Wed, Oct 01, 2008 | 20:29 BST
Payton confirmed for MS Halo team
Ex-Metal Gear 4 associate producer Ryan Payton – and all his hats – has been confirmed as a hire to the internal Microsoft Halo team by Phil Spencer, Edge reports.
Spencer’s also confirmed that Corrine Yu, formerly of Gearbox Software, and her husband, former id artist Kenneth Scott are definitely on the crew.
The exec said in a statement, “Microsoft Game Studios is thrilled to have such talented people working to develop new and exciting projects within the Halo universe and supporting existing projects from studios like Bungie and Ensemble.”
More through the link.
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Posted in: Action, Development, Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Trade, Xbox 360
Tags: halo, kojima productions, metal gear solid 4, mgs4, Ryan Payton
4 comments
#1
Johnny Cullen
01/10/08, 10:02 pm
Great to see after all his family troubles, the reason why he left KP, he finds another great job in the industry.
Well done, congrats and good to Ryan Payton =D
#2
Blerk
01/10/08, 10:15 pm
How come you didn’t mention the “big Bungie reveal confirmed for TGS” bit?
#3
Johnny Cullen
01/10/08, 10:33 pm
Oh yeah, just seen that, how could you miss that?
“The confirmation of the hirings comes days before the Tokyo Game Show, where, according to the Microsoft rep, Halo house Bungie will be making a major announcement regarding the recently-released Halo teaser video.”
Cant wait to see this now. I am really intreagued as to what this announcement is (unless they announce that Keep it Clean is a expansion to Halo 3, for which I’ll be dissapointed unless they announce more details for it)
#4
No_PUDding
01/10/08, 10:52 pm
Well, why at TGS? Weird!
And also, it’s no doubt just explianign the Halo 3 campaign, I hope Bungie also annoucne a game too though. Non-Halo.