Im not quite sure If it will happen but rumores are floating around bugie and microsoft

do you know anything?

It could theoretically happen, because Microsoft like money and Bungie dislike having to come up with anything new.

I'm sure I've seen this exact thread somewhere else on these forums. Nevermind.

Yeah, of course it could happen, it probably will happen, more a question of when than a question of if. I'm not sure that Bungie are clever enough or brave enough to do anything that isn't Halo.

Well, to be fair, they could do Marathon again.

Halo 4... it shouldn't happen, it'd be like Terminator 3, continuing only for the sake of money.

Bungie did say there wouldn't be a Halo 4 and the tag line "Finish the fight" would be rather pointless if the fight wasn't finished. What i could see them doing is branching off with other things in the Halo universe, be it marines, elites, Spartan 3's or the remaining Spartan 2's

I thought Bungie were tired of whacking the Halo franchises, or maybe Microsoft have a mind control device or something...

J'aen:
Well, to be fair, they could do Marathon again.

Yeah but most of Bungie's current audience have no idea about Bungie's past, they won't know of the Marathon series, I reckon Bungie will play it safe and make another Halo game, I'm sure of it. I'd love to be wrong though.

RidleyValiant:
Bungie did say there wouldn't be a Halo 4 and the tag line "Finish the fight" would be rather pointless if the fight wasn't finished.

Well that fight was finished, doesn't mean they can't start a new one. I'm sure that they could carry on with the story from where it ended in Halo 3, with MC orbiting that strange planet.....

Bungie broke off from Microsoft during E3. Doesn't anyone watch G4?

P.S: Could be wrong.

im sure that there are going to be more halo games but i dought that there will be a halo 4. Also i did some seaching online about the futur of the halo series and there are rumors about an episodic series called halo cronicals, which is supposed to play like an interactive movie or something. there was supposed to be anouncements on this subject at E3, but was canceled because of an argument between bungie and microsoft.

J'aen:
Well, to be fair, they could do Marathon again.

I have to agree

Master Chief: The Early Years.

The "Halo" saga is over, there are no more halo's.

***SPOILER***
If you watch the end credits when you finished on legendary, you can see the Maser Chief floating in the wreckage of the space ship. He has a conversation with cortana and you see that they are floating towards another planet...

Maybe a new fight will begin... or everybody becomes best friends 4 ever :)

monodiabloloco:
Master Chief: The Early Years.

With an A.I that's almost but not quite Cortana? And a young Private Johnson?

There could be a Halo 4, but there wouldnt be much Covenant in it, because they could still add stuff about the Forerunners. If you read the books, it seems most likely that at the end, the planet hes floating towards is the planet that the rest of the Spartan IIs are inside. Personally I'd most like to see a game set before first contact with Covenant, with the Spartan IIs taking on the rebellion in a stealth based game, which is how the Spartans are supposed to fight. Or possibly just a squad based game set around the Marines, either against the Covenant or the "Innies". Just my thoughts though.

/myfirstpost

Bungie say they still have ideas for storylines. But it won't be "Halo 4." More like a spin off.

The only reason Microsoft/Bungie would do Halo 4 is for the money, so it's likely. However, it definitely should not be done. Franchises which close (like Halo did) and then are re-opened instantly become crap, and are bought probably by people hoping it'll be as good as the originals, going entirely on brand, or fanboys.

Everything has an end, just accept that!

As has been mentioned above, it's unlikely in the extreme that we'll see Master Chief and Cortana come back to our Xbox's to resolve the mystery of what planet they were drifting towards. What is much more likely is that another story in the Haloverse will be made into a videogame, which I see as a great thing, considering how much more to Halo there is than just Master Chief and the Arbiter.

So everyone agrees there will be no Halo 4...right? Their is an RTS game for Halo (Halo wars) and I suppose an prequel or spin-off wouldn't be uncalled for...

J'aen:

monodiabloloco:
Master Chief: The Early Years.

With an A.I that's almost but not quite Cortana? And a young Private Johnson?

Cortana was Master Chief's only A.I, Cortana was created in the image of the creator of the spartan project, Dr. Halsey.

Master Chief's early years were in the Fall of Reach novel. As for Johnson, theres not a whole lot of information on him.

It is theroretically sound. How ever i dont think it would be in the best intrest of the series.

At this point that might ass well mate him with samus and see what alien killing crotch fruit comes out. No Im not serious about it btu the idea made me laugh so i had to place it out there

Bungie did leave a big cliffhanger at the end of Halo 3, but there will likely not be a Halo 4. Like people have already said, they may make a spin off and introduce a new storyline and plot after Halo 3's story.

Another game is being made however, but not by Bungie. Halo Wars, an RTS game from Ensemble Studios. Halo Wars follows the storyline before the first halo game, when the UNSC first made contact with the Covenant.

There is no set release date on the game yet, hopefully sooner than later!

There will most definetly be a halo 4. Now, it might not be called that directly, but Frank O' Connor has made the move from bungie over to Microsoft studio's to oversee Gearboxes work on the new title. Also, Bungie has hinted on their website enough that it is in the works. Like all developers, Bungie finished the third game, and probably out of pure exhaustion claimed this was the be all to end all for them and halo. Kind of like you might do after a long night of drinking, when you wake up with a nasty hangover and shout "never again". But just like that, bungie probably sobered up half a year later, and realized that they actually enjoy working on halo games. It's an inevitable possibility. The guy's at Bungie actively support a thriving community, all of whom want another halo game. It would take an amazing amount of willpower to ignore the cries of your fan's, and microsofts money.

That being said, who said it had to be a direct continuation of the story. I always hoped halo would shed the petty diatribes and "Story", in favour of a more pure multiplayer experience. Massive maps, pile's of vehicles, large servers, an armoury of alternative armour types, and an in depth stat tracker that mirrors the way CoD4 had me coming back for more, without actually just ripping them off.

No. There won't be. It's been clearly stated over and over again that the Halo series was gonna be a trilogy.

However, it's been said that the Marathon series may be brought back, featuring Master Chief. It was hinted at the end of Halo 3 when Master Chief and Cortana were floating towards a metallic planet.

I think in like 10 years they will make halo 4

RidleyValiant:
Bungie did say there wouldn't be a Halo 4 and the tag line "Finish the fight" would be rather pointless if the fight wasn't finished. What i could see them doing is branching off with other things in the Halo universe, be it marines, elites, Spartan 3's or the remaining Spartan 2's

I call it now, that tagline will "someday" become a "Oh, we only meant 'finish the fight' with the Covenant, not the other super race that master chief must kill!!"

PedroSteckecilo:
it'd be like Terminator 3, continuing only for the sake of money.

. . . i think you mean "Halo 3."

"In an interview shot for MTV News on Tuesday, Microsoft's head of Xbox business Don Mattrick, confirmed to me that Bungie is indeed working on a new "Halo" game of some sort for Microsoft."

This was posted last wednesday on some multiplayer portion of MTV's website.

Now, I don't know what "of some sort" means, but thats just trivial at this point. Gearbox is making a halo game, peter jackson is making a halo game, ensemble studios is making halo wars, and bungie has something all of it's own. "Finish the Fight" was a lie, a cheap slogan meant to inspire you before you trekked back into the fray with a familiar foe. That foe is gone now, things have changed, the song remains the same. There are for Halo games coming, and with that, I think it's safe to say we have a franchise that is indeed here to stay.

I just realized they have set a release date on Halo Wars, Spring 2009... woo

Fuckwits on xbl need another halo game. Seriously halos, and gears are the only thing really keeping microsoft afloat. Fable 2 is great but its going to be underhyped i'm guessing.

The Covenant is finished. The Flood is dead. A Halo 4? Can't happen. A Halo Prequel? Possibly.

I wouldn't be surprised if they made something similar to a Halo 4 and then say "We want to enrich the experience for all players. We want the casual players to be able to pick up and play while also challenging the hardcore players. We want to stay true to the Halo formula while also innovating," and a bunch of other shit that will just prove even more that Bungie and MS/M$ are in it for the money.

But if there was a Halo 4 i'd assume it would either be a spiritual successor to the Halo serieses or something else.

Johnn Johnston:
The Covenant is finished. The Flood is dead. A Halo 4? Can't happen. A Halo Prequel? Possibly.

The Nazi's are finished, and Japanese have surrendered. Another War? Can't happen.
Here's a possibility. With the Covenant disbanded, human and elite relations begin their first fragile negotiations. Something goes wrong, and the humans fight the elites again. Or, humans star fighting other humans, and the elites break off contact to avoid needless war. Or, one flood spore survives, and the whole ordeal happens all over again, minus the millenia old fail safe built in as an easy finisher. My point being, theres a million different ways to keep master chief fighting. They could even make up a whole new alien race if they saw fit.

Fuck no.