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343 Industries is hiring, and it is looking for someone who can help it build “large scale distributed systems with a focus on scalability, reliability, serviceability, maintainability, and stability.”

 

Long-winded description aside, the Halo Game Services job listing is for a software engineer, and among the prerequisite experience listings is “experience in MMO development” noted in “ideal experience.”

Gamespot reminded us that when Ensemble Studios was shuttered, it was revealed the team had been working on a Halo MMO, codenamed both Titan and Orion which was canned in 2007.

The game had been in the works since as early as 1998, according to some accounts.

Could 343 be looking to scrape up the pieces or start afresh on a Halo MMO? Only it knows for sure at this point, but it sounds more tech than MMO to us, as 343 could just be looking for someone with experience in MMOs due to server issues, stability, or something less exciting and technical: “The Halo Game Services team is working on building the next generation of backend services to power Halo 4 and our new game saga.”



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I could see it being a Halo RPG or something like that.



F2P for PC exclusive to windows 8



Hmm I would be surprised if they went that direction.  MMOs are super risky, maybe they are just looking for someone with extensive online experience.


If you guys want to see something pretty interesting in terms of job postings, go check out Harmonix's page ;)



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Andrespetmonkey said:
F2P for PC exclusive to windows 8


Microsoft hates the windows gaming platform. They would never want gamers to play a game on their PC when Microsoft can force people to buy their video game console.



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wfz said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
F2P for PC exclusive to windows 8


Microsoft hates the windows gaming platform. They would never want gamers to play a game on their PC when Microsoft can force people to buy their video game console.

Yeah... I just imagine they're going to want to push Windows 8 really hard since it isn't meeting their expectations. 



Not a MMO like WOW, but maybe 343i likes Dust 514.

A persistent Halo battlefield would be cool. I just hope it a side thing and I can still get my primary Halo experience with new campaigns in Halo 4 and 5.



The Studio is Big and talented...

They will take Halo in different directions we all know that.



My guess would be Halo Wars Online. Using the Age of Empires Online with Halo Wars.