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Halo 4 Is a Possibility

Fourth Halo to be the Halo Movie Game?

By Alexandru Stanescu, Editor, Gaming Reviews (Consoles)

1st of October 2007, 07:01 GMT

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Master Chief returning to our consoles sooner than expected?
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We've already been pleasantly shocked by the media phenomenon that Halo 3 has become and now there's another shocker coming our way. Turns out that Bungie just won't get
enough and they intend to develop a fourth title in the Halo series, but this one won't be related to the famous trilogy.

Rumor has it that the game will be an adaption of Halo - The Movie, a possible prequel of the gaming series. Will the new title be launched on the future Xbox console, pushing it to the top in case it'll have problems with the sales? Will we see the return of Master Chief, in his early days? Only Bungie and Microsoft have the answer, but they might be doing things like great film producers are - creating two major titles at the same time and saving the last of them for later.

We've seen that happening in the case of the acclaimed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest which was created at the same time with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. It scares me to even think about a possible Halo 4, as its sales figures would be huge. Taking into consideration that Halo 4 seemed an utopia a couple of weeks ago, why not speculate and expect a potential port of Halo 3 on the PS3?

What graphical achievements can another Halo title bring? The movie will probably answer that, as the animation motion picture Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children did, in the case of the acclaimed FF series. It will also give us details about the plot of the upcoming title... We don't expect this mystery to be cleared in 2008 or 2009 for that matter. It's worth a long wait if the result is a quality title to make us all go Halo-maniacs again.

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Comment #1 by: mike farnam on 17 Dec 2007, 16:05 GMT reply to this comment

i dont think there will be because its called a TRILOGY people

Comment #1.1 by: Tom on 18 Jul 2008, 14:34 GMT

even so they called scary movie 3 the end of a trilogy

Comment #1.2 by: Swifty on 21 Jul 2008, 00:34 GMT

Yes its called a trilogy, But have you read the game description this game is the final installment to the trilogy that started from "HALO COMBAT EVOLVED" That is not stopping them from starting a new trilogy where does it say, we can only make 3 games? there is going to be a new halo game, and to rumors it says Masterchief may not even be in the new game. All we can do is wait.


Comment #2 by: Jack Tyson on 26 Dec 2007, 18:00 GMT reply to this comment

if they make any more halos or halo based games they may no longer call it halo and create a whole new trilogy because if u watch to th end of the credits which i doubt many halo fans do u can see that master cheif and cortana are both alive and if u beat it on legendary you can see them heading to a new planet possibly infested with flood or other hostile creatures so future master cheif games are possible they may just no longer be called halo

Comment #2.1 by: jak3 on 17 Mar 2008, 17:52 GMT

i think the game should still hold the name halo. master chief is ahlo without him there isnt a halo. there cant be a game with the master chief and have it not have the name halo in it. why do u grow a brain

Comment #2.2 by: Calaum hughes on 08 May 2008, 22:03 GMT

The planet is going to be infested by brutes.
I heard its like the brutes planet or something

Comment #2.3 by: inosent BystandR on 12 May 2008, 16:49 GMT

i think and I'm hoping that the planet might belong to the precursors,the predecessors of the forerunners.

Comment #2.4 by: mike on 29 Jun 2008, 04:17 GMT

its onyx when he woke up from a 3 year sleep cortana recieved a message from 3 spartan 3's 3 spartan 2's dr.halsey and that one dude who trained the spartans (forgot his name) in the book they get lost in a compression of space inside the planet


Comment #3 by: T Patt on 03 Jan 2008, 23:41 GMT reply to this comment

Did I miss something....were'nt there 9 Halos(rings) Were all nine distroyed and I missed it?

Comment #3.1 by: Colton on 01 Apr 2008, 14:40 GMT

There are seven Halo rings. Only two were destroyed. The Chief used the Pillar of Autumn to destroy Installation 04. Then the Ark was destroyed. Five left, smart one.

Comment #3.2 by: Phaanct on 14 Jul 2008, 19:58 GMT

WEll u are correct however The Ark, Installation 04 and 05 were destroyed in halo 1 and 2. The New Halo made in Halo 3 is The Recreation of Installation 04. The Monitor (343 Guilty Spark) Is The Monitor Of Installation 4. Also The Planet Master Cheif and Cortana Were headed towards Is Onyx, Where His old spartan Friends are and Dr Halsely is. Dr Halsely was in charge of the Spartan II Program and recruited Master Cheif when he was 6 without his parents knowing. His Parents think he is dead. He is stuck in compressed Space. The reason they dont have to worry about the other 5 Rings is because All the covenant are dead and the flood destroyed on The remake of Installation 04. That is all I have to say


Comment #4 by: ThShadowAssassin on 14 Jan 2008, 01:53 GMT reply to this comment

I beleive that Mr. Tyson is onto something. Yest, he was heading to a planet, and here may be hostiles for another Halo-based game. But we need to realize that the Mastercheif went into stasis. It could be hundreds of years before he comes out of it. It would make sense to be hundreds of years later because the ship could not have gotten far without a slipspace drive, and Cortana would be dead. AI's only last a few years. The longest (According to First Strike, by Eric Nylund) time an AI has survived was 7 years.

Comment #4.1 by: inosent BystandR on 12 May 2008, 16:52 GMT

you are completely correct but that only refers to smart AI's. The regular AI's don't have a lifespan.

Comment #4.2 by: Samuel-034 on 12 Aug 2008, 16:31 GMT

this is for the inocent bystandR. If you have a brain and you've read the book you would know that not only is Cortana a smart AI, she is probly the smartest AI ever since she was made using a clone of Dr. Halseyes brain. Besides what I've already said you have to take into account that after cortana came out of halo master chief thought she was different, cortana had taken all of the information of halo and processed it and all of that info caused her "mind" to falter so shell probably die well before her 7years are, after halo she could make a copy of herself, but the "copy" "died" in only a couple of days so that wouldn't help master cheif at all.


Comment #5 by: sixoneniner619 on 15 Jan 2008, 15:29 GMT reply to this comment

If you watch the video afterthe creits on Halo 3 after beating it on legendary it looks like the planet has a ring around it that the sun shows a quick reflection on


Comment #6 by: TAZ on 04 Mar 2008, 14:44 GMT reply to this comment

i pretty sure its real


Comment #7 by: KeyranSolo on 05 Mar 2008, 09:35 GMT reply to this comment

NOT gonna happen. Your a total idiot to think it will.


Comment #8 by: mastrcheef on 05 Mar 2008, 18:43 GMT reply to this comment

well i u listen to cortana she says she will wake him up if someone comes which means she will still be alive to wake cheif up (its the game not the book ThShadowAssassin)


Comment #9 by: Toony on 07 Mar 2008, 10:54 GMT reply to this comment

Well you're a total idiot for mistaking your with you're... I learnt that when I was about 9/10...

P.S It probably will happen. Bungie will make one of the biggest profits of anything... ever!


Comment #10 by: Colton on 01 Apr 2008, 14:36 GMT reply to this comment

Of course there will be a Halo 4. Once the Master Chief dies then Halo dies, but the Chief is still alive. Bungie wouldn't keep him alive to die of old age or some stupid cause. We're so used to seeing the Chief die when we get killed by our foes. When the Chief dies it will have to be dramatic and gruesome, such as showing him get ripped into shreads. People are indulgent when it comes to money, Halo 4 sounds like millions, hey why not?


Comment #11 by: luke on 09 Apr 2008, 19:19 GMT reply to this comment

well i think they wont make it because at the end it shows him getting in that tube thing and saying "my work is done" so i dont think so.


Comment #12 by: dylan on 18 Apr 2008, 13:01 GMT reply to this comment

well as mike farnam said in comment 1 it is called a TRILOGY but if you look at star wars it was supsted to be a trilogy also but it turned out to be a dubble trilogy so why cant they make a new halo for all we no they could have 6 halo games and just because master chief says my work is done does not really mean that hes done for all anyone knows he could land on the planet


Comment #13 by: joe on 20 Apr 2008, 15:46 GMT reply to this comment

i agree that there is a possobility there will be more games.
theres so mutch more to explain and they cant just leve u on a cliff hanger like that. nd were the hell does he say my work is done i just remember him saying wake me when u need me.
and there are rumers going round the internet that bungie accidently confirmed halo 4 publicly. :) hope its true.


Comment #14 by: esahc26 on 21 Apr 2008, 00:12 GMT reply to this comment

uhm... beat legendary then watch the ending credits... it shows the half of the frigate floating towards a planet that looks to be the flood's planet. someone already posted what i'm saying smarts

Comment #14.1 by: Ryan on 21 Apr 2008, 15:45 GMT

You destroy the flood's planet in the mission called Cortana I think. I mean, it's called High Charity and it got destroyed.


Comment #15 by: cody on 21 Apr 2008, 01:59 GMT reply to this comment

well in my opinion they should make the fourth halo (if there is one) into another game.the only problem with that is that the boys at bungie would have one hell of a time making the new game...new. they used the same play method and gaming style in all three of the previous games.a halo movie would kill...provided they made it totally new and different from the rest of the series. i used to think that a movie following the games would be great then i got to a point when i could see the movie just by closing my eyes. so to keep even more die-hard gamers into the movie would require some intelegent thinking. maybe the movie will close the series for good. maybe not. i personally dont want to know how it ends. but my natural feeling is that it should end. whatever they decide to do it will be a great way to tie up loose ends and give the world one hell of a master chief petty officer john-117. finish the fight boys, lets end this.


Comment #16 by: Ian Hall on 29 Apr 2008, 21:27 GMT reply to this comment

they should make another halo for sure even if it is not based on the story!!!!!


Comment #17 by: Savagereborn9 on 01 May 2008, 23:19 GMT reply to this comment

Well I think that HALO3 Is not over with. with the guys at bungie Having a chance to make millions off of one movie and who says that masterchief will be in halo 4,5,6,7,8,9.........They can let a new sparten in or give the arbiter a shot they could even make a whole new game because we havent sen any halo space combat (banshee.hornet) dont count. A good idea would be to start halo 4,5,6 but master chief dies giving you a chance to step up and be a marine or be part of the covenint armada controll some halo hero's...Jonson,arbiter and villans the prophet of truth, gilty spark, These are my ideas and coment on them as you please

Comment #17.1 by: halorules95 on 04 Aug 2008, 19:04 GMT

i think those r some good ideas, i think that they should devote a mission 2 letting the master cheif use a frigate, and the let arbiter use one of the convenant ships


Comment #18 by: alexei_3214 on 07 Jul 2008, 09:06 GMT reply to this comment

I think there could be a halo 4 and if their is one i think it should be about when in the future humans discover him again and then they wake him up and they give him a new suit of armour or something and then, because it's the future the old enemy's the brutes will have got new allies and probably discover a human ship, think, omg it's the humans lets destroy them because they tried to destroy us. And then the master chief will have to save the world again, from the brutes.


Comment #19 by: Alex on 14 Jul 2008, 02:39 GMT reply to this comment

Johnson died, and Miranda keys died there is a small possibility of halo 4 but i REALLY want to see them make a halo 4 or at least they should make a movie from halo i mean come on you have halo books, halo Lego, halo toys, halo posters, halo bedding, halo helmet, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS (but if they do make a halo 4 include arbiter...plz?)


Comment #20 by: Aj on 17 Jul 2008, 03:52 GMT reply to this comment

Bungie has already said they are not going to make another Halo game. but it is entirely possible that they will make another game NOT CALLED HALO. the world is probably onyx or the brutes home planet. they are already in the production of the halo movie. universal and 20th century fox are making it, peter jackson is directing it. Ensemble studios are in the process of making Halo wars which is not continuing the Halo story line. Halo 4 has not been confirmed or denied, but if you did watch the end of the game and the credits, Bungie have left the game open so they could make another Halo if they decided to.


Comment #21 by: Tom Linford on 17 Jul 2008, 18:39 GMT reply to this comment

The next halo game is not going to have the name halo. It is also based on people who idolise mastercheif. They try and do the same thing as the brutes have there own planet. Nobody has ever set foot on this planet. They are going to try and destroy everthing and every brute or any other creature on the planet. The next Halo that is coming on sale is called Halo Wars and the flim is coming out very soon.


Comment #22 by: Szethican on 17 Jul 2008, 21:21 GMT reply to this comment

They should make a game about the Arbiter that would rock!


Comment #23 by: Kenny on 18 Jul 2008, 19:14 GMT reply to this comment

I think thy shld mak a halo4 because it wuld b kick ass. If thy culd mak mulitplyer were u can stil b MASTER CHIEF an ARBITER thn mayb u culd b a BRUTE , MARINE , HUNTER OR SOM OF THE NEW CREATURES you encounter during campain. but to be able to b these new people u have to beat campain on ALL 4 DIFFICULTIES. thn mayb in custem game only u can fight computer cheifs arbiters floods etc. tis way it wuld b fun 4 the people who dont have xbox live at there house.


Comment #24 by: CJ on 21 Jul 2008, 18:39 GMT reply to this comment

halo 4 will never be released, though there will be other halo games. halo will also never be ported over to other systems. even though bungie has parted ways with microsoft, microsoft still owns the ip for halo


Comment #25 by: Cc on 28 Jul 2008, 03:45 GMT reply to this comment

my opinion is that there is going to be a Halo 4. Because at the end on legendary she says " ill wake you up when i need you " so that to me Indicates theres going to be another one. But my question is . if they have another one. what creatures would be on that planet at the end of the legendary of halo 3?...


Comment #26 by: Bod on 05 Aug 2008, 14:53 GMT reply to this comment

There will Be a new Halo Game.

It might not be called Halo, bust master chief will be in it.

Its simple. Microsoft and bungie like money. So they WILL make a new halo.


Comment #27 by: simone on 27 Aug 2008, 19:11 GMT reply to this comment

c'mon there has to be another halo cos in halo 3 u dont no wot happens to the chief


Comment #28 by: Beelzeboob on 07 Sep 2008, 00:35 GMT reply to this comment

As stated above, there will most liikely be another halo game. might not be called "halo" but it will most likely happen. I call it halo 4 for lack of a better name. I think that the Chief will most likely land on one of the shield worlds and be awakened by Coratana from cryosleep because the world is controlled by the flood. If some of you think like me then you will be going "Wait! Were't the flood destroyed when the Gravemind died?" Here's where it gets interesting. There are more Flood mastermind controller thingymajigs and they're having a war because they have nothing better to do (the real reason being that the last of the sentient life on the shield world destroyed their spacecraft before the flood could gain control of them). The Flood controllers would have names that are just as ominous as the Gravemind, an example being: Corpsetaker or something similar. After surviving the flood for several days, again, the Elites, notice that they are not the covenant, respond to the Chiefs signal and send out word that there are more possible flood threats to the Elite homeworld, the remainder of the Covnant, and the humans. I'm not entirely sure where to take the story from here, but i definitely like the idea of playing as brutes, marines, and others in multiplayer. not at the same time, however, as the differences in size would make it harder to get headshots. I like the idea of Halo wars and i think that you should be able to play as the flood in some expansion or something. One last thing (that i can think of at the moment). after the amazing success of the Battlefront games, i think that Bungie should make a game similar to Battlefront. i would like that very much. P.S. I'm pissed that they killed off Jhonson. He survived the first and second halo only the be killed by the oh-so-noobish Guilty Spark! Thanks for reading my rants and raves, and yes, i am a very big Halo fan.


Comment #29 by: Tyler on 09 Oct 2008, 02:35 GMT reply to this comment

They can't make a Halo 4 based off the Halo Movie, because the Halo movie is taking place at the first Halo game :/ Halo Wars look good though.

Comment #29.1 by: Jazza on 10 Oct 2008, 09:18 GMT

Tyler HOW do you know that it's taking off the 1st Halo have you seen the trailer of it? I have and it takes off Halo2 and 3 mabye 4 and 5. I HAVE the trailer and SEEN it 2-3 times.

It has Phantoms, Covonet pods, ghosts, and the Eliets well... lets just say they're more that Eliets... more better ranking than Eliets and well....... there Grey with EYES over them! carry energy swords and ONLY those but Very skillful.


Comment #30 by: Jazza on 09 Oct 2008, 07:29 GMT reply to this comment

Well i think that a Halo 4 should come out and there would be up to 7 halo's because after you kill the brute leader (Tarterus?) in Halo 2, it cuts into a movie scene and Miranda Keyes asks "what that" Guilty spark says "communicating" "communicating with what?" "the other installations" "show me" then a hologram comes up with 7 Halo's (rings) spliting up with each other. Then Guilty spark says "these installations are ready for remote activation" "from here?" asks Miranda "don't be ridiculous" then Jhonson says "listen tinkabell don't make me...." "then were, were would someone activate the other rings?" asks Miranda "...why the ark..
ofcouse" says Guilty spark then Arbiter asks "then were orical.. is that?" then it goes into the credits. So it SHOULD go upto 7 halos.


Comment #31 by: Jacob steen on 04 Nov 2008, 19:50 GMT reply to this comment

There is going to be a game ALONG the line s of halo its just gonna have a differnt name


Comment #32 by: Aaron on 09 Jan 2009, 17:41 GMT reply to this comment

no their will not be a halo 4 movie they may make updates to halo 1 and 2 and make a full game pack put no number 4 master chief is dead all the Spartans are dead and if you don't read the back of halo 3 it says it is the stunning Conclusion key word right their Conclusion of the Halo Trilogy Conclusion its the end its over this is the last of the bunch Halo recon and Halo wars are coming soon


Comment #33 by: mastaa chef on 22 May 2009, 01:34 GMT reply to this comment

Well wat I think is that maybe chief will land on the flood planet or watever hostile enemy is there and find those other lost spartans and the lady who started the spartan 11 project. Then some flood might escape the planet with master chief and his other allies and the flood that escaped will land on the other rings creating more and more gravemind. Then chief will probably activate the ark, destroying the rings along with the flood. And I also read that the halo movies main charicter most likely won't be master chief because his face doesent show. I think that's gay.


Comment #34 by: all knowing on 04 Jul 2009, 02:48 GMT reply to this comment

listen thhere will defenitly be a halo 4 because on legendery mode when you see that planet the light is another halo ring and on the planet there is 6 more grave minds but its the brutes planet and the flood takes it over then whwn you land ther is one prophet and he wakes mc up and asks for help then you have the brutes on your side and that ring is the first one and holds a super weapon and the flood activates it but the flood activates it from the planet and the brutes and mc use it and shoots the planet then the flood is destroyed for good then the brutes,covenent,and unsc put new mombasa back together (the city in halo two that looks like new york) and all live there there in peace until one day the covenent argue about the brutes treating them like slaves like slaves then the unsc has to diside on whoes wright then tahts where the game starts p.s listen i know because i read every halo book ever made


Comment #35 by: Jflrcc on 18 Sep 2009, 03:56 GMT reply to this comment

You're all wrong.

You need to finish Halo 3 in legendary.

If you do, you should know that there WILL be a Halo 4.

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