Reach is Bungie's Last Halo on X360
Halo Reach will be Bungie's last Halo title for the Xbox 360.
An era eventually had to come to an end. According to a recent interview over at CVG, Bungie senior designer Lars Bakken said that the upcoming Halo: Reach title will more than likely be Bungie's last Halo game for the Xbox 360 console. Does that mean there will be no more Halo games for the console? Not necessarily.
"In terms of a platform for Halo games made by Bungie, yes," he said confirming the developer's exit in the franchise. "I can't answer that question for Microsoft though. Whether they have something in the works or not, I don't know if they're actually ready to talk about it yet, but in terms of Bungie-produced Halo games, ODST and then Reach is probably all you're going to get."
Bakken also told CVG that Halo: ODST is actually done, with Microsoft global group product manager Ryan Crosby adding that Bungie actually needed to finish ODST in order to get everyone working on the Reach title. Halo: ODST is slated for a September release.
Bungie is also working on a brand new IP, however Bakken could not elaborate any further.
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yeah,hopefully they're gonna develop more Halo games for PC now
/joke,I know that aint gonna happen
As far as a PC Game, Halo would suck. There are too many good shooters on the PC that a descent console one like Halo is easily overshadowed.
Bungie isn't going to be making any more HALO anything.
And the HALO for PC... that may never happen, because Microsoft supports PC GAMING! er... NOT!!
well there goes the only good game Xbox ever had LOL. now how are they going to keep people replacing there failed 360's?
Keyword: For the 360. Who's to say PC as well as Microsoft's next console isn't going to get more Halo games? ODST then Reach, by that time Microsoft will have a new console on the horizon.
I thought Halo on the PC wasn't too bad. Played 1 and 2. Worked just fine. If they made more Halo for the PCs I'd get that adapter and some wireless 360 controllers. They just gotta do a good job on the port.
Good port example: Mass Effect
Bad port example: .... I'm sure you guys can list a few.
If they nailed a Halo port to the PC it would sell really well. Gamers' PCs often have graphics that blow away anything the outdated 360 can do.
I played Halo PC and now I can't even hardly stand to look at the graphics on Halo for x-box. I liked Halo PC, but never tried Halo 2 PC. I heard it wasn't as good though.
@Captaincharisma, ya Xbox 360 only has Gears of War, Halo, Final Fantasy, oh and ya now they get Metal Gear Solid too! The better statment would be, there goes the only game that kept Microsoft from buying out other franchises. Ladies and Gentlmen say hello to Microsoft's new mascot; Mario! Lol...
The next Xbox, M$ might say they're not doing it but... just PC? lol, NO
@Hftlover FYI all those series you listed with the exception of Gears 2 and Halo 3 are on other platforms like the PS3. The Metal Gear you are referring to is Rising which Kojima will not be 100% involved in as he is making Peace Walker which actually let's you play as Snake. Rising sounds cool, but it seems like it would be more of a hack and slash game to me. Final Fantasy I have to admit will be a great game, but not a system seller like halo was. I believe that Final fantasy XIII will be in the same boat as halo overhyped selling on name alone. It would also take a huge amount of money for Microsoft to buy out other franchises. As long as Sony and Nintendo live the designers won't cave in to Microsoft's demands easily not when Nintendo has 50 million units worldwide and Sony over 20 million units combining for over 70 million units compared to the 360's 30 million or so units plus ports for the DS and PSP adding even more units and much more profit for designers.
They will make a new Halo for the next generation Xbox. That means a wait of 6 or 7 years but they will not let such a lucrative franchise die.
I am ready to see Halo 3 come to PC....waited long enough
Thus far the Halo ports have been outstanding by the way. If they are implying they will wait for the next console from MS to do more halo, don;t hold your breath, MS could be out of the console industry all together by then - since they are stubborn and want to wait 5 years to put out a new model
There are still 400,000 people playing Halo 3 every night. So everyone that says it sucks must be confused.
That's because on consoles, Halo 3 seems awesome, especially for people who never played a shooter on PC. Honestly though, if Halo 3 was on PC and I didn't have to pay to play online and didn't have to wait through it's extremely long and crappy matchmaking service, I might be more inclined to play. It's fun with friends. I'll always believe Microsoft ruined all of the potential that the Halo series had once they bought Bungie.
Maybe Bungie will abandon 360 and start making PC games again. It's definitely possible.
As long as Sony and Nintendo live the designers won't cave in to Microsoft's demands easily not when Nintendo has 50 million units worldwide and Sony over 20 million units combining for over 70 million units compared to the 360's 30 million or so units plus ports for the DS and PSP adding even more units and much more profit for designers.
So many have jumped ship to be multi-console that were originally only on a Sony system, Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy, Virtua Fighter, the list goes on... What makes you think many more will not jump ship as well and become cross-platform, except for the in-house Sony games?
...if Halo 3 was on PC and I didn't have to pay to play online and didn't have to wait through it's extremely long and crappy matchmaking service...
I haven't played Halo since Halo 2 several years ago, but I thought they had a great matchmaking service at the time. If you want to talk about crappy matchmaking service, look no further than Left 4 Dead on the PC, of which there really is no matchmaking service. I love the game but it is very anoying trying to join a match with 2 other friends. Sure you can create your own lobby, but in my experience they take 5 minutes before they even start filling up.
Thanks to Tom's Games being neutered, I had no idea about either of the games mentioned. Maybe I should start reading up IGN or Gamespot or something.
ok Hftlover
well with halo gone and final fantasy and metal gear solid on the PS3 then the only crappy game worth getting would be gears of war. and is one game really worth getting a crappy peace of hardware that you will have to replace every year?
I am ready to see Halo 3 come to PC....waited long enoughThus far the Halo ports have been outstanding by the way. If they are implying they will wait for the next console from MS to do more halo, don;t hold your breath, MS could be out of the console industry all together by then - since they are stubborn and want to wait 5 years to put out a new model
you ahvent been paying ttention if you think that wil kil MS , Sony said they wil make teh ps3 go for 10 years , nto srue what nintendo's palns are though , but 5 more years of the 360 wil not kill MS moe than likely it will only increase thier palyer base as the 360 continually comes down in price , and or reprices it's upper end models
as for bungie ic an say it is about damn time , they need to get off the halo pony. perhaps they wil get back to being a pc title focused company liek they were back before MS bought them out , (which they jsut reccently got free from) i knwo they avhe been stuck making console games for Ms so long now , that they may find it awkard goign back to pc development , but i'd relaly like to see them do so , they ahd a few really good pc games back in the 90's
I haven't played Halo since Halo 2 several years ago, but I thought they had a great matchmaking service at the time. If you want to talk about crappy matchmaking service, look no further than Left 4 Dead on the PC, of which there really is no matchmaking service. I love the game but it is very anoying trying to join a match with 2 other friends. Sure you can create your own lobby, but in my experience they take 5 minutes before they even start filling up.
actually this was remedied in a reccent patch
ok Hftlover well with halo gone and final fantasy and metal gear solid on the PS3 then the only crappy game worth getting would be gears of war. and is one game really worth getting a crappy peace of hardware that you will have to replace every year?
oh for christ sakes can you go choke on yoru fan boy dick already and stop posting your total bitch fanboy post here , there are quite a few games worth getting a 360 for , MS fixed 90% of the overheating issues , the other 10% is typical of ALL consoles. as is the ps3 is way to expensive and will likely remain so for a while given sony's mentality. and fort ehr ecord i'm nto a fanboy , i'm actually a pc gmaer just tired of seeign your blatantly fanboyed up post here that lack any real substance, or continually point out problems in the past.
sonys got plenty of faults of thier own
1. on initial release they had overheating issues as well, so they remvoed teh harware backward compatibily with ps2 to relieve the ps3 chip of some extra heat
2. very samll list of game , not to forget a even smaller list of exclusives
3. priced about 100 bucks to damn high
4. they all look like oversized goerge forman grills , (which is damn funny becaue last generation ps2 fany boys where up MS's ass about how big the original x box was and now that the ps3 is honking ass big compared to the 360 this doenst bother them )
5. my computer which is a budget gaming comp for todays standards , STILL looks better than the PS3 ( or any other console)
point being stop it with your fanboy post already
ah come on its all in good fun just like people rag on about sport teams
Halo fans are going to hate me... Halo sucks! I was so amped for Halo 2... then was disappointed. Then got amped for Halo 3... then was disappointed again. I'm all for FPS games but what's the hype all about for Halo? I prefer GOW series for the XBOX 360 or Resistance series on the PS3.