Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Halo Co-Creator Left Bungie Over Extended Crunch Periods

I know crunch time can be brutal but I think it might be a stretch to use "life altering" in the headline.

One of the reasons why Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto left Bungie was because of the extended periods of crunch that negatively impacted his life. The Halo 2 crunch almost killed Bungie as a company," he said. "It is the most I've ever seen humans work in a year and a half. It was brutal.