Online services for the Halo series on Xbox 360 will either lose some functionality or shut down entirely on Jan. 13, 2022.
343 Industries announced that this was coming back in October, though now we have a definite date. A new blog post on Halo Support clarifies what’s going away in the new year.
Titles going offline include:
- Halo: Reach
- Halo 4
- Halo 3
- Halo 3: ODST
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- Spartan Assult
- Halo Wars
This will hinder a ton of features for each game, including file sharing, service records, challenges, and most notably, matchmaking services for Halo: Reach, Halo 4, Halo 3, and Halo 3: ODST. Some of these games have been online for more than a decade, so it’s certainly the end of an era. Curiously, Halo Spartan Assault and Halo Wars will both retain matchmaking.
In January, we will be sunsetting Halo Xbox 360 online services. The affected games will remain playable indefinitely, but some experiences will be impacted.
Please visit https://t.co/DYQjpIPtKT for more details.
— Halo Support (@HaloSupport) December 13, 2021
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Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
