"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."

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More then three

[LingNoi]

The Sims: Halo Edition
Halo Cart
World of Halocraft
Halo Tycoon

Saturation, much?

[PunkOfLinux]

The market will be so flooded with new 'halo' branded games that it will do nothing but dilute the brand. The RTS thing could be cool; hell, maybe like a space fighter could be cool. But if you start releasing shit like EA does (games are NOT something where release early, release often works well), you will end up with a diluted, or, worse, maligned brand. It's like that "The more you squeeze your hand the more it escapes your grasp" thing...

No more ownage?

[Shin-LaC]

It's never been, for me, about who you own or don't own

And here I thought owning was at the very core of the Halo experience.

Re:No more ownage?

[svnt]

It's never been, for me, about who you own or don't own

And here I thought owning was at the very core of the Halo experience.

You've obviously never had your self-worth destroyed by some screaming 8-year-old "ChuckNorris1999" on Xbox Live.

You know that quote about how real beauty is on the inside? Phil Spencer just coined the FPS equivalent. And it's still something only ugly people say.

Halo fan here

[Caboosian]

Hi Microsoft, I'm a dedicated Halo fan. Halo:CE is really the game that made me a gamer - I played it, and I was hooked. I absolutely love that game, and I really enjoyed Halo 2 and Halo 3. I think they're fantastic games; you may disagree, and I say, to each his own. Now, onto the next matter of business:

The milk is drying up. The horse is dead. Please, stop pissing on what was once a respectable gaming series. I don't give a damn if you think it will make you oodles of money - you keep bending the franchise over like you are, and it will lose it's touch. People will stop buying it. The fans will cease to be, and you will have a shell of a franchise.

Halo was pretty damn good, but don't go make the Master Chief the next Sonic. For FSM's sake, GO INNOVATE. That goes for the entire damn industry! I can't believe the day has actually come when EA is being more innovative (Mirror's Edge, Spore) than the rest of the industry.

I'm not saying retire the entire Halo series (I'd be infinitely happier if you would, but I'm not an idiot). I'm saying that if you don't stop abusing the legacy of the franchise that launched your console, that both you and the fans will regret it.

Halo was special. It was a revolutionary console game (that's an argument for another time, however). Please, do not make fools of yourselves, and moreover, fools of the fans. Take a page out of any book that isn't George Lucas' and leave the franchise intact. Stop pimping it out. Leave it be, or at least in the fewest, most capable hands you can, AND GO MAKE SOMETHING NEW.

For a while now, I've hoped that I wouldn't ever see another Halo game. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case. I fear that my favorite series is doomed to mediocrity.

Re:So, when does Halo come out for Linux?

[DanWS6]

And you won't be missing much. At least from my experience with Halo PC. The library level was a nice repetitive borefest.

Re:You mean like that other series?

[PunkOfLinux]

I think that since Mario is known as a character, rather than as a specific genre of game, that they can get away with that; plus, the mario sports games are FUN.

More than three in marketing talk?

[sleeponthemic]

Four.

Extra extra!

[philspear]

Someone on slashdot doesn't like microsoft product! Weather and sports up next!

Re:The Past

[Mr2001]

A lot of people would argue that the Halo games don't "work well on a console" either. Halo's accomplishment in that regard, IMO, was just to show that players can tolerate console controls for an FPS if there's enough aiming assistance.

BTW, Quake III on PS2 had the same dual analog control scheme.

Re:Not the same spark

[steveo777]

(I consider that to be a feature, not a bug.)

I agree. I always thought it was a bit unrealistic (yes, I know I'm talking about a game here) that your health could ever be measured as a percentage. If you're arm is blown of does that mean you're at 84%? No, I'm pretty sure that means you're at around 2-3%.

For me it was always more exciting to not know how much health you may have in reserve. That and in some games I feel that the need to find a med kit sometimes hampers gameplay.