Microsoft Wants to Expand Halo onto Console, Web and Mobile

The gaming industry has a lot of iconic franchises that have developed a cult-like following of gamers who would gladly pay any amount of money and spend any amount of time for their favorite titles. Such is the case with Microsoft's Halo IP, which has already transcended from first person shooter to its very own RTS title, dubbed Halo Wars.

But don't think that this is the end of the road for the famous franchise, as a recent job listing filed by Microsoft on CareerBuilder shows a lot of insight on what the Redmond-based corporation has prepared for the series. The description for an opening for software development engineer reveals that the next project will “blend console, web and mobile” in order to offer the best Halo experience ever created for the fans of the series.

Here's the complete job description: “We're looking to blend console, web, and mobile to create an immersive Halo world that follows the dedicated Halo fan wherever they go. We need engineers that can build connected technology while working in a startup environment.”

The announcement further describes the attributions of the job: “As an engineer on this team, your responsibility will be to deliver a great out-of-game interactive experience that takes the next step beyond the systems found in Halo 3. You will work with artists, designers, developers and testers to finalize design plans, implement those plans, and help coordinate large-scale testing of the out of game Live experience by gamers across the world. Your work also will involve several external teams-including other MGS studios and the Xbox Live team-coordinating development dependencies and design considerations of experience as a whole.”

So it seems that if everything goes as it is supposed to, Microsoft will be getting the Halo brand into every part of our daily lives. What do you think? Is waking up every morning to Master Chief and being greeted by other characters from the Halo universe something you want to experience in real life? Leave us your thoughts by posting a comment below.