Halo Xbox 360 servers are going offline!? Did Microsoft just pull a Sony!

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We are intentionally moving slowly and deliberately with a multi-phase approach to provide our players with plenty of advance notice: 



Phase One – Fall 2019 

  • One-time migration of over 6M pieces of Halo Xbox 360 Legacy UGC data to Halo: The Master Chief Collection  
Phase Two – December 2020 (WE ARE HERE) 

  • Initial notification to players
  • Digital sales of Halo Xbox 360 titles are halted 
  • *Halo Xbox 360 DLC can still be acquired at no cost
Phase Three – 2021 

  • Continued messaging and reminders throughout the year across Halo channels 
Phase Four – December 2021 *(TBD, no sooner than 1 year from the date of today’s blog) 

  • Halo Xbox 360 legacy services are turned off  
Continuing to evolve and expand MCC while bringing our ambitious vision for Halo Infinite to life is our top priority and stepping away from the day to day upkeep and hurdles of these aging services will empower the team to stay laser focused on our most critical future-facing endeavors.  



As noted above, this is just the beginning – and we’ll continue to message and remind our community of next year’s sunsetting in the coming months. For now, no action is required other than taking note. We would like to also flag that as these services continue to age and back-end work transpires, players may encounter intermittent disruptions. If we anticipate any work items will result in specific service interruptions along the way, we’ll be sure to get the word out.  



Please see below for more specific details and answers to some frequently asked questions. We truly appreciate the longstanding support from our community across these Xbox 360 experiences and look forward to embarking on a new chapter together as we continue to evolve MCC and jump into Halo Infinite together in 2021. Stay tuned to Halo Waypoint and Halo social channels for ongoing updates.  

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 
WHAT DOES “SUNSETTING HALO XBOX 360 GAME SERVICES” MEAN? 
It means that at the end of next year, 343 Industries will be turning off the aging back end legacy services that power some Halo Xbox 360 game features. While these games will still be playable, features and experiences that require online services will be reduced or disabled.  
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Fctftl

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This was announced last year. You late as hell.

there was a 360 Reach event in march for somebody’s birthday since the servers goin down at the end of the year
 
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