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Rumor: Gearbox Developing Halo 4

For Microsoft's Next Console

by Veggie Jackson

It isn't the first time we've heard the rumor, but Official Xbox Magazine is reporting that Gearbox Software is working on the next installment in the Halo series, Halo 4, for Microsoft's next console.  The story will appear in the October issue of OXM.

We know that Bungie has no interest in continuing the series, and that Gearbox makes a pretty damn fine FPS, so the rumor at least makes sense.  Six months ago, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford called his new secret project "big. It’s, like, look-at-our-line-up-and-imagine-something-even-bigger kind of big."  This certainly doesn't confirm that they're working on Halo 4, but I'm hard pressed to find another title that's looking for a developer that's big enough to make a CEO essentially devalue his other projects like that.  There's also the fact that making a new Halo game is like opening up your own US mint, so Microsoft would certainly love to see another entry in the series.

Still a rumor, but we're following it closely.

 

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  • Coop
    Coop

    Wasn't Aliens: Colonial Marines their "big. It’s, like, look-at-our-line-up-and-imagine-something-even-bigger kind of big" game? I was pretty sure it was...

  • Voyou San
    Voyou San

    if this is true hopefully gearbox can do something to make the game actually look good and mabye change the gameplay so it does not end up being halo 1.4

  • Puxel
    Puxel

    Simple lowgrav FPS. Doesn't require the precision of a PC FPS, so it sits on it's crutch perfectly. I'd REALLY like to see a tactial third person shooter in the halo universe, preferably without MC.

  • Mikey Hamz
    Mikey Hamz

    Oh for shit's sake.

    Halo 3's ending, in my opinion at least, did great justice to (seemingly) wrap up the series, or at least Master Chief's involvement.

    C'mon now, let's not muddy up the storyline even more than it already is.

  • Coop
    Coop

    I'd buy it. Make it 3rd person tactical, make it mad gritty.

  • HeyKidNiceRobot
    HeyKidNiceRobot

    Microsoft is coming out with another console? I thought the 360 was it. News to me.

  • C-Dew
    C-Dew

    idk about this,
    gearbox does have a good lineup but i dont think they an make a "better" halo game
    they can make a good one but not better.
    i could be wrong, aliens can change my mind about this,
    but Bungie has 3 projects under way and have been hinting that one is halo
    also didnt microsoft accidently say bungie is working on a new halo project at E3?

  • Voyou San
    Voyou San

    is it that hard to make a better halo game? with the exception of the first one, they have not been great games at all and have really done nothing special.

    and Kid, it shouldnt come as a suprise, xbox was out what 4 years and then the 360 hit?

  • C-Dew
    C-Dew

    halo is in fact a great game. its not as great as people expect but its a great game
    andi jsut dont think gearbox can top it
    and to tell u the truth their online play is really great and fun

  • QMarc80
    QMarc80

    I don't know about this. I'm hoping it's just a nasty rumor. Halo is it's own thing, much like any other games out there, full of its own idiosyncrasies. If anyone should be making another Halo game it should be the original creators.

  • Dix Thix
    Dix Thix

    they should base the next game on one of Mikey Hamz Halo fan-fics.

  • Mikey Hamz
    Mikey Hamz

    Master Chief dies, yo.

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