14 DAY TRIAL // There are quite a lot of well-known development studios active in the gaming industry, but one of them has excelled and delivered console gaming one of its most popular genres: shooter. That company is Bungie, and, thanks to its extremely popular Halo franchise, it has transformed into a household name for many gamers and Xbox/Xbox 360 console owners.
But bear in mind that the studio has only worked on the shooter franchise, meaning that its team is hungry to try something new and innovative. Seeing as how Halo: Reach, which is scheduled for a 2010 release, might just be the truly last Halo-related project for the company, one of the Bungie executives, Lars Bakken, talked with Eurogamer in this regard.
He not only revealed that a new project was underway, but he also mentioned that the company was in serious talks about signing a publisher for said project. The Bungie leader however declined to reveal just who that company would be, and instead teased the fans.
“I think internally we'll know sometime soon,” Bakken said. “I don't handle these things, but I'd imagine we're going to know way before we make the public announcement of who's handling that! But sure, I think those talks are, I guess, close.”
It will be extremely interesting to see just what this mystery project will consist of. Do you think that Bungie will trade its whole experience in terms of first person shooters and try to tackle other genres, like RPGs or strategy titles, or will it keep to what it knows best and deliver a first person shooter with a changed setting, maybe even a World War II one? Leave us a comment with your thoughts on this new mystery IP and on this unknown company that would have the financial resources to fund Bungie on its new project.