Rumour: Gearbox developing Halo 4

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 26th August 2008
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Gearbox Software is rumoured to be making a new Halo game for the next model of the Xbox.

Gearbox Software is rumoured to be making a new Halo game for the next model of the Xbox.

Rumour. Strictly a rumour for now, but still a very juicy one which goes back a long way to the beginning of this year when Gearbox Software announced that they were working on a super secret and unannounced title. It was big, they said. Really, really big.

All very well and interesting stuff, until everyone forgot about it. Everyone that is, except for the Official Xbox Magazine who went ahead and did some investigating and heard from inside sources that the new project was...Halo 4.

According to these anonymous sources and their info and speculation, Gearbox has been working on Halo 4 since February under Microsoft's order and the plan is to release the game as a launch title for the new Xbox 720 model, the successor to the Xbox 360.

Bungie meanwhile has stated quite emphatically that it has no interest in creating more and more Halo games for the rest of time. Thus, with Microsoft retaining the license to future Halo titles and Gearbox having a history of making both excellent games of their own and top quality expansion packs like Half-Life: Opposing Force, the rumours does seem quite possible.

On top of all that, the top brass at Gearbox is apparently involved in the project with company head Randy Pitchford stepping in as director to the secret game, though nobody at Gearbox has yet directly confirmed or refuted the rumour.

What do you think? Do you buy into the gossip, or is Microsoft going to let Halo die? Let us know what you think in the forums.
Quote shigllgetcha 26th August 2008, 11:13
the 360 isnt supposed to be replaced untill 2012 (im probably wrong but its not going to emerge for years) so i find it hard to get excited
Quote ComputerKing 26th August 2008, 11:16
I'm a PC GAMER and Every dam console go to hell !! :D :p

also wtf is Xbox 720!!! it sounds funny! lol I have 720 !!!!

Any way thanks for the news Joe Keep it coming.
Quote badders 26th August 2008, 11:19
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Originally Posted by shigllgetcha
the 360 isnt supposed to be replaced untill 2012 (im probably wrong but its not going to emerge for years) so i find it hard to get excited

That's only 4 years away, which would be enough time for a fairly polished launch title, don't you think?

2012 will probably be about the time I get an HDTV and a this-gen console, TBH.
Quote samkiller42 26th August 2008, 11:41
2012, they will be competing with the Olympics, haha, or the End of the World, blimey, that's alot of things for one year....

Sam
Quote ComputerKing 26th August 2008, 12:05
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Originally Posted by samkiller42
2012, they will be competing with the Olympics, haha, or the End of the World, blimey, that's alot of things for one year....

Sam

hahahah ;) I agree. Alot of things for one year End of the WORLD :'(
Quote Veles 26th August 2008, 12:19
I do hope the name of the next xbox console is just wild speculation.
Quote kenco_uk 26th August 2008, 12:32
I'd presume there's a focus group asking random people what their favourite angle is.
Quote liratheal 26th August 2008, 12:38
I could live without another Halo game :/
Quote cjoyce1980 26th August 2008, 13:23
I hope its a completely new story if its true. the master chief's story is done.... please just let him be
Quote UrbanMarine 26th August 2008, 14:13
Sweet...another Halo I won't buy.
Quote Gunsmith 26th August 2008, 14:31
i suppose they cant let the series die, not when there are so many ****ing blithering idiot gamers out there.
Quote DarkLord7854 26th August 2008, 14:41
I rather enjoyed all three Halo games and still play Halo 1 and 3 online, lots of fun. Here's hoping the next one will have an even better MP :)
Quote rollo 26th August 2008, 15:22
no more halo lol
Quote War-Rasta 26th August 2008, 15:35
Seems possible to me. In 4 years we will all be less fed up with Halo so a new incarnation would be timely in my opinion. I do hope that if they chose to take a new story line they at least include a part there were they let you know whatever happened to the chief after Halo 3. Don't wanna leave him floating there in limbo.
Quote freedom810 26th August 2008, 15:55
Halo 4: Finish the fight, again.
Quote [USRF]Obiwan 26th August 2008, 15:57
Stop uwe boll!

eh.. oops.. i got over excited!
Quote TreeDude 26th August 2008, 15:59
Gearbox co-developed the original Halo with Bungie. Maybe this means the next Halo game will be more like the original. I liked the first one because the story was simple, but enough to grab you. Halo 2 had too much. Way too many long cut scenes of useless story that wasn't even interesting. I have not played the single player for Halo 3 so I cannot comment on that.

At least we know it will remain true to Halo fans.
Quote Stuntman 26th August 2008, 16:04
Well, I post around the Gearbox forums all the time, and I haven't heard anything like this. This must be VERY speculative if it hasn't even reached the home base.
Quote Cadillac Ferd 26th August 2008, 17:11
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Originally Posted by Stuntman
Well, I post around the Gearbox forums all the time, and I haven't heard anything like this. This must be VERY speculative if it hasn't even reached the home base.
The thing that started this rumor was a post by one of the Gearbox execs (I think it was either the president or studio head) on the Gearbox forums a very, very, long time again. I guess since OXM decided to mention it months after the fact it's resurfacing but yeah, if you weren't on the Gearbox forums a while ago when this all started then I guess you missed seeing it firsthand.
Quote DarkLord7854 26th August 2008, 17:11
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Originally Posted by freedom810
Halo 4: Finish the fight, again.

No, Restart the fight :p
Quote Lepermessiah 26th August 2008, 17:25
Who cares, talk about perhaps the most overrated game series of all time.
Quote DarkLord7854 26th August 2008, 19:51
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Originally Posted by Lepermessiah
Who cares, talk about perhaps the most overrated game series of all time.

That, is your personal opinion.
Quote hodgy100 26th August 2008, 21:53
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Originally Posted by DarkLord7854
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Originally Posted by Lepermessiah
Who cares, talk about perhaps the most overrated game series of all time.

That, is your personal opinion.

its my opinion too
Quote Lepermessiah 26th August 2008, 22:03
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Originally Posted by DarkLord7854
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lepermessiah
Who cares, talk about perhaps the most overrated game series of all time.

That, is your personal opinion.


DUH, why even state the obvious. In the case of halo, considering the mammoth hype and that better shooters are on the market, a strong factual case can be made it is indeed by far, the most overrated game series ever. A Large number of gamers have this view, Halo just happened to capatilize on being the first good xbox game in an era when Console shooters were few and far between and online play was in its infancy on the consoles, PC's were already way ahead of the curve once again here. The hype is only rivaled by GTA game, but is not even the best shooter by a long shot even just in the same year it gets released.
Quote Gunsmith 26th August 2008, 22:08
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Originally Posted by hodgy100
Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkLord7854
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lepermessiah
Who cares, talk about perhaps the most overrated game series of all time.

That, is your personal opinion.

its my opinion too

its also mine as well.
Quote Veles 26th August 2008, 22:15
To this day, I still haven't played a FPS that did vehicles as well as Halo does them, usually in shooters, the vehicle sections are absolute shite, in Halo they were the best bits of the game. That was why it was so well recieved, co-op + excellent vehicles made a lot of people fall in love.
Quote CowBlazed 26th August 2008, 22:41
They should call the next xbox the Xbox 420 :P
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