Bungie No Longer Making Halo Games
Some sad video game news now for gamers, Bungie, game developers of the massively popular Halo series, have announced that once they finish with the production of Halo: Reach, they will no longer be creating any more Halo games.
This news was released during an interview with video game reviews site, IGN, with Lars Bakken. Drakken had this to say to IGN: “After Reach that’s it for us. We’re already working on a new project that we can’t talk about yet.”
Absolutely nothing is given away about the new title that is currently in the works. However, Bungie haven’t always developed FPS, oh no, before that they developed third person games, as well as some RTS games. Because of this, we have absolutely no idea what sort of game to expect next from Bungie.
What we do know is that many people will miss Bungies contribution to the Halo franchise. With the first release back in 2001 with Halo: Combat Evolved, the company went from strength to strength. Hitting the shelves soon after came Halo 2 and Halo 3 which both brought in record breaking sales to Bungie. Halo 3: ODST and the final game, Halo: Reach, are currently both in production at Bungie Studios. ODST is planned for a September 2009 release and the recently announced Reach game is planned for a late 2010 release. Obviously the release date for Halo: Reach cannot be confirmed, only a target can be given.
Don’t be too worried though Halo fans, any future games that may be developed are being handed over to the recently announced Microsoft 343 industries. Whether any games developed by them will manage the same top notch game reviews is unknown, it’s just a case of waiting and watching for now.
Lets just hope that they don’t send the franchie into any strange new direction that might ruin the game. It would would be terrible if that happened as the whole game and reputation would be ruined.
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