Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | 09:17 BST
Microsoft confirms internal Halo team growth, adds Gearbox tech director to lineup
Kotaku sends word that Microsoft is expanding its internal Halo team for something big, but this time it’s not a rumor.
“As the Halo franchise continues to flourish, Microsoft Game Studios is growing its internal team to develop future Halo projects,” said a Microsoft rep.
Additionally, the big M confirmed that Gearbox director of technology Corinne Yu has hopped aboard the new flagship in the Xbox 360 armada, and that she brought her husband – a former art director at id Software – along for the ride. Kotaku’s sources say that they’ll both be working on Peter Jackson’s mysterious Halo spinoff.
And so the wait continues.
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Posted in: Action, America, Development, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Corinne Yu, gearbox, Microsoft Game Studios
13 comments
#1
scuz
29/08/08, 11:32 am
meh halo
#2
Psychotext
29/08/08, 11:58 am
Wouldn’t be a Halo topic without at least one.
#3
patlike
29/08/08, 12:34 pm
I’m excited by Halo 4. It’s going to be a completely massive, quadruple-A videogame, and if it isn’t it’ll be the best car crash news ever seen. Ever. Nothing, from my perspective, can possibly go wrong.
#4
morriss
29/08/08, 12:42 pm
Halo 4 will beat Nintendo.
#5
patlike
29/08/08, 12:45 pm
You’re just a h8t0r.
#6
No_PUDding
29/08/08, 1:25 pm
I’d like to see how they make it as good as previous ones, while expanding on the community.
What will they do?
#7
morriss
29/08/08, 1:26 pm
I’m the biggest Halo fanboy there is. Or did you mean Nintendo? If so, then yes, you’re right.
#8
No_PUDding
29/08/08, 1:30 pm
I can tell you are.
But seriously, Halo 3 was not the best of the series. What do you think they will do with Halo 4 to make it better?
#9
Psychotext
29/08/08, 2:04 pm
Not sure what they can do really. As long as there’s no more flood, and no more colonoscopy levels I’ll be happy. \o/
#10
morriss
29/08/08, 2:08 pm
Halo 3 was the best, I reckon. Well, it had the best set pieces. Halo 1 was ‘legendary’ however, as it was the first of its kind on a console and the nostalgia feeling is now set in stone.
As long as it has the Chief in it, the warthog, the tank and is “free-roaming” to the extent where you can approach a situation in a multitude of ways then I really don’t care what they do.
#11
No_PUDding
29/08/08, 2:19 pm
well I am the only non-Halo fan in my friends group, and they all said it was the most disappointing.
I am sure it wasn’t bad, but there was too much hype to deal with.
#12
Quiiick
29/08/08, 2:43 pm
@ Psychotext
LOL!
Dr. Med. Master Chief WILL return.
@ No_PUDding
I agree, Halo 3 was mediocre at best …
#13
No_PUDding
29/08/08, 2:53 pm
I played the first Halo. The thing that amazed me by that was the graphics and open maps. But other games have done that before.
I gotta admit, every element of TimeSplitters appeals to me more. Cannot wait for this generations addition, regardless of Haze.