Video: Bungie's acceptance video hints at next big Halo related announcement

by Dustin Burg { Aug 12th 2008 at 2:15AM }

Holy giant Bungie acceptance speech video hint at their next Halo project Cortana! Witness Bungie's latest canceled E3 announcement tease in their acceptance speech video for EDGE's Interactive Innovation award, which is similar to their Gphoria award acceptance speech but much more juicy in terms of clues regarding their next project. You'll have to watch the video for yourself to really understand what we mean, but if the Halo 3 characters making an appearance in multiplayer levels or blue wireframe environments have anything to do with it, then we're in for a super Halo surprise. Watch, analyze and tell us what secret info you can gather from the acceptance video. Oh, and "even though in Halo 3 you finished the fight, that doesn't necessarily mean that the ride is over."

[Thanks, Macedonia Mafia]

Tags: bungie, bungie-studios, halo-3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Viva La Champ @ Aug 12th 2008 2:23AM

lol..
Honestly I think Halo 4 would be quite awesome, but I don't want to see it on the xbox 360. Give the 360 some more halo prequels, and when the next xbox comes out, release halo 4. It would be a strong system seller, plus it would have some great graphical updates! :) I rather see the next big halo on the next big console! ;P hehe..

WTangoFoxtrot @ Aug 12th 2008 1:54PM

i disagree. the original xbox got 2 halo games, i dont see why the new one cant. sure putting it on the new xbox would allow it to shine brighter but a lot of 360 fans are gonna be disappointed with just a single halo game on their console.

victor360hd @ Aug 12th 2008 2:23AM

Halo4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CL34N3R @ Aug 12th 2008 2:24AM

I really don't want it to be another Halo, how about something new Bungie?

Erik Stroud @ Aug 12th 2008 12:14PM

They are working on new stuff also. But, Halo is basically what they are known for now. So, they will keep making them and I will keep buying them. I just want to know what happened to chief when he flew toward that planet.

Mr.U2 @ Aug 12th 2008 2:28AM

Uh oh.... yep... yep, I peed my pants! This is awesome! You know you're a Halo fanboy when you watch this video and become extatic (and possibly pee your pants)!

mattclarkie @ Aug 12th 2008 6:09AM

My trousers are wet, but it isn't pee.

Mr.U2 @ Aug 12th 2008 2:29AM

Oh.. and somebody ban this AYong. All his posts are about wholesale jewelry...

UNSCleric @ Aug 12th 2008 2:35AM

I agree, even though I love Halo and it's the only thing I live for, I'd rather wait for Halo 4 or the equivalent sequel to be a launch title for Xbox 3.

livinonnosleep @ Aug 12th 2008 2:48AM

Halo will live on. I personally am excited to see what they have up their sleeve. Although i really want to know how this janitor guy ties into things.
Keep it clean.

TWODOGSz @ Aug 12th 2008 2:56AM

That blue wireframe environment at the end is a massive hint. Forge might just be going full blown level designer from scratch! :)

alexkapone @ Aug 13th 2008 3:02AM

I concur!

I'm thinking Halo 3 PC with full blown level editor and even better video making capabilities. I'd be surprised if the tech was there for loading the maps onto the 360 but that would be awesome.

Maybe more avatars in MP...

I dunno why they keep mentioning microsoft owning the IP. MS could still contract out to bungie to develop halo related FPS products.

TWODOGSz @ Aug 13th 2008 4:06AM

I'm pretty confident this will go beyond PC.

Given Bungie's history of introducing PC features to the console world, Halo 3 is yet to see a release on PC, and the Halo 3 fan base is a console monopoly, I think anything less than a 360 release would not even merit Bungie hinting at.

I'm pretty sure it's a level editor but it seems to be going further when he talks about the "fight's not over". So I'm going ahead to say that there's a console version of modding to allow users to create new campaigns and stories with the characters in the Halo franchise, along with enhanced machinima features akin Red v Blue, and a far more advanced level editor that takes Forge out of pre made maps and into the realm of blank slates ready for player's creativity.

I think Forge 2.0, may well change the way Halo is played and used and will coincide with the playlist, lobby and matchmaking changes coming in September.

So I'll put myself right out there and say Bungie is going to announce a Halo equivalent of LittleBigPlanet, with the emphasis on first person rather than the third person for the 360 crowd.

Brian @ Aug 12th 2008 3:01AM

WTF?!

I enter my date of birthday but it won't allow me to watch the video, it reponds with a error "Invaild Date. Please try again." I enter:

28/4/1990 and i try 28/04/1990

Brian @ Aug 12th 2008 3:05AM

Nevermind, i got it working with another date.

Ender @ Aug 12th 2008 4:00AM

*cough* there aren't 28 months *cough*

Brian @ Aug 12th 2008 4:22AM

oh, i go by

d/m/y i never knew it was m/d/y

Xiphias @ Aug 12th 2008 6:01AM

It is only in America that people put the month before the day, everywhere else we put the day, then month, then year .. d/m/y

Brian @ Aug 12th 2008 7:23AM

Thanks Xiphias

Brian @ Aug 12th 2008 3:06AM

btw anyone who hasn't played halo 3 and plan to do so, there is a big spoiler in that video.

Sairus @ Aug 12th 2008 11:53AM

Considering it's such a Halo themed announcement, it's very unlikely that anyone watching it hasn't found that out by now.
Still, is a fair point.

Arnon @ Aug 12th 2008 3:17AM

GOD I WANT TO KNOW SO BAD T_T

AnthonyGalindoX @ Aug 12th 2008 4:35AM

Meh, while the prospect of another Halo is exciting this video doesn't really inspire any rampant speculation from me. ooohh.... a wireframe room, how mysterious.But not really.

Hansel @ Aug 12th 2008 4:39AM

Honestly... something new would be nice. It can be halo related, but let's get something new in here, like the often mentioned tactical shooter or related things.

Or something brand new. But I don't think Bungie would survive the Halo Fanboy assault on their offices if they didn't make a Halo game.

guidedbyvoip @ Aug 12th 2008 5:04AM

Tron?

Aimless3 @ Aug 12th 2008 5:33AM

I knew it!

AL7AIR @ Aug 12th 2008 8:08AM

Jip, that's my guess too ... maybe a movie based video game that doesn't suck: TR2N ... I wouldn't mind, because the last Tron game wasn't that bad :)

thefifthbeatle @ Aug 12th 2008 11:06AM

That seems possible, but how does the janitor guy fit in?

Spike Saunders @ Aug 12th 2008 5:23AM

Actually I kind of hope Bungie has some prequels up their sleeves. I would really LOVE to play 'Fall of Reach'. Not the Spartan training days, but the whole defense and all that. Best book in the series.

mattclarkie @ Aug 12th 2008 6:08AM

Where can I order the Halo 4 Legendary edition with life size replica of a Banshee?

HE4VENSENT @ Aug 12th 2008 7:06AM

right...........

anyway, i am very excited :D

Maverick Saturn @ Aug 12th 2008 8:47AM

Urm, at Bungie ^^

I'm more interested in MC's suit, if I had that I could be like Batman or something, world superhero :P Or supervillain, ha!

FTFT AOTS @ Aug 12th 2008 6:52AM

Halo Is Going Back In Time Because In The End It Changed His Aromr And He Said We Cant Show This Yet. It Took His Recon Off And Put Him In Mark Five. Werid Huh

HE4VENSENT @ Aug 12th 2008 7:07AM

actually he went from mark 5 to mark 6

dbellinger @ Aug 12th 2008 7:34AM

I'm thinking a TRUE level editor for Halo 3/Forge. They showed a small part of a level with a wire frame for boundaries. How cool would it be to see people making levels based on old HALO:CE maps that Bungie takes too long to produce. Blood Gulch, here we come. Not to mention recreating levels from other games would also be cool.

SadisticHam @ Aug 12th 2008 7:43AM

I'd like to see this tactical gears of war style halo marine game if anything. Not Halo 4, not yet.

Let the Chief sleep. ;D

Filip @ Aug 12th 2008 8:34AM

For me it seems like they are developing a mmo of some sort. Whatch the video again and think of it lika an mmo.

Dick @ Aug 12th 2008 10:33AM

Very Astute!
I saw that as well, and I kept waiting for more responses from the other NPCs...
The ride isn't over.... He goes to Mark 6 armor... Is in a wireframed world with a sole, rusty metal bunker...

Weird, wild stuff.

Maverick Saturn @ Aug 12th 2008 8:46AM

I'd rather them not continue to milk my cow with another Halo game of which I don't expect much more change, I'd rather see them use thier resources on a new IP to get excited about. Even something like Halo wars makes a difference. But the concept of a Halo 4 is kinda predictable already, I know they put finish the fight, but even when they put that there I knew they had no intention on finishing any fight. There will be more fighting, and I and many knew that before Halo 3 even released. Even if they switch to marines, I can't see how things will change, except maybe if they went down the Ghost Recon style of gameplay, teamwork, stealth and tactics rather then run and gun like regular Halos. I much prefer teamwork, stealth and tactics, something that will actually get me thinking for once.

KilgoreTrout XL @ Aug 12th 2008 9:17AM

That looked like a level editor.

Or the Holodeck.

Justin Colton @ Aug 12th 2008 9:26AM

My guess is a multiplayer expansion for halo3. A more robust level editor and the ability to use all the single player characters in multi.

Doll @ Aug 12th 2008 9:35AM

I'm a Halo fanboy for a reason. I would love to see more Halo, and those that don't care for it should bugger off to something knew.

It would be stupid to give up on the Halo phenomenon.

Thumper @ Aug 12th 2008 10:26AM

OMG im sitting here at work and I just showed this to one of my co-workers and we cant stop laughing... "AND DONT SHOW THE INTERNET"

Jonah Falcon @ Aug 12th 2008 10:27AM

Tron?

silentshadowxp @ Aug 12th 2008 10:46AM

HA! the room that was in the last video! i knew it was something new, but i figured it was just a new map... who knows, this could mean anything, we'll just have to wait to find out...

horngreen @ Aug 12th 2008 11:05AM

I'm not sure waiting for Xbox 3 would matter. Halo 2 and Halo 3 are not that different graphics wise. I wish they would just make Halo 1 online capable, that would make me happy and YES I would pay $40-$60 for it Bungie!

HE4VENSENT @ Aug 12th 2008 11:14AM

are you serious? you must be using a standard definition tv set then...

Paul Jones @ Aug 12th 2008 12:17PM

I use a standard TV and even I could tell theres a graphical upgrade from 2 to 3......

TheTallGuy @ Aug 12th 2008 11:44AM

When I watched this, I got the feeling of a merging of Halo and that old Jedi Knights game in multiplayer. But if they do intend to make every other character playable for multiplayer, that would be some serious ownage. Although, each character should have something special and exclusive for themselves, or it would just be boring...