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Peter Jackson: Halo Game “No Longer Happening”
8:00AM Stephen Totilo | At Comic-Con last week, Lord of the Rings director and never-to-be Halo movie producer Peter Jackson told Joystiq he was no longer making a Halo game. More »
Features
Jackson Explains How Fate Killed Halo And Gave Birth To District 9
4:00AM Brian Crecente | SAN DIEGO, California – Peter Jackson has been a gamer his entire life, so when Microsoft hired him to produce the movie version of Halo, there was genuine excitement in the air. More »
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No Hobbit Game Just Yet
1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Games based on movies are typically rushed out — and it shows. That might be why we won’t be getting a video game version of Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming flick The Hobbit any time soon. More »
Culture
This Is Not Peter Jackson’s Halo
5:00AM Brian Crecente | District 9 may be about aliens and their technology, it may be directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson, but it’s no Halo. More »
More Halo Movie Concept Art… Endless!
1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl writer Stuart Beattie loves Halo — so much so that he wrote a spec script based on Eric Nylund’s book, Halo: The Fall of Reach. This isn’t connected to the Peter Jackson Halo film project, which has since been put on ice. Beattie wrote the script between film projects on the hopes that someone somewhere will bring it to the silver screen. So far, it’s apparently still only a spec, but making the studio rounds in Hollywood. Hit the jump for the full art. It’s purply. More »
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Microsoft Confirms Corrinne Yu Hire, Internal Team Expansion For Future Halos
1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Yesterday, we broke that Gearbox Director of Technology Corrinne Yu has been hired by Microsoft Game Studios to be Principle Engine Architect for Microsoft’s Halo Franchise Team. Microsoft has confirmed to Kotaku that Yu had in fact been hired by Microsoft. “As the Halo franchise continues to flourish, Microsoft Game Studios is growing its internal team to develop future Halo projects”, Microsoft stated. We’ve been told by several industry sources that Yu was part of a package deal. She, and her husband, Kenneth Scott are both joining Microsoft Game Studios. Scott is an art director at id Software, most recently working on Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. More »
Microsoft Halo Job Listing Mentions ‘Key Hollywood Talent’
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Those Halo wheels are still turning. And from what a Gamasutra job announcement seems to hit at, Peter Jackson’s Halo game is moving forward. The Microsoft Game Studios job listing is for “Creative Director – building a new Halo universe” and says this under responsibilities: Direct the tone and timber of the project with an eye towards compelling character development, visionary narrative progression, and addictive gameplay Partner with key Hollywood talent to collaboratively craft a masterful game experience Bridge the gap between storytelling and the interactive experience while delivering on the Halo soul. Collaborate with game play designers, story writers, game writers, and said external luminary to deliver on a unique game in the Halo universe… So that might be Peter Jackson — unless Microsoft has roped in other “key Hollywood talent” and not told anyone. Microsoft’s been pretty bad about not telling us what’s going on with the new Halo games. Job Listing [Gamasutra via 1Up] More »
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New Halo Game For E3 (Master Chief Not Included)
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Ah, and finally, the pre-E3 hype train picks up a little steam. Citing both Sarcastic Gamer and their own “sources”, CVG are claiming that a new Halo game will be unveiled at E3. This Halo game might be Peter Jackson’s game, it might not be, but either way, they say it won’t feature the Master Chief. Chew on that for a possibility while we dream of a point-and-click “Where In The World Is Master Chief?” New Halo game for E3 [CVG] More »
Bungie On Involvement In Peter Jackon’s Halo, Its Next Top Secret Project
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | When the gang at MTV Multiplayer sniffed around some Microsoft job listings earlier this week, confirming that the publisher was staffing up for one of the two Peter Jackon backed “entertainment experiences,” some concernedly stuttered “Bu-bu-but, what about Bungie?” Oh, they’re fine with it, informs the Bungie Weekly Update. Community man Frankie O’Connor says that “having worked with him already, we are possibly more excited than you are to see what someone of Peter Jackson’s imagination, talent and resources can bring to a Halo game experience.” More »
