http://www.gamespot.com/news/bungie-design-director-leaves-6414927
"Bungie Studios design director and Halo and Destiny universe co-creator Joseph Staten has left the company after 15 years, the studio announced today on its website.
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In a statement of his own, Staten explained that he is leaving Bungie to "tackle new creative challenges," though these were not specified.
"After 15 great years at Bungie, from the battlefields of Myth to the mysteries of Halo and beyond, I'm leaving to tackle new creative challenges," Staten said. "While this may come as a surprise, fear not. It's been my pleasure building Destiny these past four years, and after the big reveal this summer, our hugely talented team is on track for greatness. I'll be cheering all of them, with all of you, when the game launches next year. Thank you for your support of me, and your continued support of Bungie. We couldn't have done it without you."
Staten is a prolific Halo writer, having written for every game in the series developed by Bungie. He also served as creative director for Peter Jackson's Halo film (which would later fall apart) and authored the New York Times bestseller Halo: Contact Harvest."
Though I'm not sure how much he had to do with Halo's gameplay itself, the lore and legend he created around it was great enough to constantly keep me hooked. The words Grunts, Elites, Brutes, and more have never been the same since 2001's Halo Combat Evolved. The series did a pretty decent job expanding from there and to be honest, despite some slip-ups in the story (the obvious plot discrepancies, silly story threads, the entirety of Halo Reach) he did a solid job keeping up with that. Not to mention he also wrote the novel that helped flesh out the universe more.
Seeing Destiny's coming up soon and it has an entirely new universe of its own created by this dude, what are your thoughts on his departure?
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