Are you one of those people who needs to have absolutely every peice of Halo merchandise on the market? Well you better add another item to your list as it was recently made known that Sumthing Else’s 5-disc Halo soundtrack will hit store shelves tomorrow.
Included in the bundle are the original soundtracks from Halo: Combat [...]

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Stuart Beattie, the screenwriter of the upcoming Gears of War film, is back at it, this time with a Halo script that has the support of both Microsoft and Bungie.
"The Halo movie in its initial incarnation is dead. No one is pursuing it anymore," said Beattie. "I’m just a fan and I desperately want [...]

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Microsoft today confirmed rumors that Metal Gear Solid 4 producer Ryan Payton has been recruited into Microsoft Game Studios. The company also noted that they had hired id Software art director Kenneth Scott, too. They are said to have joined the team that is “working on upcoming and existing Halo games.”
The two join a [...]

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Remember Ryan Payton, the very vocal Metal Gear Solid 4 producer who recently parted ways with Konami to seek greener pastures? It seems he has found it at Microsoft Game Studios… working on a new Halo title!
Citing a “reliable source”, Shacknews has posted word that Ryan Payton will be serving as creative director on [...]

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It seems that Microsoft has posted a recent job opening that talks about the future of Halo on their next-gen console.
Below is an excerpt from the posting:
Microsoft’s new Halo Studio team is looking for a technical and highly talented program manager to work with an engineering team to help define the next generation of gaming [...]

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Originally stemming as nothing more than a rumor, Kotaku has recently confirmed that we will infact see a Master Chief inspired armour set bundled as an extra with the Collector’s Edition of Fable 2.
There’s currently no word if this is actually a Bungie endorsed cameo, but considering the subtle Master Chiefness, I’d say probably not.
As [...]

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Bungie programmer Damian Isla has gone on record to say that the studio has a “lot to learn” from Infinity Ward’s use of scripted events in Call of Duty 4.
“[Infinity Ward] did a hell of a job with their set pieces, of scripting certain moments that they were really sure the player was going [...]

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We learned of Peter Jackson’s Halo project back at X06, and we haven’t really heard much since. Fortunately, a new job listing has been posted by Microsoft seeking a Creative Director, Producer, Game Engineers and others for a “new experience in the Halo universe.” Microsoft has since confirmed that the new employees will indeed [...]

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