Bungie game announcement next week

From GAMER.tm: "Bungie is to announce its much talked about new game next week, an industry insider has revealed.

"Speaking to GAMER.tm, an industry insider has confirmed that Microsoft is due to hold an event in Europe next week, where Bungie is due to take the wraps off its next game – the first title the studio has developed since splitting from Microsoft.

"Unfortunately, our source – who obtained this information directly from Microsoft – was unable to confirm what that game will be. As such, it's unknown whether the new title will be Halo 4, or indeed whether it will be related to the Halo universe in any way, shape or form.

"Our source also revealed that Rare may be set to announce a new game as well."

[TheColbertinator]

For Bungie,I hope its Halo 4

As for Rare,I hope its Killer Instinct 3D

[gaffyh]

I'd like to see Bungie do something other than Halo, it's all they've made for years and Halo 3 was not great.

Whatever at least they've confirmed that they will be revealing their game. I have no hope for Rare, it already looks like they ruined Banjo, and they'll probably ruin any other IP they try to revitalise.

[AAACE5]

I hope Bungie's new project is something totally different not related to Halo!

I believe Bungie was getting tired of making Halo games and would like to do something different. Don't worry though... as MS has the code for Halo, and as long as it's in the hands of a capable studio... it could be handled well. You never know... the next studio could probably make Halo better that expected! They just might give it to Rare!

As for Rare... In a way I would like for them to bring back some of their old franchises, but then again, I would like for them to do something new, so they can gain some of their respect back from gamers.

[Deadman64]

I'd love for rare to do jet force gemini

[borgome]

For Bungie - Brand spankin new shooter

For Rare - Remake of Golden Eye 007

[TheColbertinator]

*sits back*

[socomnick]

Sits back next to steven.

[TheColbertinator]

How you doing,Nick? Lets see what they say today

[InMyOpinion]

Sits down inbetween nick and Steven and says "Is it gay in here, or is it just me?".

[TheColbertinator]

Its just you Jenzo :P

[Omega4]

September 25th is next week i wonder if that rumour about 12 new exclusive games is true

[TheColbertinator]

Its possible.Hopefully they are not just XBLA games but full 1st or 3rd party games from Microsoft.

[Freak of Nature]

That would be nice,but..........I'll believe it when I see it,only then.

Halo 4 will come in due time.I want to see an all new IP from Bungie to go with it. A Mario,Ratchet,Jak type act/adv/platformer...? Ok,a guy can dream can't he?

An all new Conker game from rare would be ideal. If not Conker then a new Jet Force Gemini 2...?

[Sanzee]

Listen to Bungie's Podcast. It's really amazing and talks alot about when new announcements are coming. It gives minor hints towards current projects and a few weeks ago Bungie said "U2 (or Halo 3 Update 2) won't be the only reveal coming in the last week of September".

Their working on 3 projects so obviously some will be Halo and others will not be Halo.

I'm stoked!!!

[ape007]

I want a halo game that's actually as good as halo 1

[TheColbertinator]

Sounds tough.

[xaphanze]

sounds fair.

[DARK WITNESS]

thats has been my one wish over the last 5 years... sadly i don't think it will ever happen.

i wish it would, i really do.. but i think halo has joined the ranks of such great IP's with the totally awesome fist jump onto the scene, and then the inevitable sequels that never meet up to quality set by the first.

anyway, whatever they are doing i hope its good... i hope it has real heart in it, and less " test tube " approach to it, if anyone knows what i mean.

[Raoh]

i cant stand mircosoft but a friend had the original xbox and i cant tell you how much we played and enjoyed halo 1.. some of the best and most fun co op we ever played..

after that his xbox went in the closet.. we tried halo 2 (puke)

and i bought a 360 and halo 3 (puke)

[cherrypie]

From Metacritic:

Halo: Combat Evolved - 97/100
Halo 2: 95/100
Halo 3: 94/100

The Halo series has a better average score than almost any other series.

Stop talking smack, every one of those games is an absolute classic.

[mfwahwah]

Aww shucks, my opinion was wrong. I guess I'll look toward review scores for all of my opinions.

GTA IV wasn't boring at all, it is the most fun game I currently own (I was way off with my personal opinion).

And apparently I was completely wrong about how much I didn't like Assassin's Creed.

Thank you so much for teaching me to blindly follow corporate ratings when forming an opinion on videogames. I now understand why Halo is a classic, and why I now love that game more than any other. I don't even have it and I love it now!!!!!

I hate when people don't condone opinions on sites with services dedicated to "discussion." It REALLY irks me. One of my biggest pet peaves actually.

[TheColbertinator]

@mwahfwaw

Precisely.I thought GTA4 was a snore fest,Assassins Creed was brilliant and Dark Cloud 2 is my favorite game of all time even though it has only an 87 on Meta.Ridiculous.There will possibly never be a Halo game as good as the first one.The story was epic,the premise was original,the multiplyer was amazing,and it was polished to the bone.

Halo 2 and Halo 3 were great games but Halo 1 was simply a masterpiece on another higher level.

[Final_Rpg]

OK pal, you just keep living your life based on metacritic. Doesn't matter what the public thinks, just metacritic. Why don't you just get metacritic to make all of your judgements? Would that make you happy? I bet it would.

[predator]

Bungie - something new and not halo

Rare - Killer Instinct 3

[Mr_Bun]

I think it has to be halo related...no way Bungie will give up that cashcow!

[Fishy Fingers]

Totally agree. New Killer Instinct would be great and would definitely get me back on the 360. Bungie, again I agree, I hope it's something new and fresh, I don't want Bungie to become type cast to Halo, they have more to offer.

But, yeah, if I was a betting man Id have to say something Halo related.

[cherrypie]

From Rare: Conker

[cereal_killa]

@Mr.bun

Why do you think Bungi wanted to be released from M$ they want to do something other than Halo. Sometimes you can only take a franchise so far.. not saying Halo is dead but i think Bungi want to move on and try to do something else. I think the only reason there still doing anything related to Halo right now is to finish there contract with M$.

[TrevorPhillips]

September 25th is also the new dashboard update hope its true and lets hope the game issss actually halo 4

[falviousuk]

The Rare game could be one that uses the Avatars in game. So a family friendly title.
It was hinted at in an interview that there might be a Rare game that uses them. Which would make sense as they are the ones creating the avatars for the NXE

[Stryfeno2]

How can that be 360 has no games for 2009.

[Beg For Mercy]

its still dosent

[Stryfeno2]

http://www.asseenontv.com/p...

[Rich1631]

Please be Halo 4!
Please be Halo 4!
Please be Halo 4!
Please be Halo 4!
Please be Halo 4!

[AAACE5]

A positive Microsoft post with no fanboys... This is wierd! Am I on N4G?

[etownone]

hahahaha...

i was just thinking the same thing!

[Elginer]

Perfect Dark but one done right. Zero had some highlights but was a launch title and rushed. Make that shiat gritty and and really show what the 360 can do and I'd b a must buy for me.

[Dark_Vendetta]

Perfect Dark 2 (no stupid prequel), KI3 or Conker 2!

[Merritt]

I hope it's something different than Halo is well, I enjoyed the games, but honestly Halo 3 wasn't that big of a deviation from 2's mulitplayer that I haven't played it that much. Maybe I should pop it in tonite...

Anyway, if they only still owned the Myth IP that would be something.

As for Rare, I'm going with a new PDZ game, they need to fix that mess as well.

[Beg For Mercy]

im happy now we have halo milk the franchise edition and a RARE game we have have all teh games in 2009 (LOL) while the ps3 has infamous god of war 3 mag white knight story and much more you fail fanboy

[Stryfeno2]

http://www.say-it-in-englis...

[StrikingDmc4]

MGS has how many games my dear friend?

[joebahrjoebahr]

god of war 3 is set to release in 2010 idiot

[Sitdown]

next week, because honestly...I am burned out from all the speculations, rumors, double talk, and delays of announcement. I feel like because of all of that, people's expectations might be high...and no matter the announcement people might be left unsatisfied. Hopefully in the future they will keep potential announcements of games under wraps until they are actually ready to make them. Like others, I would love to see a new Killer Instinct.....but more along the lines of Street Fighter 4 (classic 2-d with 3-d backgrounds), Kameo 2 would be welcomed, PDZ sequel (even though I never finished the first, how about a new Battletoads and Double Dragon, and a Conkers seems inevitable.

[jerethdagryphon]

anything other then halo would be good

halo is like chocolate nice but too much of it makes you isck of it

at least ea wont ever get it or thered be a new one yearly

[PirateThom]

Come on, Oni 2!

[hay]

Dude, I thought I was the only one here waiting for Oni sequel.
Bungie, make it happen! It's more than seven and a half year now...

Bubbles for you mate.

[PirateThom]

Oni was a great game, it was a lot of fun.

Bubbles as well!

[Xi]

the liscense is actually owned by R* and since it would be happening at an MS conference (and oni was a ps2/pc exclusive) I doubt it. I would like to see bungie tackle a completely new genre of game, like rpg or something, maybe even set in the myth universe.

[Space_cancer]

That last minute E3 pullback was pretty disappointing IMO.

[cherrypie]

Why on *earth* would you be disappointed?

MS didnt say they were announcing anything. The only reason you even know is that there was some "behind the scenes scuttle-butt", there is nothing to be disappointed *by* except your own invented expectations.

[Space_cancer]

What the fvck are you talking about?:

http://www.n4g.com/events_e...

http://www.n4g.com/events_e...

http://www.n4g.com/events_e...

Invented Scuttle-butt for you pal.

[cherrypie]

@above

Do you have reading comprehension issues? Tell me, do you understand the difference between these two:

A) MS announces "We will have Bungie News @ E3". MS cancels Bungie Presentation.

and

B) MS announces *nothing*, and decides at the last minute to change its presentation. Bungie / MS later say "we had planned to announce something, we decided not too".

In situation A) you could be *disappointed* that MS didnt meet your expectations. While, only through your paying attention to back-room talk -- scuttle-butt -- you learn that situation B even existed.

How could you be "disappointed* at situation B? YOU HAD NO EXPECTATIONS of the situation. We only learned of Bungie's presentation *after* it was removed -- it was never announced.

The American school system needs to spend more time on the basics of logic, reason and critical reading skills.

disappointment: feeling of being let down: a feeling of sadness or frustration because something was not as good, attractive, or satisfactory as expected, or because something hoped for did not happen

How could you have been "let down" if you didnt have any *expectation*? You werent *hoping* for the Bungie presentation.

You're desperation to attack MS is just epic failure.

[Space_cancer]

Bungie had a countdown timer on their homepage at the time, so i expected something to be announced. Then nothing happened and bungie was sorry about that. So i was disappointed because of that. If u r hyping something, u would better then show something. As simple as that.
But if you like delays, then I recommend that u will buy PS3.

"You're desperation to attack MS is just epic failure."
- Just lol! What desperation? Talk about epic fanboi fail. Guys like you have really talent for that.

And yes, i have the 360.

[running rampid]

i feel they owe this to their fans. come on bungie. make halo 4 happen!

[OOG]

Id like to see Rare try and fix the mess of their last Perfect Dark....possibly that darker version of the game I heard about a while back?>....

[Freak of Nature]

I think we have enough shooters. Rare is a company that can give us games like Banjo and "Conker" or how about JFG 2?

[belal]

that is AAA and coming in 09

ps3:

infamous, gow 3, MAG, heavy rain and tekken 6.

you see ? i dint even need to use killzone 2 or la noir or the rock star exclusives.

[thekingofMA]

i have to agree with someone below: MAG, inFamous, or heavy rain may not be AAA

however, GOW 3 should be AAA, and depending on if it goes well, Tekken may be too. but that's a very unsure may.

[Radiodread]

but infamous, gow 3 and K2 do, I'm pretty stoked to see how they turn out From what I've seen in game informer.

[FantasyStar]

heh...yup

[cherrypie]

I hope it is another Halo. Bring on Halo 4!

[power of Green]

Not Halo 4, probably the rumored visually more realistic 3rd person tactical game in the Halo universe(the rumored Halo Tactical sim).

[PirateThom]

If not Oni, then this.

I have no interest in Halo FPS (not really my thing), but I'd definitely play a tactical shooter in the Halo universe.

[PureGamer]

that would own.

[Xi]

moreso then I did halo 1, the reason I think so many loved the original halo was because it was new and original, but when everyone copies your work things tend to go down hill. People think halo is generic, but that's only because every other shooter has taken something from that game, and because they expect so much more, however it was a sequel, usually they're meant to continue a story, I'm not sure what people expected.

I would love another halo game, but I'd prefer if bungie did something else, moved onto a new genre or a revisit another of their amazing franchises, they have a bunch of talent there and I'd love to see them move on to something more new and exciting.

[cherrypie]

Millions of Gamers -- myself included -- would love another Halo game. They have been just terrific thus-far, we'd all loved more.

And, I'd love some more of Bungie's other titles. Oni or Myth would be good.

No matter, I'm confident they'll do something great.

[Semimorphus]

@ cherrypie

MS didn't but Bungie did. Bungie was going to make an announcement until at the last minute MS decided to pul the announcement.

[cheapndirty]

Maybe it will be a new avatar shooter! Got to get some use of those 3D dolls!

[-Maverick-]

: )

[Deadman64]

Sony Fanboys seem to be getting pretty bitter and obviously a little uneasy about what Bungie is doing...

[StrikingDmc4]

i agree

[pshizle]

marthon...im going to be effen disappointed

bring on something other than halo

halo is amazing but i would rather them save it for later and start something new...

[pshizle]

a game for the ps3

jk

[KiddyBrownTurd]

hope it's a new FPS universe, like pathways into darkness or marathon.

[NiteWarrior]

I think the best thing they could to is to create a game that relvoves around the single-player exp. as opposed to the multiplayer(Halo). I think i would be best if they did Not make another halo title.

[SpartanZero]

YES

[Sanzee]

It's about time! Here we go now!

[Crapbox360]

Another flop in the making. :-)

[KBDuB]

Another flop in the making... That you wish you could get on your Ps3. :-)

[Crapbox360]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA...NO.

TOO MANY AAA GAMES TO PLAY SO I WON'T BE MISSING THIS FLOP. :-)

[Blu Ray3]

yer a loser.

Probably that Nasim guy again.

[Naked-Snake]

It would be better if Halo 4 was a launch title for the 720.

[badkolo]

halo3 was dogged becuase of 1 thing, and thats the graphics, they are old and stale, while everything else was great, all the features and multiplayer games where sick. forge is sick, etc....

The fact is halo3 while looking good in its own way and stays true to the halo look and feel just wasnt a big leap graphicaly, especially when other games look much much better and people expect the same from such a huge title such as HALO.

SO whatever the next halo game is it better look good.

[Carbide7]

I own a ps3,but still I'd like to see a darker halo,like the first halo 3 trailer if you know what I mean,I think that theme will fit it better than pink and purple