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Halo's Master Chief in the trilogy's third installment.
Brian Jarrard, Bungie community lead, explained in an interview that one reason for the growth was the sheer size of the Halo 3 development process. But he said the expansion also was made with an eye toward what's next.
"We're just trying to prepare ourselves for the future and get positioned. As a studio we want to grow to a point where we're able to do more than just one game every three years. We're trying to experiment with smaller cell teams that are prototyping on potential new (intellectual property) and future projects. We know that we need to have some guys stay behind and be able to support Halo 3 after release, possibly doing some downloadable content in addition to being able to work with Peter Jackson on a new Halo game. We have a lot of irons in the fire right now, and in order to be able to multitask, we've just had to grow."
The Halo games have played a huge role in Xbox and Xbox 360 sales. By extension, they're critical to Microsoft's home entertainment strategy. See this story from Monday's newspaper for more on Halo 3, and how it fits into the company's broader plans.
Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, said he doesn't expect Bungie to leave Halo completely behind. One example is the studio's ongoing work on the secretive Halo game with Jackson.
However, Kim said to expect some non-Halo projects from Bungie, as well.
"They've always said to me, 'Look we love Halo, obviously, but we have other stories we want to tell,' " he said. He compared it to George Lucas taking a break after the final installment in the first Star Wars trilogy. Since he raised the Star Wars example, I quizzed Kim about the possibility of a Halo prequel, but he wouldn't reveal anything.
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Posted by unregistered user at 9/26/07 9:41 p.m.
I just beat halo 3 n there should be another just on how it ends. Master chief does not die 2 end that rumor. I will not go further do to the fact that u should beat the game to see the end.