Halo Dev 343 Industries Seeking Hires With MMO Experience
Could this mean that there's a Halo MMO in the works?
With Halo 4 shipped and out of the way, you'd think that 343 Industries would be spending their time taking a much-needed breather and celebrating.
Instead, it looks like the developer's prepping to go right back at it. Recently, Microsoft put out a call for software engineers to join the Halo Game Services team, which is "working on building the next generation of backend services to power Halo 4 and our new game saga. We also build the greater Halo Universe - services on console, web, and mobile through Halo Waypoint." The ideal candidate is described to have "Experience in MMO development."
It's no surprise that Halo 5 is already in incubation. However, the fact that Microsoft and 343 are hiring for developers with MMO experience could possibly mean that another Halo MMORPG is in the works.
The previous Halo MMO project, worked on by Ensemble Studios, was cancelled long before anything really concrete came into fruition.
Still, with the MMO market being competitive as it is, with many key players transitioning to free-to-play to match Asian markets, it seems an unlikely time for Microsoft to want to make an entry into the genre. Then again, a Halo MMO could just be the thing that helps shake up the market.
For now, Halo fans will just have to be contented with the fact that 343 and Microsoft are already hard at work with the next entry in the series.
I'm curious to see how they pull it off.
The Halo community is actually thinking that 343 is hiring MMO devs to produce large scale maps for bigger warfare.
So it's either a Halo MMO OR large scale battles in MP and Campaign!
Yes I think this may be the safest bet. What's the current general player limit for consoles, 16-24? With the new consoles coming out that should enable larger maps and more players. How many popular 7th gen console games have 32-64 players?
Halo is one of those games that sells consoles. They won't put it on another platform for that simple reason.
theirs more people with xboxs than there is with a decent gaming rig. each of those xboxers also has a smart phone...well the majority will, which could mean an additional £5 worth of sales on apps. PCers wont pay for apps as we want everything for free through an old fashioned website.
only 7th gen i can think of that can support 64+ is that FPS on the PS3. it had around 256 people playing a round or something.
Man i feel old, lol.
Go forth to yonder forest and kill 100 boar to find 10 boar heads and bring the heads back.
Repeat and rinse 40000000 times.
LOL
or buy your weapon enhancer from our online store and cut the 40000000 times in half!!!