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elnino334 on 23 July 2008

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=200278

Bungie boss "laughed" when MS pulled Halo from E3 briefing - Mattrick
News by Tom Bramwell

Today 12:09

Don Mattrick has denied that Bungie was angry about Microsoft's decision to pull the developer's new Halo game from the Xbox 360 E3 press conference.

"Sure they're disappointed. Any software creator would be disappointed," Mattrick, boss of the Xbox 360 business, told Eurogamer at E3 for an exclusive interview set to run later this week.

"Harold [Ryan, Bungie president] just laughed and he said, 'Boy, just a sign of growth inside the business, we agree'."

Last week Ryan wrote on Bungie's website that the team was disappointed by Microsoft's last-minute decision not to unveil the game.

Pressed on the decision to pull the new Halo title from the E3 briefing, Mattrick said: "We didn't feel we needed to show Halo to have a great show, to pay homage to our core audience, to have a lot of news, so it was an embarrassment of riches and we couldn't fit it in. How great is that? I think that's awesome."

Microsoft will host an event "another time of the year that'll go deep on Halo", Mattrick explained.

"So that's what we're going to do and I think we're smart. I had so many people come to me and say 'look at that, that's a measure of growth and maturity of Microsoft - the fact that you have the best show, the best collection of products and you didn't even have to show Halo'."

Mattrick wouldn't be drawn on the contents of the game itself, but said there's "an ongoing work-stream with Bungie and others" on "all kinds of new things in development".

"It's awesome, it's highly anticipated, it's friggin' Halo! People love it, right? I can't say a lot about it.

"We're going to create an opportunity where people can interact with it, we think it's going to be super high quality, super fun, super innovative; it's the easiest thing for us to message, so stay tuned. There's lots of good news on that."

Look out for our full Don Mattrick interview tomorrow.

 

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thekitchensink on 23 July 2008

Colour me interested, though they could wait years to release a new Halo and I'd still be very satisfied with the 360's lineup.



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starcraft on 23 July 2008

I hope it's not an MMO!

I really hope its that more realistic Halo Selnor was talking about.



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colonelstubbs on 23 July 2008

I thought master chief died? How can this series continue!



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IllegalPaladin on 23 July 2008

Beat the game on the hardest difficulty



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quarashi on 23 July 2008
colonelstubbs said:
I thought master chief died? How can this series continue!

 

Psst.  If you waited through the credits you would know better =P. 

A Halo MMO would be crazzzzzzzzzzy =)=)))))))



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mr_gappy on 23 July 2008

halo got booted for shite like scene it, lips, viva piniata trouble in paradise give me a break, halo 4 must be a while of being finished if it was booted out for the games mentioned above



colonelstubbs on 23 July 2008

What happened after the credits? I dont own the game, so im just repeating what i was told....



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Hawk on 23 July 2008
colonelstubbs said:
I thought master chief died? How can this series continue!

Are you being serious?



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kn on 23 July 2008
colonelstubbs said:
I thought master chief died? How can this series continue!

 

The end is interesting.  You should go find the spoiler elsewhere...



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