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"More Than Three Teams" Working On Halo Games
1Up reports on comments by Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft Game Studios, which indicated that several different teams are working on Halo projects at the moment. Quoting:
"When GamesIndustry.biz then pointed out that it puts the Age of Empires franchise in a similar position as Halo after Bungie departed from their partnership with Microsoft, that's when Spencer dropped this intriguing tidbit: 'Well, there's more than one team building Halo games right now. There are more than two or three teams building Halo things right now. Some of them we will own, some of them we won't. It's never been, for me, about who you own or don't own — it's about working with the best creative talent in the industry,' he said."
Halo was NOT revolutionary in terms of the game industry.
It WAS revolutionary for the X-Box, however, and has done wonders to sell it and the 360.
Now Microsoft has a decision. Another smash hit or something to pay the bills. Most companies would prefer the last one, although, without some major innovation, the Halo series is dead. The only thing they can do at this point is make minor improvements like the sports games do and add a new item here or there.
Why not a Halo RPG, based on someone's life after the apocolypse? Not Fallout, but immediately after things turn to shit. More like parts of FFX. Or, maybe a game where you're with the police force back on soil? You could use the Halo name for a lot of games that would work, or you can use the Halo name for the same damn thing.
Job? I don't have time to get a job! Who will sit around and bitch about being broke and unemployed then?