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Coca-Cola on 15 April 2009

http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/04/14/halo-heading-to-mobiles/

Halo could be heading to mobile and handheld devices, according to a new job posting at Microsoft’s Redmond HQ. The Halo team is looking for someone to “blend console, web, and mobile”, which is a clear indication that something Halo related is heading to mobile space, although it’s not clear exactly what.

If we’re being really optimistic, this could be the first indicator of a proper Zune / Xbox handheld. Suppose Microsoft seriously wanted to get into handheld console space, to give Sony and Nintendo something else to worry about. You can be damned sure that Halo would be one of the first titles on there.

 

How cool would this be with the new Zune?

 

 



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Red4ADevil on 15 April 2009

So much for halo DS



Gearbox on 15 April 2009

lol omgsh if it goes to the zune it might increase the zune market share by a whole 1%!!!



ctk495 on 15 April 2009

So no Halo DS?



Gearbox on 15 April 2009

(and yes that does mean its whopping 1% will double !!!! ooo cant wait to hear their market spinns on that one. lol)



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JaggedSac on 15 April 2009

Software Development Engineer - Relocation to Redmond, WA

THIS JOB REQUIRES RELOCATION TO REDMOND, WA

 

Do you love Halo? Do online social communities and console video games excite you? Do you love building scalable online infrastructure & websites for large and passionate audiences? The Halo franchise studio is looking for a strong software development engineer with a passion for video games and online services. We have an ambitious task ahead, taking the current Halo community and online gaming support system and bringing it to the next level.

We're looking to blend console, web, and mobile to create an immersive Halo world that follows the dedicated Halo fan wherever they go. We need engineers that can build connected technology while working in a startup environment.

As an engineer on this team, your responsibility will be to deliver a great out-of-game interactive experience that takes the next step beyond the systems found in Halo 3. You will work with artists, designers, developers and testers to finalize design plans, implement those plans, and help coordinate large-scale testing of the out of game Live experience by gamers across the world. Your work also will involve several external teams-including other MGS studios and the Xbox Live team-coordinating development dependencies and design considerations of experience as a whole.

For this year this position is focused on infrastructure, including high efficiency scalability simulation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Designing the infrastructure for simulation millions of concurrent users on the service
Designing and delivering code for community console application
Designing and delivering code for services supporting community applications and game titles
Building user-facing on-console features such as forums, tournament ladders, media libraries, and integrated mini-games
Taking input from creative, community and production leads to produce a console experience

Requirements:

 

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS

At least 5 years of C/C++ professional experience (C# is a plus)
Strong Networking Skills including such protocols as Winsock, TCP/IP
Experience with the Xbox 360 networking APIs
Strong Debugging and Optimization skills in a multi-threaded environment
Prior experience with services and web development (including ASP.net, SQL, HTML, CSS, and Javascript).

 

THIS JOB REQUIRES RELOCATION TO REDMOND, WA

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workforce.

 

http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?ipath=EXIND&siteid=cbindeed&Job_DID=JB92DK6WM175TX579BP&cbRecursionCnt=2&cbsid=df02460e7183434aa485ca4547148068-292856720-wf-6



Coca-Cola on 15 April 2009

Playing Halo while listening to Psycho Killer will be awesome.



Coca-Cola on 16 April 2009
JaggedSac said:

Software Development Engineer - Relocation to Redmond, WA

THIS JOB REQUIRES RELOCATION TO REDMOND, WA

 

Do you love Halo? Do online social communities and console video games excite you? Do you love building scalable online infrastructure & websites for large and passionate audiences? The Halo franchise studio is looking for a strong software development engineer with a passion for video games and online services. We have an ambitious task ahead, taking the current Halo community and online gaming support system and bringing it to the next level.

We're looking to blend console, web, and mobile to create an immersive Halo world that follows the dedicated Halo fan wherever they go. We need engineers that can build connected technology while working in a startup environment.

As an engineer on this team, your responsibility will be to deliver a great out-of-game interactive experience that takes the next step beyond the systems found in Halo 3. You will work with artists, designers, developers and testers to finalize design plans, implement those plans, and help coordinate large-scale testing of the out of game Live experience by gamers across the world. Your work also will involve several external teams-including other MGS studios and the Xbox Live team-coordinating development dependencies and design considerations of experience as a whole.

For this year this position is focused on infrastructure, including high efficiency scalability simulation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Designing the infrastructure for simulation millions of concurrent users on the service
Designing and delivering code for community console application
Designing and delivering code for services supporting community applications and game titles
Building user-facing on-console features such as forums, tournament ladders, media libraries, and integrated mini-games
Taking input from creative, community and production leads to produce a console experience

Requirements:

 

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS

At least 5 years of C/C++ professional experience (C# is a plus)
Strong Networking Skills including such protocols as Winsock, TCP/IP
Experience with the Xbox 360 networking APIs
Strong Debugging and Optimization skills in a multi-threaded environment
Prior experience with services and web development (including ASP.net, SQL, HTML, CSS, and Javascript).

 

THIS JOB REQUIRES RELOCATION TO REDMOND, WA

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workforce.

 

http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?ipath=EXIND&siteid=cbindeed&Job_DID=JB92DK6WM175TX579BP&cbRecursionCnt=2&cbsid=df02460e7183434aa485ca4547148068-292856720-wf-6

Does this hint to mobile games?

 



JaggedSac on 16 April 2009

^^No, doesn't sound like it. This paragraph pretty much sums up what this person will be doing.

"As an engineer on this team, your responsibility will be to deliver a great out-of-game interactive experience that takes the next step beyond the systems found in Halo 3. You will work with artists, designers, developers and testers to finalize design plans, implement those plans, and help coordinate large-scale testing of the out of game Live experience by gamers across the world. Your work also will involve several external teams-including other MGS studios and the Xbox Live team-coordinating development dependencies and design considerations of experience as a whole."

Sounds like they are going to be taking Bungie.net functionality to the next level. Which is fricking awesome if you ask me. This will probably be something that launches with Halo 4.



WereKitten on 16 April 2009

^Now that Bungie is not first party anymore, I suppose that it makes sense for MS to build their own support web infrastructure for future Halo products.



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