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A few months back, it was revealed that Halo Infinite Creative Director Tim Longo had departed from the studio. In his absence, Mary Olson was then promoted to Lead Producer for Infinite’s campaign team. A mere two months later though, and now Olson herself has also left 343 Industries.
Olson’s move was spotted recently on her LinkedIn page, which stated that as of October 2019, she is no longer at 343. Olson is now the Head of Production at Midwinter Entertainment, the studio behind Scavengers.
In a new Reddit post, community manager at 343 John Junyszek said that both Longo and Olson leaving isn’t a cause for concern stating, “there is no creative dilemma inside the studio, and there’s no writing on the walls.” Junyszek went on to also say, “Tim’s role as Creative Director was to help make creative decisions around the design and direction of the game – whether it was campaign, multiplayer, etc. Mary’s role as an Executive Producer and then Lead Producer on Campaign was to help drive the game to its completion for our holiday 2020 release date – with the latter specifically focusing on campaign deliverables.”
Junyszek then went on to say that Olson specifically didn’t take over for Longo after he left 343. “It implies that Mary took over creative control of the entire game, didn’t like what she saw, and then decided to leave. If that’s what actually happened, I could totally understand getting worried – but that isn’t the case, as she was a Lead Producer and not a new Creative Director.”
A few months back, it was revealed that Halo Infinite Creative Director Tim Longo had departed from the studio. In his absence, Mary Olson was then promoted to Lead Producer for Infinite’s campaign team. A mere two months later though, and now Olson herself has also left 343 Industries.
Olson’s move was spotted recently on her LinkedIn page, which stated that as of October 2019, she is no longer at 343. Olson is now the Head of Production at Midwinter Entertainment, the studio behind Scavengers.
In a new Reddit post, community manager at 343 John Junyszek said that both Longo and Olson leaving isn’t a cause for concern stating, “there is no creative dilemma inside the studio, and there’s no writing on the walls.” Junyszek went on to also say, “Tim’s role as Creative Director was to help make creative decisions around the design and direction of the game – whether it was campaign, multiplayer, etc. Mary’s role as an Executive Producer and then Lead Producer on Campaign was to help drive the game to its completion for our holiday 2020 release date – with the latter specifically focusing on campaign deliverables.”
Junyszek then went on to say that Olson specifically didn’t take over for Longo after he left 343. “It implies that Mary took over creative control of the entire game, didn’t like what she saw, and then decided to leave. If that’s what actually happened, I could totally understand getting worried – but that isn’t the case, as she was a Lead Producer and not a new Creative Director.”
