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The director and producer superstar team of performance capture 3D film The Adventures of Tintin have offered their thoughts on Ubisoft’s game tie-in. Verdict: they’re impressed – check the video for more.

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Peter Jackson has revealed that he’s currently enjoying playing Modern Warfare 2 more than movies at the moment.

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Remember Peter Jackson saying Halo Chronicles had been cancelled? When he said the project “fell apart,” “is no longer happening,” has “collapsed,” and that his “involvement with the project” has “ended”?

Microsoft has released a statement on the matter, using less final wording.

From Joystiq:

“Microsoft Game Studios is deeply committed to supporting and strategically growing the Halo franchise, and our relationship with Peter and his team is something that we greatly value. Given the bandwidth of both of our companies we’ve decided to put this joint effort on hold and prioritize resources against other projects like Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach and Halo Legends.”

So there you go, sci-fi hobbit fans. Cling to those ethereal syllables. Dare to dream.

Peter Jackson has said that his Halo Chronicles project is no longer gonna happen.

You could even say it’s as dead as Miranda Keyes, from the way Jackson talked – at least on his end.

“That Halo project is no longer happening, it sort of collapsed when the movie didn’t end up happening,” he said. “Microsoft has a whole strategy with the Halo property, and when the rights expired with the two studios, that sort of ended my involvement with the project.

“That fell apart because of internal politics at Fox and Universal. It had nothing to do with the budget or anything else. In fact, we hadn’t even been greenlit at all at that point.”

Confirmation came by way of Joystiq, which ran into Jackson at the premiere of District 9.

More through the link.

Yves Guillemont, head bossman at Ubisoft announced Uplay at E3 during its press event.

It’s a brand new web-based service and online destination that allows players to create content and share it with friends, and download game information.

Out later in the year, some of the big-shots the company will be working with include Peter Jackson and Stephen Spielberg, among others.

The first games get the UPlay integration are Avatar, AssCreed 2, and Splinter Cell: Conviction.

Both Kotaku and Shacknews are rumouring that MGS4 producer Ryan Payton has been signed as creative director on Halo Chronicles, the Peter Jackson-developed Halo title.

Payton recently left Kojima Productions to return to the US, citing family issues.

Hit the links for more.

Or not, as the case may be. According to this AddictGaming story, a Bungie employee has been spotted playing Halo Chronicles online.

The game is the Peter Jackson Halo project, of which zero’s known.

And that’s that.

According to this Gamasutra job posting, Microsoft is still looking for a “superstar game director” to work on the Peter Jackson Halo Project.

“Partner with key Hollywood talent to collaboratively craft a masterful game experience,” says the ad, adding that the successful applicant will, “Collaborate with game play designers, story writers, game writers, and said external luminary to deliver on a unique game in the Halo universe.”

Full thing through the link. No date on the game, or even any idea if it even is a game. Thanks, 1UP.

Xbox head of Business, Don Mattrick, has confirmed to MTV that Bungie’s new title is indeed a new Halo game.

No direct quote is given, strangely, but Mattrick did apparently say that this is not the Peter Jackson venture: so it’s something completely new.

This is rather at odds with the decision that Microsoft took to postpone the announcement last night.

Don’t you just love E3?

By Mike Bowden

Microsoft is now advertising for a creative director, producer and “game engineers” to work on the Peter Jackson Halo game Microsoft announced at X06.

“A Peter Jackson-helmed Halo project was announced at X06 in Barcelona,” a Microsoft spokesperson told MTV.

“Since then, Microsoft Game Studios has been hard at work collaborating with Peter Jackson and Bungie on the development of that project. At this time, it’s necessary to grow the internal team to keep pace with development. Bungie will continue to remain involved in multiple aspects of the Halo Universe with MGS.”

More through the link. The game’s called Halo: Chronicles, in case you’d forgotten.