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Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have all discussed the future of gaming in a new panel session. Spielberg in particular wants to see immersion in games rise to unprecedented levels moving forward.

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Halo’s new guardians 343 Industries hope they can tell stories which don’t necessarily centre on franchise poster boy Master Chief.

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Microsoft has announced that the Halo series has moved 50 million since its inception in 2001. It has also been confirmed by 343 Industries that the next titles in the series is also “in early stages of development.”

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343 Industries is hiring, and it is looking for someone who can help it build “large scale distributed systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, serviceability, maintainability, and stability.”

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Xbox Live is ten years old today, but things could have been very different. According to Bungie studio manager Harold Ryan, the premium service wouldn’t have worked without Halo and the leadership of the renowned studio.

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Halo 4: Spartan Ops Episode 2 is out next week, and in it, the “mysterious artifact recovered” from Requiem takes over the vital systems on the UNSC Infinity. This forces the Spartans of Crimson and Majestic back down to the planet to “look for a way to free the ship.” Have a look at the video teaser below. The downloadable co-op campaign is free, and 343 Industries has said new missions will be released every week for 10 weeks, totaling 50 in all. Thanks, OXM.

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Halo 4′s leak hasn’t fazed 343 Industries’ Frank O’Connor in the slightest, as such occurrences are “inevitable.”

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Halo 4′s Forge Mode has been detailed a bit more through a new video released by Gamespot.

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Halo 4′s Promethean enemies and weapons have been detailed in the next issue of Game Informer, according to a GAF user who downloaded the digital version of the magazine on his iPad. Due to the fact some of this can be considered spolieriffic, even if it is printed in a nationally known magazine, we’ll refrain from posting the information here and just give you links to it instead. This way, we can wash our hands of the possibility of soiling your Halo 4 experience. Go have a look on NeoGAF, Examiner, AGB, and Halo Council. Halo 4 releases November 6.

Halo 4 takes a throw-away Red vs Blue joke and runs with it, much like you’ll do with the Grif in this newly-detailed competitive multiplayer mode.

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During the Rooster Teeth Expo last week, 343 Industries presented a live Forge demo for Halo 4, alongside Certain Affinity, and discussed during a panel the aesthetic variety between the environments.

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Job listings with 343 Industries suggests the firm is looking for folks to work to help “drive the future of Halo.” Those with experience as a graphics developer and FX technical artist are asked to apply, and will be working on creating “current and next generation game visuals in the Halo universe.” Via Videogamer.

A bit of a wince and a giggle out of the UK to kick the morning off; during a report on the ongoing struggles in Syria, BBC News accidentally flashed Halo’s UNSC logo in place of the United Nation’s. Naturally it was captured and YouTubed; check it out through the break.

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Microsoft has sent over some screenshots for Halo 4 as well as information pertaining to the game’s multiplayer and Limited Edition.

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Screenshots, artwork, and renders for Halo 4 showing both the single and multiplayer campaigns as well as Cortana and Master Chief have been posted over on Gameblog.fr. Each shot can also be found in the various articles on Halo 4 through the Game Informer hub. Game’s out November 6.

MarkMonitor, a company Microsoft regularly employs to make domain name registrations, has gone on a slightly mental shopping spree to try and secure the name Halo Infinity.

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Bungie has relinquished all Halo player data services. Check out the whopping statistics the studio gathered over the years, and read its heartfelt thank you to fans.

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MCV‘s reporting that UK daily The Sun’s front page this morning is claiming terrorists are using Call of Duty as an aid to help prepare for upcoming attacks.

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Bungie’s confirmed the final handover of power on the Halo IP to 343 Industries will take place by March 31.

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If you’ve got twenty minutes to burn and you’re a Halo fan, then you could do a whole lot worse than spending it with this Halo machinima. The voice acting can get a little spotty in place, but for a fan film with presumably zero budget this is a fantastic work. Full video after the break. More »