Microsoft Hands HALO to Activision After Hundreds of Layoffs

Microsoft just handed one of its most notable legacy franchises to the guys behind Call of Duty, Halo‘s former top rival in the first-person shooter market. That’s right: Activision is making Halo from now on. Microsoft has stripped Halo Studios for parts, eating hundreds of layoffs amid Microsoft’s restructuring. The crew that remains will be purely on upkeep…