MGS4 dev working on Halo

  • By Polybren, GameSpot
  • Posted Oct 1, 2008 5:56 pm PT

Microsoft Game Studios may have trimmed its stable of talent in the last year by letting Bungie go independent and shutting down Ensemble Studios, but the Xbox 360 game label slightly offset those reductions today by confirming a slate of new hires. As reported by Gamasutra, Metal Gear Solid 4...

Microsoft Game Studios may have trimmed its stable of talent in the last year by letting Bungie go independent and shutting down Ensemble Studios, but the Xbox 360 game label slightly offset those reductions today by confirming a slate of new hires.

As reported by Gamasutra, Metal Gear Solid 4 assistant producer Ryan Payton has joined an entirely different "MGS" team as a freshly minted Microsoft employee. Payton is the latest addition to a team that has also recently added David Wu, formerly of Full Auto developer Pseudo Interactive, Gearbox programmer Corrinne Yu, id Software's Kenneth Scott, and Halo scribe Frank O'Connor.

Microsoft said the new hires will all be working on "new and exciting projects within the Halo universe," as well as supporting already-in-development games like Halo Wars and the recently teased Halo 3 Shock Trooper spin-off.

256 Comments

  • brian_13un

    Posted Jul 20, 2009 4:33 pm PT

    That's ok

  • Elgranpimp

    Posted Jan 21, 2009 10:08 pm PT

    Why do so many people hate Halo 3? I am a sci-fi guy and love Halo. 1 is still my favorite but 3 is my favorite multiplayer. I am way excited about the new expansion and Halo Wars but I am a bit cautious about them continuing to make games for it as it did have a pretty obvious conclusion in 3. Maybe one more game like ODST and then come up with another sci-fi shooter that is just as intriguing as Halo with just as good controls for us to play. No ultra real COD stuff. I like to escape to another universe.

  • StarlightHunter

    Posted Jan 14, 2009 3:38 pm PT

    halo is a great game, one of the 360s highlights along with gears of war and mass effect. halo is a fun game to play and if im sure was one of the first games to include a 4 player co-op and a great mulitplayer. oh and to be honest i dont care about mgs4 being on the 360 or not, its boring. i can just play on my amazing xbox exclusives.

  • valttu

    Posted Jan 10, 2009 2:33 pm PT

    I rly don't understand why so many ppl hate Halo. I do understand if you like the military shooters more, and I love them too, but as grex827 said, Halo is a fun game. You're just messing around and having fun in nicely coloured and fun environments. And IT'S FUN!!!!! And having fun is the whole idea of gaming. Some ppl take gaming so seriously that they don't know how to have fun anymore. And then they just play like their lives depended on how well they play, and they call other ppl n00bs, and they hate Halo because it's a fun game, and they can't enjoy it bcuz they dunno how to have fun anymore. It doesn't have to be so serious, damnit.

  • valttu

    Posted Jan 10, 2009 2:21 pm PT

    Yeah! More Halo games is always good news. I'm already pumped for ODST and Halo Wars, and now I see this. A happy future is guaranteed.

  • fuego529

    Posted Dec 14, 2008 4:06 pm PT

    yes this is what i have been waiting for for so long. and gamerkiduri, you are a friggin dumbass.

  • Paul2005

    Posted Nov 12, 2008 10:08 pm PT

    Dude gamerkiduri u are dumb. We didnt need these games. besides sony can keep paying to ever single company. they got msg4 company. littlebigplanet company, god of war 3 company,and alot more.We didnt need these games. PLUS. these games are still came in ps3 so who cares if we could still play it im cool with it. plus we got ff versus.
    360 owns less componies right now. that why we got cool games. But i got to admit Gears of war 2 makes me mad. looks awesome at least i get to play resistance 2

  • gamerkiduri

    Posted Oct 22, 2008 11:53 am PT

    i was so dissapointed from sony because we lost tekken6,ff,gta4,dmc etc.but there is now way mgs on 360 cause it not possible on tht junk

  • gamerkiduri

    Posted Oct 22, 2008 11:50 am PT

    im bored of halo.im looking forward to cod5,resistance 2 and killzone 2.they are much better fpss then halo3

  • Wired-Mind

    Posted Oct 9, 2008 1:19 pm PT

    Nobody replaces the Master Chief and Cortana in an Halo game

  • Wired-Mind

    Posted Oct 9, 2008 1:16 pm PT

    How is this an MGS4 dev team working on Halo -
    It says: "Payton has joined an ENTIRELY different "MGS" team as a freshly minted Microsoft employee" Microsoft shouldnt've let Ensemble en Bungie go.
    But hey ! As i just sold my Xbox 360 for a PS3 - I still love the halo series as i played trough all games. I hope the next one will be as great or even better no matter the console wars !

    Wired-Mind

  • grex827

    Posted Oct 8, 2008 8:53 am PT

    Everyone is so serious about these games. I rather enjoy Halo 3, and as someone earlier posted, its not supposed to be realistic, or portray real world events. Its supposed to be a fun, run around and kill everyone you can as fast as you can game. If they make a Halo 4, no matter how many haters there are, it will fly off the shelves and all these guys are there to make money. While I'm sure there are some who would love to keep what they see as a Halo legacy intact, the people that write their paychecks couldn't care less. Hire some guns from other studios, whatever it takes, just find people who will play ball and make them some money. Whether it's Halo 4, Halo Wars, a Halo MMO, or some Halo spin-off that is Halo-like with another title, ist all about the Benjamins. P.S. You don't like Halo, don't play it.

  • dkjjabs

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 5:15 am PT

    The one thing to me would make a great update would be to give us the choice of what region we play with 90% of usa lag all the time
    its the only thing army of 2 got right or vegas 1 with lobbies that we make and ranked (and befor you think it i have a great connection)

  • dkjjabs

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 4:50 am PT

    As a halo fan not a boy its the game you like to play some sit and
    sit and sit and then call in air strike wow what fun broad by 6 months or have fun with grate online play and as it was out befor cod4 and is still keeping up with it you must be wrong

  • Keitha313

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 2:10 am PT

    You'll always get your fanboys for games and Halo is where you get your massive amount of sad fanboys, You think to yourself dont they have anything better to do with their lifes than protecting a game no matter how bad it is lol....Even if this new Halo flops it will still have its fanboys around it trying to protect it probably the same fanboys of PES..

    And lets be HONEST!! Halo 3 flopped in dramatic style in comparision to everything else which was on show its not about supporting a title its about buying the best game out in its genre!!.

  • TheFarwind

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 8:45 pm PT

    Dang. This practically means theres almost no chance of Halo 3 ever coming out for PC.

  • TheMayor88

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 2:35 pm PT

    please make something other than halo games. you guys just wont quit till you make a crappy spin off and completely spit on the name of halo.

  • ShadowSlayer45

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 1:02 pm PT

    I like Bungie.

    =(

  • d_love

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 8:22 am PT

    I'm pretty tired of hearing about Halo. Microsoft needs some more new games.

  • Cb9983

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 7:08 am PT

    pffttt!@!!!!!i wouldnt mind halo 1 only one i really liked, as others have said halos stale u hear me microsoft something new MAKE IT SNAPPY!!@hehe

  • JofuInSpace

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 7:08 am PT

    Uh...this is rather confusing.

    But if they're going to "add" to the halo universe...Halo 1 XBLA multiplayer, please.

  • Cb9983

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 7:08 am PT

    does anyone know what localaztion means solidous917 or are just a plain moron well in any case u can find out what he did they even state it pretty well in the making of dvd u get with the special edtion also ive read alot about him im not saying he had alot to do wit mgs4 but he certainly did something so dont be a moron for the sake of it k!

  • jadefury27

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 7:07 am PT

    the halo universe is getting tired and any attempt at a sequel will be terrible. they buy out the team that made one of the greatest games of all time then cut them loose and keep their property. nice. i'm sure a bunch of people who've never worked on this will do great.

  • FortuneC00kie

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 1:31 am PT

    I really couldn't care what this new team comes up with, as long as we're not plagued with Halo 4. Do a multiplayer patch or something, forget about any type of redesigns. The story/campaign doesn't deserve it. Come up with a new map, a new vehicle, a couple new guns or something...or a new game entirely.

  • Old_Gooseberry

    Posted Oct 5, 2008 9:42 pm PT

    hire more nerds and bring us halo 4!

  • PS3man2893

    Posted Oct 5, 2008 2:19 pm PT

    Never was a fan for Halo. Personsaly I think that Halo has been getting worse. My favorite was Halo 2 Halo 3 sucked!

  • PotatoSandWitch

    Posted Oct 5, 2008 1:53 pm PT

    can you people get anymore ridiculous? What the hell is there to argue about here? Seriously, what the hell???

  • COLDFIRE25

    Posted Oct 5, 2008 9:07 am PT

    @Magicblueninja
    Halo is not supposed to be a game where its all duck and cover like gears, halo is a run around shoot the hell out of everyone game, and that what makes it fun, so dont expect any duck and cover style game coming for halo.Also halo is not a realalistic game, its not ment to be

  • okassar

    Posted Oct 5, 2008 7:27 am PT

    Umm...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • Smoothy08

    Posted Oct 5, 2008 7:09 am PT

    Have you heard yourself solidous917

  • steelhead2264

    Posted Oct 4, 2008 9:48 pm PT

    A traitor to PS3 fans...but really did he do anything important??

  • BelmontMaster

    Posted Oct 4, 2008 10:57 am PT

    Waste of media hype right here. He probably went over because he got fired lol.

  • solidous917 posted Oct 4, 2008 8:29 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    solidous917

    Posted Oct 4, 2008 8:29 am PT (hide)

    Ok people, Ryan Payton didnt do nothing with developing mgs4, He basicly just gave the acual people making the game advice for what western gamers want. And he ruined MGO2 with his horrible ideas. He didnt have nothing to do with making the story or anything. hell i dont even think he played the other mgs games by the way he sounded when he was talking about mgs4. Ryan payton was just here to be the face for america, people in japan probaly never even heard of him, since he didnt do anything important except for screw up MGO2.

  • acemanga

    Posted Oct 4, 2008 5:12 am PT

    Did anyone really think Halo 3 would be the last Halo FPS?

  • ketsuatama

    Posted Oct 4, 2008 12:01 am PT

    An Assistant Director" doesn't imply a person with real creative input so I won't hold my breath for anything new.

  • Donkey-Warrior

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 8:45 pm PT

    @shani_boy101

    Bet you said that about final fantasy as well. If not meh, but still I smell phail all over "Microsoft will NEVER get MGS4. Period." If they do they do, if they dont they dont.

  • shani_boy101 posted Oct 3, 2008 8:37 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    shani_boy101

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 8:37 pm PT (hide)

    Microsoft will NEVER get MGS4. Period.

  • senorbusyman posted Oct 3, 2008 7:49 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    senorbusyman

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 7:49 pm PT (hide)

    i suggest Microsoft releasing an Xbox360 version of MGS4, with a bonus true ending, & never b4 release scenes from the game.

  • StJimmy15

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 3:32 pm PT

    why would MGS become free tard?? its a person who worked on the game, not the rights to the game...

  • MajorCain501

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 3:17 pm PT

    It's cool that they didnt stop using bungie's and microsoft's ideas. Its gonna be great.

  • scotchex2

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 2:33 pm PT

    more Halo is good

  • sonynhater

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 12:18 pm PT

    it says "new and exciting projects within the Halo universe" That doesnt mean that all the Halo games will be FFPS that we're all used to. it could be anything...

  • funnysplay

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 10:51 am PT

    Sounds like they got talent now.

  • Cb9983 posted Oct 3, 2008 10:27 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Cb9983

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 10:27 am PT (hide)

    ive just had enough of that fanboy crap honestly NOT a fan of halo maybe 1st 1 but thats it to me its played out i just wish microsoft would explor diff game genres more and not put out 20 crappy 1st person shooters a year w/ like 4 or 5 good ones ridiclous!!!

  • lightwarrior179

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 9:51 am PT

    Those are some devs with good talent but MS should be looking to put these people to work in games other than Halo as well.

  • Czenkus

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 9:45 am PT

    I don't even know where to begin with these idiots thinking Ensemble "made ms lots of money" "made so many cool games for xbox" and the laughable part to me is that most of the dev team was hired by Microsoft,I know people need a reason to whine.. but come on. Seriously.

  • MastaP110

    Posted Oct 3, 2008 9:32 am PT

    I think they did us all a favor by shutting down Ensemble, if the rumor that Ensemble was making a Halo MMO was true. Honestly..... Master Cheif + MMO = One of the worst games ever created.

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