New Microsoft Studio Working On Halo Sized Franchise

[Adam91]

 

Source:

CVG

 

Microsoft Game Studios Vancouver is taking on scores of new staff as it begins to work on a next generation games franchise.

 

The studio, which has been rebranded as Black Tusk, is expected to double its headcount to 110 development workers by the end of the year.

Black Tusk studio manager Mike Crump says the team is "working on Microsoft's next big entertainment franchise".

 

"We're not working on an existing franchise, we're looking to build the next Halo here, for example, which is really exciting," Crump told regional newspaper The Vancouver Sun.

 

"We are building something from the ground up," he added.

 

According to its official website, "Black Tusk Studios is dedicated to creating immersive, AAA games that push the limits of Microsoft's entertainment platforms."

 

In May, the online CV of an art director at the studio seemingly let slip that the team was working on "a core AAA shooter experience using Kinect".

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[Lancer]

It's very interesting. I'd like to see a game that isn't Halo, but it's in the same universe.

[Js2 I SiLENT I]

Desperately need a new game franchise. Cod is done to death , halo and GoW have one more before they're mundane then what???

[a live dinosaur]

So, it follows the Halo story but isn't exactly Halo?

[Baby Nades]

Whatever it is, I don't think it is related to Halo. "We are building something from the ground up" the guy said.

[Sierra1117]

The game they're building has nothing to do with the halo universe, it's just gonna be an Xbox exclusive game.

[Mr. Bashful Brute]

Who's saying its set in the Halo Universe? Where are you guys getting this?

[Mr. Bashful Brute]

Ooh 3:43pm xD ^

[DoctorB77]

Excited...excited...excited...kinect XP

[Vendetta]

They should make it come out a year after halo 5 or 6.

[Waspinator1998]

No...just no. I heard the word "Kinect" and then I lost interest.

[TR1GG3Rn Host]

Remake halo 2

[TR1GG3Rn Host]

The only reason you made Halo 4 feel like call of duty is because you wanted to attract the tweens and the little kids that were born when halo 2 was made, Im not trying to sound like games you make should be exactly like halo 2 or 3 but at least listen to your older community of competetive players that want a ranking system and want kids to get mad when they cant get their 50s <EX You made a bad decision on your fanbase outlook all you want is money I know im speaking the truth. Maybe you should make a game that people enjoy next time. Ps. you suck

[Michael El Chile Aguirre]

this is not gonna work out kinect really? im not interested i'd prefer not to use my body to play just my fingers on the remote... disappointing so far....im a halo fan and most gamers prefer not to use that noobish kinect gadget well heres my gamertag for 360 Srg AlphaEagle

[kill-time]

Oh god a game for the Kinect! AHAHAHAHAHA!!! A shooter too! AHAHAHAHAHAH! God this will be awful! :3