Call Of Duty developer rumoured to be working on Halo after new job ad

After assisting connected Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6, a deleted station has revealed Sledgehammer Games is moving connected a concealed task wrong Xbox.

Call Of Duty is backmost connected a precocious pursuing the motorboat of Black Ops 6, which has already go the fastest selling crippled in the bid and the astir critically acclaimed successful years.

Development connected Black Ops 6 was handled by Treyarch and Raven Software, with Sledgehammer Games acting arsenic a enactment studio. The second developed past year’s overmuch maligned Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and, on with moving connected a aboriginal Call Of Duty entry, it seems similar the workplace has different task successful the pipeline.

That’s according to a present deleted LinkedIn station from Andrew Wilson, main operating serviceman astatine Sledgehammer Games, wherever helium said the squad is looking to prosecute 8 developers acquainted with Unreal Engine 5 to enactment connected an ‘unexpected’ project.

Wilson’s station was bouncing disconnected a occupation callout from Ben Wanat, elder originative manager astatine Sledgehammer Games, which listed 8 disposable occupation positions ranging from Systems Designer, Character Artist, to Senior Technical Artist.

In the post, Wanat wrote: ‘I’m looking for friendly, hands-on collaborators with heavy cognition of Unreal 5 who thrive successful an indy [sic] benignant improvement environment.’

While it’s unclear what the task really is, the ‘indie style’ statement suggests it’s either for a small-scale task oregon to enactment arsenic a enactment squad connected a larger rubric – possibly for a circumstantial mode.

After the station was circulated by Xbox insider Klobrille connected Twitter, fans person speculated that it could beryllium tied to Halo successful immoderate way.

Recently, Halo developer 343 Industries rebranded to Halo Studios and moved to Unreal Engine 5, aft decades of utilizing their ain propriety engine.

Call Of Duty games are made utilizing the IW motor and not Unreal Engine 5, truthful immoderate the task is, it’s comparatively improbable to beryllium Call Of Duty related.

Although it’s not happened officially yet, present that Microsoft owns Activision Blizzard, they’re escaped to usage the studios nevertheless they want. Although they’ve already indicated they’ll maintain the existing structure that sees 1 workplace taking the pb connected a caller crippled successful a astir 3 twelvemonth cycle.

If Sledgehammer are not helping retired with Halo past it’s inactive a enigma what the occupation ads are for, and could besides suggest immoderate benignant of caller spin-off oregon adjacent a caller IP.

Considering Halo infinite struggled with delays successful its accumulation and post-launch content, Microsoft mightiness beryllium looking to guarantee the adjacent Halo is susceptible of delivering the aforesaid prime arsenic Call Of Duty wrong a likewise strict timeframe.

The Halo franchise has dimmed successful popularity since 343 Industries took the reins from Bungie with 2012’s Halo 4, truthful drafting successful enactment from a squad who person acquisition successful making highly polished shooters would beryllium a astute determination to capitalise connected the Activision acquisition.

Halo Studios confirmed it is moving connected aggregate Halo games successful a blog station past month, successful what was described arsenic being the ‘beginning’ of a ‘new chapter’, truthful it’s apt we won’t perceive thing astir these caller projects for a fewer years yet.

Sledgehammer Games is believed to beryllium moving connected the adjacent Call Of Duty crippled pursuing Black Ops 6, which is rumoured to beryllium a sequel to Black Ops 2.

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