Maybe ”ten years down the line” they’ll return to the IP they created. For right now, ”this is it for us.” Microsoft’s 343 Industries will be taking over.
”As far as right now, currently, yes. This is our last Halo Bungie game,” lead multiplayer designer Lars Bakken told Joystiq in an interview.
”Now in the future, who knows? You can never say never, because things change. maybe ten years down the line we decide to make another Halo game, but for right now, yes. This is it for us.” Halo: Reach’s multiplayer beta begins May 3rd for ODST owners.
It will be the end of era as Bungie introduced Halo: Combat Evolved all those years ago for the original Xbox, reigniting the first-person shooter community. As for what Bungie will move onto, not even they know exactly what lies in store for the studio.
Already 343 Industries, Microsoft Game Studios internal Halo team, are already hard at work on ”a new game in the Halo universe” and expanded by 20 devs. Let’s hope that 343 can keep the magic alive and the innovation that Bungie strives for each time.
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