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Subject: When did the development of Bungie's new game start?

Since it looks like this thread has been closed (don't know why) I created this thread because I found another interview that proves that Bungie's next game has been in development for quite a while.
So here is the gathered information:

1.
Develop interview with Harold Ryan (2007)
So from that point of view we don't have a shortage of people happy to make Halo games, but obviously there are guys that have shipped Halo games for ten years, and they are definitely ready to work on new IPs or create new things. We're actively engaged with the senior staff here on a couple of new IPs right now, but the team that can generate cool Halo games is still running full-speed as well.
I'm sure those senior Bungie guys will sit in as advisors - on pre-production, design review and polishing the game as we build it - but they won't have to get their hands as dirty in the bits of pieces of the next couple of Halo games.


2.
Nathan Walpole's resume that was written 2010 or later (Reach has already been anounced):
2007-2008
undisclosed projects
bungie studios | xbox
senior animator
° hand keyed character animation
° conceptual animation created to further identify game features and
design viability


3.
Jaime Griesemer's resume on his blog (Reach is mentioned too):
Unannounced Project, Game Designer ; 2008 - 2010
- Participated in very early stages of project planning
- Designed and built multiple gameplay prototypes in a modified version of the Halo engine
- Helped to secure publisher funding partially on the basis of these prototypes


4. (new)
You have been asking yourself what Jason Jones has been doing since Halo 2? Here is the answer (at least to the question what he has been doing since 2008).
Game Informer Interview with Harold Ryan in the February 2008 issue:
You've alluded to a new IP. How long has it been in development and could you talk a bit about it?

We're not saying alot about the project. There is a new game that [Bungie Co-Founder] Jason [Jones] has been working on for some time, off and on. It's a new IP from us that will be coming out after the next couple of years.



[Edited on 07.05.2012 3:34 PM PDT]

  • 07.05.2012 1:32 PM PDT

Most likely around the time of Reach, pre-production is a pretty major process for games and films.

Though I think Bungie wanted Halo 3 to be the last so there is a chance it started around the time they shipped Halo 3. No one will ever know for sure.

[Edited on 07.05.2012 2:03 PM PDT]

  • 07.05.2012 2:02 PM PDT

I know that bumping his own threads isn't a nice method, but I think this is pretty interesting and more people should read it.

[Edited on 07.18.2012 6:28 AM PDT]

  • 07.18.2012 6:27 AM PDT