343 Industries is removing cutscenes from future Halo Infinite season updates

Developer 343 Industries will no longer be creating narrative cutscenes for future seasons of Halo Infinite. The company’s employees will focus more on “requested features, content and improvements” for the game.

Brian Jarrard, the company’s community director, let us know on Twitter that internal changes have been implemented so that priority now shifts to other parts of the further development of Halo Infinite. Jarrard says this compromise is the result of tough decisions. He is probably referring to a recent alleged round of layoffs in which almost a hundred employees of the studio were dismissed. Many veterans and some top people also left the company after the game was released at the end of 2021.

From the fourth season of Halo Infinite, narrative cutscenes will no longer be added to the game. So far, 343 Industries has sporadically released major content updates, including several CGI films that flesh out story elements.

Halo Infinite Season 4 is available as of this writing. Like every season, a paid battle pass is available that, unlike many other games, does not expire after the season is over. Players can unlock cosmetic items through the battle pass. Furthermore, the Infection mode returns, there is a new visual system for weapons and 343 Industries is releasing an overarching progression system called Career Rank. This rank represents a player’s progress across all game modes.