E3 2008: Microsoft Confirms: New ‘Halo’ in Development at Bungie

With all the stirring and controversy (such as it is) around Bungie’s recently postponed announcement, it’s good to have a little clarification on the matter.

Top dog of Microsoft’s Xbox business, Don Mattrick, confirmed to MTV Multiplayer that Bungie is indeed working on a new “Halo” game of some kind for Microsoft. “Friends with benefits,” anyone? Anyway…

The reason no announcement was forthcoming on Monday was because the Monday conference “was already loaded with content and so any announcements for that series weren’t needed to get gamers excited.” Um, well, I guess?

Pressed further, Mattrick revealed this title is not Halo Wars, nor is it anything to do with that Peter Jackson joint that’s been floating on the winds lately; it’s something else, and announcements are to be forthcoming.

And then the topic was changed: You can see the whole thing on MTV News come Tuesday.