Former Halo Studios art director Glenn Israel explained why he left the studio after 17 years in October 2025. He said he witnessed "blacklisting, fraud, rampant favoritism and nepotism."Management committed “numerous unethical and/or illegal acts” from January 2024 to June 2025.Glenn filed a complaint with Microsoft, but one of the studio's senior managers began to threaten him and take revenge at the first opportunity.They even united against him so that he would resign of his own free will.Microsoft itself simply ignored all this.There was a chance for change when the head of the labor relations department promised changes and an investigation, but quickly retreated and stopped working on it.Glenn also revealed that some other fired employees confirmed to him that Microsoft often resorts to firing workers who somehow defend their rights and complain about the team. #game