…or should it be called “Day One”? Who cares.
It’s actually tomorrow in Japan and thus some trailers were released along with Microsoft’s keynote which just wrapped up. Here’s what was revealed so far which will be updated as the (North American) day progresses.
Info comes from all over the web with some news from Microsoft’s keynote and other stuff I picked up today.
Enjoy!
That rumor of Ryan Payton joining Microsoft Games Studio is true.
From MGS to MGS. Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft Games Studios, confirmed to Edge-Online that Ryan Payton has indeed joined his team. He didn’t confirm whether or not he was working on the next Halo game.
Congrats to Microsoft Games Studio for acquiring such talented developers.
Bungie is working on something Halo 3 related. An expansion perhaps? Not too sure what it is, but the teaser has me wondering what it could be.
And that’s about it. It’s a small teaser which may contain answers within the fast moving frames, but I’m not going to dissect it. I like Halo, but not that much.
Ensemble Studios is heading towards closure, but not before some big reveals.
According to Gamasutra, the Age of Empires and Halo Wars developer was secretly working on a Halo MMO for some time before it was scrapped. For more early artwork and screenshots, head over to this Flickr page.
Needless to say, but it looked awful.
True? False? I don’t know, but Kotaku and Shacknews seem pretty sure that former Kojima Productions producer, Ryan Payton, is going to be involved with a new Halo game. Not only that, they also believe he’s going to be the creative director of this upcoming title.
Details are unofficial, but apparently this Halo game is the rumored Peter Jackson third person Halo game. Since this is a Microsoft rumor, it’s all, but confirmed.
Bungie had it all lined up with a countdown page and everything. Hype was building and fans couldn’t wait to see what Bungie’s new Halo project as an independent studio was going to be.
Then Microsoft delayed the E3 announcement.
It was a last minute change which didn’t sit well with Bungie’s fans or Bungie’s president. Don Mattrick, head of the Xbox division, wanted to shift that announcement to another event later this year. It’s an understandable decision, but the last minute change of heart wasn’t.
I am curious as to what they were going to show. Halo 3 released just last year so I have my doubts about it being a true sequel. Perhaps its that third person tactical squad based Halo game that was rumored.
