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Microsoft is unlikely to pillage its back catalogue of Xbox titles for the high definition remake treatment on Xbox 360. The admission comes from Microsoft Game Studios VP Phil Spencer, who told IGN: I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad idea. I’m going to think about it from the customer’s …

It is being rumoured that acclaimed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg could be preparing a swoop for the Halo movie rights, potentially resurrecting what has been a long and turbulent history for the silver screen adaptation of the franchise. Vulture reports that DreamWorks hopes to base its film on the novelisations …

Following the cash bonanza that was the release of Halo Reach, Microsoft has confirmed that it intends to increase the rate at which it pumps out new Halo titles. There’s no explicit strategy that says we’re to ship a Halo game every year,” Microsoft Game Studios’ corporate VP Phil Spencer …

Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops could stand to benefit the successful launch of Halo: Reach in the long run. That’s according to Lazard Capital’s Colin Sebastien. The analyst claims the early sales figures for Microsoft’s latest shooter suggest strength for the core market, which bodes well for similar titles …

Halo: Reach has only been on the shelves for a day, but it is already rewriting the series’ achievements. Bungie has announced more consumers have been playing Reach online simultaneously than 2007’s Halo 3. The developer’s Twitter post said: Reach already surpassed the all-time highest record for Halo 3 concurrent …

Relax, Halo: Reach will spark the games industry back into life after months of slow sales. That’s according to Microsoft’s general manager for the Entertainment and Devices Division, UK and Ireland, Neil Thompson. He told MCV that the industry is going through a change, and the arrival of Halo: Reach …

Community director and longstanding Bungie employee Brian Jarrard outlines the studio's ten year plan ahead

Pt 1: Brian Jarrard looks back on a decade of Halo, Microsoft, and the thirst for independence

Platform holder Microsoft has opened Gamescom 2010 with a serious statement of intent about what appear to be its very real ambitions for gaming on Windows Phone 7. We’ve been waiting years for the announcement of a portable Xbox… and here it is. In today’s market Microsoft was always unlikely …

With the expected big time E3 announcement” from Jason West And Vince Zampella’s new studio Respawn failing to materialise, the guessing game surrounding the developer’s huge summer blockbuster” continues. But industry analyst Michael Pachter reckons that the studio is not in fact planning to take on Activision in the crowded …