As a HUGE Halo fan, I'm Reeeeeeeeally looking forward to this!
Microsoft, Peter Jackson to form game studio
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it will be creating a new video game studio in collaboration with "Lord of the Rings" and "King Kong" director Peter Jackson.
The studio, which will be called Wingnut Interactive, will be a joint partnership between Microsoft Game Studios and its subsidiary studio, Bungie. It will work on the creation of a new title in the hit "Halo" series of games.
Jackson and his Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Fran Walsh, will be directly involved in the creation of the new "Halo" title.
In addition, Microsoft's Ensemble Studios, creator of the hit "Age of Empires," will create another new "Halo" title, "Halo Wars."
Microsoft also said Wingnut Interactive will work on the creation of an entirely new video game, though it would not give details about it.
The news came as part of a series of announcements in Barcelona, Spain, where Microsoft is holding its X06 Xbox press event.
According to Scott Henson, director of the Xbox Advanced Technology Group, the new "Halo" games will likely come out sometime after the 2007 release of "Halo 3."
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