SPOnG reports that Halo 3 will wrap up the trilogy, and I couldn't be happier:

Speaking to a Microsoft source close to the management of the entire Xbox 360 project today, we were told that, "As far as things stand, Halo 3 is the last game [in the series] and it's more than just 'a thing to say' which I know came as a surprise to everyone [at Microsoft Game Studios not involved with the decision-making process] when it was announced. A new game from Bungie, not Halo 4, will be announced soon and pre-production has begun. So if you're looking for what to expect at X06, you should be looking at that."

Interestingly, the fact that Halo 3 is officially the last game in the series seems to have been totally overlooked by Xbox 360 fans to date.

Why am I so pleased? Because I love it when things have an end, and the (undisputedly talented) creators go on to something awesome and new. The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes both made very much the right decisions in this respect, and I dearly wish more game franchises would do the same.

Fast on the heels of my pleasure came a sinking disappointment, however, as SPOnG apparently heard "another trilogy, likely a prequel, will be announced at some point in the next 12 months." Eliza Gauger

Halo over, sorta [SPOnG, via Digg]

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