Could Microsoft Be Planning A Surprise At PAX?

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JaggedSac said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

JaggedSac said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

ctk495 said:
It could be a new halo.

 

 The new Halo was already announced at E3. It will most likely be something else.

No it wasn't.

 

It wasn't announced at the convention. The new Halo will be a squad based shooter, which delves more into the lives of the guys below Master Chief. It was announced by Microsoft representative Mattrick at E3 though. They kept it simple and also Bungie wasn't at E3. Microsoft had to appologize for not giving it enough press, but at the same time it was probably because there weren't any screens or videos to show.

Proof: http://www.gameguru.in/microsoft-xbox-360/2008/17/microsoft-speaks-about-new-halo-games-no-show-at-e3-2008/

The squad based information was based entirely on a rumor, it has neither been confirmed or denied.  And techincally it was never announced.

You are in denial. These things were confirmed. Don Mattrick announced them so they ARE NOT rumors, just made by some fanboy.

Quotations:

"The saga of Bungie v. Microsoft in The Case of the Missing Haloes continues. The L.A. Times spoke with Xbox senior VP Don Mattrick regarding the omission of Bungie's announcement from its Monday press conference. Mattrick told the writers that Microsoft decided to nix the reveal during the show to "save time."

Let that sink in for a moment, you 5+ million Halo fans. Time. Word around the campfire is Microsoft's conference was originally set to run for two-and-a-half hours, but Mattrick wanted to cut the show down to 90 minutes. Of the items to be cut from the show? Anything named Halo. Mattrick told the paper that Microsoft's conference already contained, "an embarrassment of riches," so the Halo trump cards were removed from the docket."

This is the reason why it wasn't up on stage at the convention. He said it during an interview later on.

A little more for you to read:http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/tag/don-mattrick/