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Bungie Won't Say If Halo: Reach Is The Studio's Last Halo

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 MDT

Last month, Bungie senior designer Lars Bakken said that Halo: Reach would be the studio's last Halo title. "In terms of Bungie-produced Halo games," the designer stated, "ODST and then Reach is probably all you're going to get."

Microsoft subsidiary 343 Industries is poised to take over the series after the release of first-person-shooter Halo: Reach.

Bungie is back tracking on Bakken's remark and has deployed community and pr director Brian Jarrard to clean up what the senior designer has stated.

"The clarification is we just don't know at this point. I'm not really able to speculate on what we're going to do after Reach," Jarrard told website VideoGamer.com. "I wouldn't confirm or deny at this point. We're really excited to get Reach out the door. Beyond that, we're not at liberty to say right now what's next."

But...

"I think there's a lot of work just to get Reach done between now and next fall. At that point anything's possible. We're going to keep looking at making the games we want to make. Maybe that's Halo. Maybe it's not. We'll have to wait and see."

Maybe that's Halo. Maybe it's not. Maybe today I will eat a ham sandwich. Maybe I won't. You'll have to wait and see.

Bungie: Maybe our next game is Halo, maybe it's not - Halo: Reach for Xbox 360 News [VideoGamer]

Nintendo: Wii Motion Plus Not Delayed

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:00:00 MDT

According to game site IGN's Wii podcast, the Wii MotionPlus is delayed. According to Nintendo, it's not.

The IGN podcast, which is often privy to Nintendo announcements before they're announced, stated, "Nintendo is internally struggling with Wii MotionPlus, trying to figure out a few hiccups."

These "hiccups" would mean that Wii Sports Resort would be pushed back along with the Wii MotionPlus add-on. This would make sense someone as the game is MIA on Nintendo's upcoming games list.

All of this Wii MotionPlus delay talk is pure bunk, says Nintendo. Why? "No date was ever announced for MotionPlus — so technically it can't be delayed," Nintendo told game site CVG. Oh ho ho. Foiled by a technicality. Rats!

Wii MotionPlus not delayed, says Nintendo [CVG]

No Plans For US PS3 Eternal Sonata Release "At The Moment"

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:00:00 MDT

Timed Xbox 360 exclusive Eternal Sonata is getting a PS3 release with extra content in Japan. But what elsewhere? According to a Namco Bandai US spokesperson:

I can’t speak for any other territories, but I believe Eternal Sonata is only announced for the PS3 in Japan right now... We have no plans to release the game on the PS3 in the US at this moment.

So no plans "at this moment." But tomorrow? The day after that? Next month? Who knows?!

Namco Bandai Eternal Sonata PS3 Japan Only [videogaming247 Thanks, nekotails!]

Capcom To Announce "Or Something Like That" Soon?

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:00:00 MDT

Bionic Commando Wii? Unannounced. Lost Planet Wii? Ditto. "Or Something Like This?" Will be announced soon. Via a Q&A with Capcom's Christian Svensson. Read on:

Question: Are we going to see Bionic Commando, Lost Planet or something like this on the Wii?

Svensson: Possible... the "or something like this" part we could talk about in a couple weeks perhaps.

We cannot wait to learn about "Or Something Like This." It sounds like a fantastic game.

Capcom To Announce New Wii Game [N-Europe via Infendo]

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Multiplayer Makes LucasArts PR Snappy

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 MDT

There are some touchy questions. Questions that might turn people curt. Questions that need to be asked. Questions like: Is there any specific reason why there is no multiplayer in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the PS3 and Xbox 360? Adam Kahn, Senior PR Manager at LucasArts, answers.

To be specific, there's no multiplayer in the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 versions, because there is on the Wii, PSP, and DS. As far as specific reasons are concerned, we don't really like to get into the reasons why we don't do things because I don't think there's really a satisfactory answer that people would really be happy with. So, there isn't multiplayer and that's kind of how it is...

That's not really PR spin. It's... we dunno what the fuck it is. Just watch out for Adam Kahn. He'll cut you.

Star Wars Feature [TVG via Go Nintendo]