Nueva información, esta vez de la propia
Bungie, de su actualización semanal de ayer.
You may have noticed some hubbub earlier this week as Microsoft posted several job descriptions aimed at building up a new internal Halo development team within MGS. The initial speculation was that this project was actually the long awaited yet highly mysterious Halo/Peter Jackson game (rumored to have been dubbed "Chronicles") that was first announced nearly two years ago. This was confirmed by MS who said the following:
"A Peter Jackson-helmed Halo project was announced at X06 in Barcelona,” said a Microsoft spokesperson. “Since then, Microsoft Game Studios has been hard at work collaborating with Peter Jackson and Bungie on the development of that project. At this time, it’s necessary to grow the internal team to keep pace with development. Bungie will continue to remain involved in multiple aspects of the Halo Universe with MGS."
So what does this all mean? In a nutshell, Microsoft is building a development team to work on future Halo game titles - the first one being collaboration with Peter Jackson. Just like the upcoming Halo Wars from Ensemble, this isn't "our" game. However, having worked with him already, we are possibly more excited than you are to see what someone of Peter Jackson’s imagination, talent and resources can bring to a Halo game experience. Bungie will, however, continue to remain very much involved in multiple aspects the Halo Universe as part of our ongoing relationship with Microsoft.
Meanwhile, we're damn busy ourselves with a variety of projects underway within the studio including one that you'll be hearing more about in the very near future. Now that we control our own destiny we also have other longer term, top secret plans afoot. The wait for that may be a tad longer though.
Me cuesta un poco entenderlo, pero leo que:
- MGS ha estado colaborando con Peter Jackson y Bungie para el desarrollo de Halo Chronicles, pero en este momento es necesario que crezca el equipo de trabajo. Bungie continuará envuelta en multiples aspectos del universo HALO con MGS.
- Microsoft está trabajando en crear un equipo de desarollo para futuros juegos de HALO (el primero, con Peter Jackson). Como Halo Wars de Ensemble, este no es "nuestro" juego (y que tienen muchas ganas de saber qué saldrá de la mente pensante de Peter Jackson, xDDD).
- Bungie está muy ocupada en proyectos de los cuales sabremos cosas en un futuro cercano.
Esto significa que Bungie cede el trabajo a un equipo interno de MGS? Me da esa sensación. Seguramente todo esto eche por tierra la información del primer post, en el que se rumoreaba un "halo zero" de Bungie. Parece ser que el verdadero siguiente HALO será el de Peter Jackson, y no a cargo de Bungie sino de un estudio interno de Microsoft Games Studios (se os ocurre alguno?).