wraggster
September 15th, 2010, 21:49
Microsoft has asked Halo fans to trust that it won't "fumble the ball" when it comes to the future of the series.
The studio that created it all, Bungie, is now working on a new multiformat project with Activision, having completed work on Reach - its critically lauded final Halo.
The direction of the series will now be controlled by Microsoft - which owns the IP - as the creative baton is passed to internal studio 343 Industries.
Yet despite Bungie moving on, Microsoft has moved to reassure fans that future Halo games will still bear the series trademark of quality.
"We won't fumble that particular ball," Xbox UK boss Neil Thompson told CVG. "The Halo franchise is very important to us. It is a great asset to the platform and whatever we choose to do with it we will make those decisions carefully and in a very considered way. I think people have to trust that we'll do the right thing."
Prior to Reach, Bungie's Halo games generated approximately $1.5 billion in revenues, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack and GfK.
Bungie split with Microsoft, its former owner, in 2007.
The studio that created it all, Bungie, is now working on a new multiformat project with Activision, having completed work on Reach - its critically lauded final Halo.
The direction of the series will now be controlled by Microsoft - which owns the IP - as the creative baton is passed to internal studio 343 Industries.
Yet despite Bungie moving on, Microsoft has moved to reassure fans that future Halo games will still bear the series trademark of quality.
"We won't fumble that particular ball," Xbox UK boss Neil Thompson told CVG. "The Halo franchise is very important to us. It is a great asset to the platform and whatever we choose to do with it we will make those decisions carefully and in a very considered way. I think people have to trust that we'll do the right thing."
Prior to Reach, Bungie's Halo games generated approximately $1.5 billion in revenues, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack and GfK.
Bungie split with Microsoft, its former owner, in 2007.