Joseph Staten is an American video game developer, writer, novelist and voice actor from California who is known for his work at Bungie, particularly the best selling Halo franchise. He also worked on Oni and Microsoft Flight Simulator. He provided the voices for the Grunts in the Halo games. He is married and has two children.
After spending 15 years at Bungie, Staten announced his departure on September 24, 2013. His last project for the studio is Destiny, a new first-person shooter published by Activision.
Returned to Microsoft Studios on January 9, 2014.
His first job was teaching English to Japanese Junior
Highschoolers.