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The Past, Present, And Future Of Halo's 343 Industries

For years now we've known that 343 Industries has been attempting to construct a development dream team. The Kirkland, Washington-based studio's public facade was that they were working on an enigmatic "project in the Halo universe", we now know the project to be the much-anticipated Halo 4. The studio is also responsible for overseeing and managing the entire Halo brand, including the remake of Halo: Combat Evolved coming out on November 15th.

We flew out to Washington and spoke with some of the key figures responsible for assembling the team and choosing the direction for 343 Industries, check out our video interview below with Halo franchise development director Frank O'Connor and 343 general manager Bonnie Ross.

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  • I feel like you guys are just screaming "We want a Halo 4 cover story!" with all of these 343 videos. Maybe that's just me... :P
  • Cant wait until the 15th!!!

  • <3 343 <3

  • I can't wait to get my hands on Halo CE Anniversary but it will be a while before I do. I spent all my money on Skyrim.
  • i hope 343 can finish off the Halo series in a good way, because i feel like Halo is starting to get old ish..
  • Thinking of the incredible universe that Halo has to offer I actually hope that there will come out new Halo-titles for as long as I live. Like Final Fantasy is up on 15 games or something. I'm not saying I like the latest FF games, but what I'm saying is that I hope there will be more and more Halo titles released as the years go on. But not neccesarily about Master Chief. Think of ODST, that was a new direction of the franchise. What if they make some kind of insight in how the Covenant was before Combat Evolved. It would be cool if they make a game that is 100% Covenant, like you're playing as the Arbiter in Halo 2, only you play as an Elite for a full game! I don't know what I'm babbeling about anymore (I'm tierd), I just love everything Halo and I wish it never stops. Period!
  • I say I like FPS games, but whenever I play a different FPS game it really doesn't compare to Halo.

    50 bucks said Soul Caliber V wanted Master Chief.

  • Hey GI! I am liking the increase in media, both video and screenshot. Sometimes I like to multitask and being able to listen to an interview while reading other GI news is nice. KEEP IT UP HANSEN AND OTHER GUY!
  • I'm very happy with 343's direction.  They seem to be so much more into the Halo universe, even though I know Bungie made it, they just seem like they sat there, and like they said, drawn out a timeline and basically a bible of the Halo universe.

    I think Halo 4 could be better than any other one.  But than I also think it could just be a copy cat.  I really can't judge it, you know?

  • Is it just me or does the title seem off to anybody else? Shouldn't it say 343 Industries' Halo? It doesn't make sense.
  • I just hope they don't try so hard to be like Bungie that it's just a formulaic knock off. Even if it's amazing, I don't need to shoot a bunch of stuff and then have an escape scene. I was over that in Halo 3. I prefer Reach and ODST.

  • I see a cover story coming... GI knows more than they're letting on
  • Good interview but he seriously needs to work on how much e says "like" around 12:00. It sounds like a 15 year old girl is doing the interview.

  • Im going to explode until i see some screens of HALO 4!
  • I have complete confidence in 343 Industries. I really believe that they will do the Halo series justice. But only time will tell. However, for the time being, I have faith in them. With Frankie in charge, at least we know that Halo 4 will feel like 'Halo'.

  • hot sell ni-ke shoe,clothes in http://www.top4biz.com

  • i dont realy care about who works on the game as long as its fun....
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