Halo developer 343 Industries has confirmed the next mainline entry in Microsoft's sci-fi shooter series won't be at E3 2017.

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In a post on reddit , 343 community manager Brian Jarrard (aka sk7ch343) tempered fans' expectations for this year's expo, saying that while the studio will have something at E3, it won't be tied to Halo 6 "I'll slip into my Dreamcrusher persona for a minute in the name of realistic expectations: We've said this already but we'll have a little something at E3 but it's not related to the next major entry in the franchise," Jarrard said.While details on the next proper entry in the Halo franchise are scarce, we do know 343 has been working on Halo 6 for well over a year. Executive producer Kiki Wolfkill and franchise director Frank O'Connor recently addressed the fan reaction to Halo 5: Guardians and confirmed that Halo 6 won't feature any new playable characters , but instead focus on Master Chief.Additionally, earlier this year at DICE, studio head Bonnie Ross confirmed all future FPS Halo games will have split-screen multiplayer 343 Industries has undergone several leadership changes over the past several months. Halo 4 creative director Josh Holmes left the studio in November of last year, and just this week, we learned executive producer Dan Ayoub has departed the studio to join Microsoft's Mixed Reality team.

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