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11-10-2007, 07:02 PM
Bungie "actively" working on new IPs and Halo
Friday 9-Nov-2007 11:28 AM New Halo games and DL content, plus new IPs in the making at now-independent Bungie
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Halo 3's out, Bungie's off the MS leash, but there's no time for rest as studio manager Harold Ryan reveals the developer is already hard at work on not one but two new IPs, and new Halo games.
"We're actively engaged with the senior staff here on a couple of new IPs right now, but the team that can generate cool Halo games is still running full-speed as well," Ryan has revealed in an interview with Develop magazine.
Speaking about Halo and the split with Microsoft, he said, "Obviously Microsoft wanted us to make more Halo games. Both I and some of the more senior guys from the original Halo game have deep piles of game designs for the Halo universe that we are excited to build at some point".
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"If the stars align and motivations are good and the platforms are right we'll do them," he teased.
He explained that new game prototypes created during the development of Halo 2 were ditched to deal with the hefty workload that was Master Chief's second outing. But it's not dead and buried.
"We kept that prototype running throughout the development of Halo 3," he said, "and now we have a creative team which feels like they own that".
Ryan continued, "We also have Halo DLC on the way, and a new IP prototype that we are very excited about. Then we have other Halo games that are cranking along also. So the end result so far has been exactly as it should have been - we're happy, excited, and doing our best work on a path that lets us grow."
Get excited.
http://computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=175362
Bungie has an endless amount of creativity, but I know Bungie will stay with Microsoft forever with console games. They are a company that has too much honor to go to Sony. They may make handheld games for Nintendo, but I doubt they will go to any other console except for Microsoft's. I can't wait to see what they have in in store for us.
Friday 9-Nov-2007 11:28 AM New Halo games and DL content, plus new IPs in the making at now-independent Bungie
13 Comments
Halo 3's out, Bungie's off the MS leash, but there's no time for rest as studio manager Harold Ryan reveals the developer is already hard at work on not one but two new IPs, and new Halo games.
"We're actively engaged with the senior staff here on a couple of new IPs right now, but the team that can generate cool Halo games is still running full-speed as well," Ryan has revealed in an interview with Develop magazine.
Speaking about Halo and the split with Microsoft, he said, "Obviously Microsoft wanted us to make more Halo games. Both I and some of the more senior guys from the original Halo game have deep piles of game designs for the Halo universe that we are excited to build at some point".
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"If the stars align and motivations are good and the platforms are right we'll do them," he teased.
He explained that new game prototypes created during the development of Halo 2 were ditched to deal with the hefty workload that was Master Chief's second outing. But it's not dead and buried.
"We kept that prototype running throughout the development of Halo 3," he said, "and now we have a creative team which feels like they own that".
Ryan continued, "We also have Halo DLC on the way, and a new IP prototype that we are very excited about. Then we have other Halo games that are cranking along also. So the end result so far has been exactly as it should have been - we're happy, excited, and doing our best work on a path that lets us grow."
Get excited.
http://computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=175362
Bungie has an endless amount of creativity, but I know Bungie will stay with Microsoft forever with console games. They are a company that has too much honor to go to Sony. They may make handheld games for Nintendo, but I doubt they will go to any other console except for Microsoft's. I can't wait to see what they have in in store for us.