343 Industries have announced that they will be sunsetting online services on for games in the Halo franchise 3 on the Xbox 360 by December 2021.
The franchise developers released a lengthy blog post outlining the process of discontinuing the Xbox 360 Halo titles over the next years.
Chief among the titles, Halo 3 was released back in 2007, and as such player numbers are lowering. 343 says that “Maintaining these legacy services today requires significant time and resources which directly impacts the studio’s ability to support current and future projects like Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Halo Infinite.
Owners of these titles will still be able to play these games indefinitely, however, certain online features and experiences, particularly online matchmaking, will be limited or disabled.”
A tweet was also posted summarizing the titles which are being affected: Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo Wars, Halo: Reach, Spartan Assault, Halo 4 and Halo Combat Evolved…