Mon, Feb 28, 2011 | 13:49 GMT
Core Halo experiences will be kept “close to home,” says 343
343 Industries head Frankie O’Connor has said that main Halo “experiences” will kept internal, apparently killing off any rumour of Saber Interactive developing Combat Evolved HD.
Saber, developer of Timeshift and upcoming Namco sci-fi title Inversion, was reported to be behind the development of the title.
But O’Connor insisted that while any “mini-collaborations” could include outside influences, major projects will stay internal.
“343 as a publishing entity and Bungie before it is always open to collaboration. We’ve done weird things in the past like we put a Spartan in Dead or Alive 3… We met with Itagaki and his team to make sure the Spartan was fighting correctly, using a style that was appropriate, was the right height and moving like a Spartan,” he told CVG at Microsoft’s San Francisco showcase last week.
“We’ve always been open to those sort of mini-collaborations, but as far as the core game experiences are concerned we have to keep that close to home.”
343 and fellow dev Certain Affinity are developing the Defiant Map Pack for Reach, which is out on March 15, the first-ever DLC not to be developed by Bungie, which is currently creating a new IP in partnership with Activision.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, Frankie O'Connor, halo, Halo: Combat Evolved HD, saber interactive
13 comments
#1
OrbitMonkey
28/02/11, 2:02 pm
Phew, i’d hate to lose that jump, melee, spam grenade magic…
#2
DaMan
28/02/11, 2:25 pm
as opposed to Call of Repetition’s shooting range, hmm?
#3
OrbitMonkey
28/02/11, 2:53 pm
Halo = Spam grenades, melee, jump around.
COD = Spam grenades, melee, go prone.
BIG difference
#4
ManuOtaku
28/02/11, 3:08 pm
Spartan….. on Dead or Alive 3, man i played that game and i dont remember that, well maybe i just didnt paid enough attention to that game o_O
#5
Michael O’Connor
28/02/11, 3:10 pm
@4 Not sure why he said Dead or Alive 3. It was Dead or Alive 4 that had Spartan-458 in it.
#6
ManuOtaku
28/02/11, 3:15 pm
Well… Yeah in dead or alive 4 yes i remembered it but not on 3, but because i did played that game a long time ago, dont want to sound so secure because i was not 100% entirely sure, thanks for clarifying though.
#7
OrbitMonkey
28/02/11, 3:17 pm
@5 Wasn’t Spartan-458 female? I bet Itagaki programmed some big bouncy boobies under that Spartan armour
#8
DaMan
28/02/11, 3:32 pm
@3 ah-uh!
#9
Pokeh
28/02/11, 4:07 pm
It’s worth mentioning that Certain Affinity made the Blastacular Map Pack for Halo 2. =)
#10
Mike
28/02/11, 4:37 pm
@3 Obviously can’t play Halo very well.
#11
OrbitMonkey
28/02/11, 5:11 pm
^ STFU! I like TOTALLY rape wit my energy sword skillz dude!!!!
#12
Crysis
28/02/11, 5:42 pm
@11, Go invisible & crouch around or just wait around corners with sprint, it’s not hard even for a noob to be good with the best weapon in the game.
#13
OrbitMonkey
28/02/11, 5:54 pm
^ I’z no noob! I like totally PWN wit me shotty to bro!!!!