Really? I haven't heard anything about that.

They will be working on Halo and Halo alone.

Microsoft want to turn it into a Yearly franchise, because its the biggest money maker they have for Xbox and they have seen how CoD performs on the 360.

I fully expect 343i to grow to the size where they can push out a game Yearly alone or collaborating with other devs (Like with what Spartan Assault is). They are probably big enough now to do this efficiently, though I expect them to grow.

2009 - Halo Wars and Halo 3: ODST
2010 - Halo: Reach
2011 - Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
2012 - Halo 4
2013 - Halo: Spartan Assault (And maybe more)
2014 - Halo 2 Anniversary? Halo 5?

The strategy is clear to see.

Of course, they have two teams right? I don't see why not.

I disagree that it'll be a yearly thing.

The gap between Halo 4 and Reach should have been bigger but where it was two teams (Bungie/343i) that allowed for a 2 year gap intead of the standard 3. Halo Wars was done by the now dismantled Ensemble, point being I don't know of any other studios that could do a Halo game?

ODST was done so Bungie could get out of their contract with MS faster.

May seem like a cop out answer and hey maybe they do want to annualise it but I do think all the Halo games we've had recently have come out when they have because of certain circumstances.

If we have just the two teams within 343i then it certainly won't be annualised, that second team can't push games out that fast.

This made me lol. Bungie had to part ways with Microsoft to create a new IP. What chances do you think 343 has?

They are stuck with Halo.

Well, it's called Destiny! :D

Wow, fail. I misread that whole sentence and thought you were talking about 343 Industries working on a new IP >_<

lol, it wasn't only you. I thought he meant 343 too.

This made me lol.  Everyone who works at 343 knew from the moment they signed up for the job that they were going to be spending most, if not all, of their time on Halo.  It was part of the interview process, Microsoft was very open about it.

They aren't stuck with Halo.  They WANT to work on Halo.

At any rate, I would like to see them make an XBLA-sized game.  That would give them the flexibility to create a new, interesting IP without sacrificing too many resources or too much manpower from the Halo series.

That is exactly my point.

The thread was about them working on a new IP. I lol'ed cause theres no chance. They wanted to work on it but cant turn away from it.