Microsoft: Bungie Working On Halo Game News

Microsoft's Senior Vice-President of Interactive Entertainment Business, Don Mattrick, has confirmed that Bungie is at work on a Halo game. Meanwhile, Bungie has cancelled today's scheduled reveal of "something exciting" at E3.

Mattrick told MTV's Multiplayer blog that Microsoft is working with Bungie on a new Halo game, while also confirming that the new title is not related to either Ensemble Studios' Halo Wars or Peter Jackson's Halo: Chronicles project.

Meanwhile (deep underground on the other side of the city), Bungie has cancelled its scheduled reveal at E3 today. The developer had previously erected a countdown timer on its website, which was set to a presumed reveal at E3 today. However, visitors to the Bungie.net site will now receive the following message from Bungie President, Harold Ryan:

"For the last several months, we've been building towards the reveal of something exciting that Bungie is working on. We were looking forward to sharing that with our fan community during the week of E3. However, those plans were just changed by our publisher."

That would be Microsoft by the sound of things.

"We realise that many of our fans are disappointed by this turn of events," Ryan continued. "Members of the Bungie team share that disappointment.

"When the right time comes, we look forward to sharing this exciting announcement with you. Until then, we appreciate your continued support and patience."