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=== Establishment === | === Establishment === | ||
Following the end of partnership between [[Bungie]] and [[Microsoft]] [[2007]], Microsoft sought to form an internal studio from its internal development group to oversee the future developments of the ''Halo'' franchise.<ref name="continuation">[http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/108/1086915p1.html '''IGN''': ''Halo: Reach Will Be Bungie's Last Halo Game'']</ref> 343 Industries was established, with a number of Bungie employees having transferred to the internal studio, namely [[Frank O'Connor]] and [[Chad Armstrong]] (still keeping the number of ex-Bungie employees under five). To expand the internal team, 343 Industries hired several of its employees from the ''Halo'' community, including [[Jeremy Patenaude]] and [[Jacob Benton]] of [[Ascendant Justice (blog)|Ascendant Justice]] and [[Jessica Shea]] of Hawty McBloggy. | Following the end of partnership between [[Bungie]] and [[Microsoft]] in [[2007]], Microsoft sought to form an internal studio from its internal development group to oversee the future developments of the ''Halo'' franchise.<ref name="continuation">[http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/108/1086915p1.html '''IGN''': ''Halo: Reach Will Be Bungie's Last Halo Game'']</ref> 343 Industries was established, with a number of Bungie employees having transferred to the internal studio, namely [[Frank O'Connor]] and [[Chad Armstrong]] (still keeping the number of ex-Bungie employees under five). To expand the internal team, 343 Industries hired several of its employees from the ''Halo'' community, including [[Jeremy Patenaude]] and [[Jacob Benton]] of [[Ascendant Justice (blog)|Ascendant Justice]] and [[Jessica Shea]] of Hawty McBloggy. | ||
343's first project was [[Halo Waypoint]], a downloadable [[Xbox LIVE]] application developed in conjunction with [[Certain Affinity]] and released in [[2009]]. Its content is also available on the official ''Halo'' website at [[Xbox.com]]. Certain Affinity also created the maps in the [[Defiant Map Pack]], the first [[map pack]] to be released by 343, and has since worked with 343 Industries on several projects. | 343's first project was [[Halo Waypoint]], a downloadable [[Xbox LIVE]] application developed in conjunction with [[Certain Affinity]] and released in [[2009]]. Its content is also available on the official ''Halo'' website at [[Xbox.com]]. Certain Affinity also created the maps in the [[Defiant Map Pack]], the first [[map pack]] to be released by 343, and has since worked with 343 Industries on several projects. | ||