343 Industries and Halo: Is the Arranged Marriage Working? – Unlocked 560

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🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Halo and 343 Industries was an arranged marriage from the start. After the latest sting of bad news – the cancellation of split-screen co-op – we spend an hour discussing 343's past, present, and future with the franchise. Is the arranged marriage working? Should Halo even be a "live service" game? It's a complex topic with no clear answers, but clearly it's time to have the conversation. Plus: September's Xbox Game Pass games, the Game Pass Friends & Family Plan goes live in a test market, and more! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:41 - Halo Devs Cancel Split-Screen Co-op 00:13:10 - What’s Happening at 343 Industries? 01:00:30 - Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family is Coming! 01:13:29 - More Game Pass News & Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Steve Downs, the voice of Master Chief Sierra 117 and you're listening to podcast unlocked the world's number one Xbox podcast now
0:12.1	Finish this fight
0:14.4	Master Chief out
0:19.2	What's happening friends? Welcome to podcast unlocked episode
0:22.3	560 for September 6, 2022. It's IGN's weekly Xbox show. I'm Ryan McAfry joined on a very very hot San Francisco day
0:33.2	We don't have air conditioning in this town. So Steph why I that's why we're complaining about it
0:37.6	I'm joined by Miranda Sanchez. Welcome back Miranda. Hi. Thanks for having me back
0:41.9	I'm glad to be in the studio because my apartment also does not have air conditioning
0:45.9	It was 90 degrees in there and I was like, I don't want to be here
0:49.0	Yeah, that's why there is a daisy the box you're here as well. She I don't know if she's gonna end up skittering around on camera
0:54.3	Probably not the way we have the shot framed but
0:57.3	We also have a Destin Lagary joining us from the Southern California region. Hi Destin
1:03.5	Bam hey everybody. There's also a heat wave here with temperatures up to 105 degrees some days
1:09.3	So I am in an air condition office, but you both look great
1:13.4	Well, as long as I don't lift up my arms. It's all like swine in my hair. My hair's been getting long
1:19.4	So I was like a ponytail is a must you know, we're wearing shorts skirts dresses anything anything that keeps you cool
1:26.8	Or yeah, all right
1:28.6	Well, we've got a ton to talk about this week
1:30.8	I even wanted to maybe see if we have time after our big topic for the cyberpunk news that dropped today
1:36.6	It's not in my notes, but that was a big thing this morning as we set to record here on Tuesday
1:41.7	But let's start with Halo so
1:44.5	343 has
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