Marathon 2: Durandal News

Halo makers Brian Jarrard and Joseph Staten explain why their studio chose the controversial publisher, potentially letting others work on their IP, and how far along development is on the studio's all-new franchise.

Suburban Seattle shop will remain independent, develop wholly owned new IP exclusively for Call of Duty publisher through 2020 on "all platforms" Microsoft retains Halo ownership; Sony says PS3 edition will be "Halo on steroids."

Now-independent studio tells Develop magazine its dev teams are "running full-speed" on new projects, as planned.

Halo-heads had a steaming cauldron of piping-hot speculation poured into their laps this week, courtesy of a trifecta of wild rumors.