Halo RTS nuked, new Bungie games?
One small blow for the RTS world, one major leap for the rumour mill
Halogen, an in-development RTS (C&C:Generals) mod based on Halo, has been stomped on by Microsoft.
According to a post from the Halogen team on the project's official website, Microsoft requested that development ceased after deciding that the mod infringed on Bungie Studios' intellectual property.
Halogen was apparently in development for three years and, although it appears the cease and desist order from Microsoft wasn't entirely unexpected, the team behind the mod must surely be utterly gutted.
Meanwhile, in semi related news, recent rumours wafting around the internet have suggested that Bungie is currently working on two other games outside of Halo 3 and the Halo universe, one involving the developer's Jason Jones and Chris Butcher while the other is being focussed on by a second internal dev team.
The rumours, however, have been brought into question by at least one videogames website, IGN claiming that sources close to Bungie have described them as inaccurate and old. Interestingly though, IGN has stated that its sources "are confident" that there is another Halo title in the development - the heavily rumoured Halo MMO, but it's being worked on by an independent studio in collaboration with Bungie as opposed to internally.
What, if any, of this is true will no doubt be discovered in the fullness of time, or perhaps at X06 later this month.
