? Of course he is no Sci-Fi author. But what he wrote was mindblowing, even for kids like you. When you are in need of the real Sci-Fi stuff get Stanislaw Lem. I mean for real. But don’t let us start on name dropping contests, it will lead to nothing. Really, what is wrong with you, going harsh at people all the time?
#19
OrbitMonkey
18/11/10, 9:53 pm
The last time Halo raised the bar for *console* shooters was with Halo2 & only then for its multiplayer. Since then The Orange Box has set the standard for story in a fps & COD4′s multiplayer is still unbeaten. Imo
If we’re dropping sci-fi names can I recommend Neal Ashers The Skinner & John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War. Both awesome.
#20
manamana
18/11/10, 10:07 pm
Nothing comes even close to HL, that’s for shure. BFBC2 is the best MP for me, sold MW2 after that. Lol. And I never heard of Asher, will check him out. I’ve listened to Bradburys “Mars chronicles” audiobook past week, crazy stuff, but very inspiring …
#21
pukem0n
18/11/10, 10:22 pm
i agree, its time for a fresh take on Halo to make it good again…Combat Evolved good
#22
LOLshock94
19/11/10, 1:06 am
make so its like halo 1 where you could have a little bit of free roam cause REACH doesnt count
#23
DaMan
19/11/10, 2:00 am
Reach has a really dull campaign, ODST was way better. they should go back to Bungie’s previous approach or else just drop it altogether.
#24
RETARDED VIKING
19/11/10, 2:23 am
They should change gameplay altogether you know, make it more tactical like BIA,R6V,or Freedom Fighters.
I would enjoy playing a squad based Halo game, maybe play as the covenant again.
#25
JonFE
19/11/10, 9:41 am
I *still* cannot figure out what is it with Halo that brings the worst out of some people…