{"id":19122,"date":"2014-12-18T07:22:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T12:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=19122"},"modified":"2014-12-18T07:22:51","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T12:22:51","slug":"microsoft-wants-halo-to-last-another-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=19122","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Wants Halo to Last Another 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a reblog from <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>gamespot.com<\/strong><\/span>. Special thanks to my bud\u00a0<a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHaloArray\">@<span class=\"u-linkComplex-target\">TheHaloArray<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for tweeting about this.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s goal for the Halo franchise is to make the long-running sci-fi FPS series last at least another 30 years, according to 343 Industries general manager Bonnie Ross. In a new interview with\u00a0Bloomberg, Ross revealed the figure and recalled the difficult process of getting the studio up and running, calling it &#8220;the most challenging thing I&#8217;ve ever done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ross went on to say that diversity was a focus in the formation of 343 Industries, and part of her goal for the studio was to ensure that Halo had &#8220;characters that people can identity [with]: heroic females and heroic males.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/videos\/embed\/6422244\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>HFFL:<\/strong> Okay, is it me, or did it sound like the guys in the video weren&#8217;t all that excited about this???<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really important for us to get young female talent, because they are the future,&#8221; Ross said, explaining that having women in key roles will help attract others to the field. &#8220;It&#8217;s important to have leadership roles across the industry that people can aspire to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the time of 343 Industries&#8217; formation in 2007, the Halo series&#8211;which debuted in 2001&#8211;was already six years old. Ross said, &#8220;I wanted to make sure we were able to go another three decades.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Three decades on from 2007 would be 2037. We&#8217;ve since spoken with Microsoft and confirmed that Ross&#8217; &#8220;three decades&#8221; comment relates to 343 as a studio and the Halo franchise itself.<\/p>\n<p>Ross didn&#8217;t speak about how specifically Microsoft and 343 Industries&#8211;which handles Halo games and all other media and brand extensions&#8211;plan to support Halo for the duration of those years, though you can expect more games beyond 2015&#8217;s\u00a0Halo 5: Guardians\u00a0for\u00a0Xbox One.<\/p>\n<p>That game was originally part of the\u00a0Reclaimer Trilogy, which would have spanned\u00a0Halo 4-6. However, Microsoft confirmed in 2013 that it&#8217;s\u00a0no longer referring to the new series as a trilogy, but rather a &#8220;saga.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we originally said trilogy, we&#8217;ve actually expanded this to more of a saga, so we don&#8217;t want to limit the Reclaimer story within a trilogy,&#8221; Microsoft said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Ross has also come out to say that she hopes 343 can\u00a0some day get away from numbered Halo releases, another suggestion that we may see more spinoffs of the Halo series in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of games, Microsoft recently released digital series\u00a0<em>Halo: Nightfall\u00a0<\/em>from producer Ridley Scott, while the company is also teaming up with\u00a0Steven Spielberg for a new Halo TV series. And while Microsoft has\u00a0no official plans\u00a0to resuscitate the\u00a0failed Halo movie, that film&#8217;s one-time director&#8211;Neill Blomkamp&#8211;says he is\u00a0still interested in working in that universe.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>HFFL:<\/strong> Okay, I&#8217;m all for more Halo. But damn, 30 more years? I&#8217;m going to be an OLD man by then. Seriously, I AM a Halo fan for life, but 30 more years? Does the franchise have that much staying power left in it? If 343 keeps making the same mistakes it has been, there&#8217;s no way it will last that long.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Noting that they want to do spin-offs is something that is very much a mixed bag within the community of Halo fans. While Halo 3 ODST was received well enough, it never hit it big. Halo Reach was utterly trashed by many of the Halo Pros. This helped to lead to it&#8217;s downfall, though many like myself still think Reach was a good game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">With Bonnie talking about diversity and mentioning women in particular, does that mean we&#8217;ll see a game with a Female Spartan as the lead? Gawd, PLEASE not Sarah Palmer. She is a VERY polarizing character. She&#8217;s not just a strong character, she&#8217;s also quite arrogant, IMO. She&#8217;s NOT the kind of leader I&#8217;d want to have to follow into the battlefield. As opposed to say Miranda Keyes was.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">I&#8217;m certainly not against having a female lead. Let&#8217;s just make sure that it&#8217;s being done for the RIGHT reason. Not just to have a female lead for the sake of it, but for it to have meaning. That character, whomever she will be needs to be one that nearly all Halo fans connect with positively on some level. Again, Palmer is NOT that character.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">So what do you think folks? Do you want 30 more years of Halo? Would you mind spin-offs from Halo that do not have Master Chief as the lead role in the campaigns? Sound off Spartans! Let me know what you have to say. Reply below!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>-Sal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/microsoft-wants-halo-to-last-another-30-years\/1100-6424217\/\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a reblog from gamespot.com. Special thanks to my bud\u00a0@TheHaloArray\u00a0for tweeting about this. 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