Deep breath now. Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, who we?re also working with on the Halo movie, have formed Wingnut Interactive, a video game studio that will capitalize on Peter and Fran?s creative vision, while using the expertise, infrastructure and experience of Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios to get the show on the road.
It?s a partnership we?ve been very excited about for a long time, and one that gives us great pleasure (and no small measure of relief) to announce.
Peter Jackson himself kind of sums up our feelings about the venture, saying, ?"Working directly with the Bungie guys to help carve out and reimagine another piece of the Halo game universe is a dream come true. Combining the creative and technical talents of Bungie Studios with the fire and passion of Wingnut Interactive just seems like a great recipe for success and the perfect way to start a new kind of partnership in the video game world. I can't wait."
Wingnut Interactive will be working closely with us to create ?another chapter in the Halo universe,? which is a phrase you?ll be hearing a lot and of course, we?re sworn to secrecy.
This raises as many questions as it answers ? will it be a sequel? A prequel? A side-story? We won?t squeal, but we can tell you it will be a blend of gameplay and storytelling quite unlike anything the games industry has ever seen before. And Wingnut Interactive isn?t stopping at Halo ? the newly formed gaming behemoth will also be working closely with Microsoft to introduce a brand-new gaming IP created by Wingnut themselves.