After Marcus Lehto, one of the previous names behind Halo, left the development team Ridgeline Games, which was established in 2021 to develop new games for the Battlefield title based on the single-player experience, EA today announced the closure of the team and the transfer of the task of developing the next single-player experience in the series to Criterion Games.
Marcus Lehto reacted to this news, saying that he did not know that EA intended to close the team. Lehto had previously stated that he had left the team and the game industry at the present time for personal reasons. A number of team members will move to the Ripple Effect development team, which is working on a collective Battlefield experience.
