Bungie "actively" working on new IPs and Halo

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via Computer and Video Games


Halo 3's out, Bungie's off the MS leash, but there's no time for rest as studio manager Harold Ryan reveals the developer is already hard at work on not one but two new IPs, and new Halo games.

"We're actively engaged with the senior staff here on a couple of new IPs right now, but the team that can generate cool Halo games is still running full-speed as well," Ryan has revealed in an interview with Develop magazine.

Speaking about Halo and the split with Microsoft, he said, "Obviously Microsoft wanted us to make more Halo games. Both I and some of the more senior guys from the original Halo game have deep piles of game designs for the Halo universe that we are excited to build at some point".

"If the stars align and motivations are good and the platforms are right we'll do them," he teased.

He explained that new game prototypes created during the development of Halo 2 were ditched to deal with the hefty workload that was Master Chief's second outing. But it's not dead and buried.

"We kept that prototype running throughout the development of Halo 3," he said, "and now we have a creative team which feels like they own that".

Ryan continued, "We also have Halo DLC on the way, and a new IP prototype that we are very excited about. Then we have other Halo games that are cranking along also. So the end result so far has been exactly as it should have been - we're happy, excited, and doing our best work on a path that lets us grow."

Get excited.

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what is an IP? i mean, is it like an Internet Protocol or what?

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what is an IP? i mean, is it like an Internet Protocol or what?

IP stands for "Intellectual Property". It basically means they can copyright the idea and characters of a game etc.

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I wonder if they're going to try and port Halo to other consoles (I don't know if Micro$oft would allow it though).