For the record, Gearbox is NOT working on a Halo title for Microsoft.

For the record, Gearbox is NOT working on a Halo title for Microsoft.

I'll take Borderlands over a new Halo project any day of the week.

Well, that's not your typical "no comment" rumor response. :)

" I'll take Borderlands over a new Halo project any day of the week. "

" @LordAndrew: It seems the advent of the 'Twitter age' has created a lot less 'No comments' and a pretty decent amount of straight up answers/announcements. "

" @TheBeast said:

" @LordAndrew: It seems the advent of the 'Twitter age' has created a lot less 'No comments' and a pretty decent amount of straight up answers/announcements. "

Dear God the "Twitter Age"...the amount of times i've heard that and Twitter mentioned on TV at the moment is disgusting. "

Twitter suffers from what I call "Myspace syndrome". At its core its not a bad idea. But when the wrong people (teenagers, people who aren't teenagers but act like they are anyway, etc) get ahold of it, things just start getting crazy. And whenever CNN makes an account on something, then that's just the end of it. /rant

I figured this much. Why would Microsoft go through all the trouble of getting their own Halo centric development group together if they were just going to farm out a traditional Halo sequel to a third party.

I agree I'm getting sick of hearing about Twitter. "

" I'll take Borderlands over a new Halo project any day of the week. "

"I'll take Borderlands over a new Halo project any day of the week."

Which brings up the question: Why would they say "We can't talk about that"? I know it's for secrecy's sake, but it's pretty much a straight out yes. Either that, or a "You're digging too deep here, mate. Back off.". It's almost as bad as a "I can neither confirm or deny that at this point".

Well Borderlands looks awesome so I am glad they didn't do a Halo sequel.

" I'll take Borderlands over a new Halo project any day of the week. "

...Yeah Borderlands! WOOOO!

Jesus i have no friggin clue over why ppl keep hating on halo.....THERE HAS NOT BEEN THAT MANY HALO GAMES!!!....Halo (2001), Halo 2 (2004), Halo 3 (2007)...there has been on average 1 halo FPS every 3 years....give it a rest ppl

The constant Halo hate is really pretty predictable stuff I remember 2 years ago people kept bashing Halo 3 calling it Halo 2.5 over and over can we please stop bashing a great franchise every single iteration?

Thank god! Gearbox remains Halo free!

I'm a massive Halo fan but I'm really impressed by borderlands and will probobly buy it.

"Jesus i have no friggin clue over why ppl keep hating on halo.....THERE HAS NOT BEEN THAT MANY HALO GAMES!!!....Halo (2001), Halo 2 (2004), Halo 3 (2007)...there has been on average 1 halo FPS every 3 years....give it a rest ppl "

Where's my Oni 2 :(.

" @HT101 said:

" I'll take Borderlands over a new Halo project any day of the week. "

I second that notion wholeheartedly. "

" @tactis said:

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The constant Halo hate is really pretty predictable stuff I remember 2 years ago people kept bashing Halo 3 calling it Halo 2.5 over and over can we please stop bashing a great franchise every single iteration?

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Its not a great franchise...

I dont understand all the Halo love...beyond the multiplayer which isnt my thing the storyline and gameplay took a serious nosedive after the first halo (which still stands as one of my favourite experiences in gaming) Halo 2 was god awful, and halo 3 was even worse.

That is why people complain. Too much hype over an inferior product.

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" Jesus i have no friggin clue over why ppl keep hating on halo.....THERE HAS NOT BEEN THAT MANY HALO GAMES!!!....Halo (2001), Halo 2 (2004), Halo 3 (2007)...there has been on average 1 halo FPS every 3 years....give it a rest ppl "

" @WinterSnowblind said:

" @Jazz said:

" @tactis said:

"

The constant Halo hate is really pretty predictable stuff I remember 2 years ago people kept bashing Halo 3 calling it Halo 2.5 over and over can we please stop bashing a great franchise every single iteration?

"

Its not a great franchise...

I dont understand all the Halo love...beyond the multiplayer which isnt my thing the storyline and gameplay took a serious nosedive after the first halo (which still stands as one of my favourite experiences in gaming) Halo 2 was god awful, and halo 3 was even worse.

That is why people complain. Too much hype over an inferior product.

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That's your opinion.  Frankly, I could say the same thing about Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, or pracitcally any other franchise.Just because *you* don't like it, doesn't mean it's not great.  The millions of people currently playing it online clearly disagree. "

Indeed, but citing millions of people playing online as making it a good game is not a viable argument either.My statement was that the single player game of halo has gone greatly downhill since the first, and as such can not be called a great franchise when the only improvements are made in multiplayer, while the single player suffers in comparison. Whether or not a great game can be made by multiplayer alone is another, more interesting perhaps, argument.

I was demonstrating why there was so much 'halo bashing'...Just because the masses think it is great does not make it so. Its the games that survive over 10 years+ with people still playing them that are the great games., as in FFVII, MGS etc. While its possible halo 1 will continue to be revered, halo 2 and 3 will most certainly not, especially due to the western markets over saturation with FPSs. That was my argument. If you dont agree,  enjoy your game. I wont hold it against you :) 

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Borderlands looks great

" @raikoh05 said:

" @sdauz: that has changed. halo wars, odst, reach and however many more games microsoft will make to milk the halo name once bungie moves on. "

Can you blame them for Milking the Halo Cow? Gullible fucks everywhere still buy the games! "

Well argued, then again i state my opinion clearly at the beginning as being an opinion, second time around at least.

Hype happens with everything.  Look at movies like Lost in Space for example.  There was hype for it *everywhere* before it was released, constant adverts, action figures, promotions, etc.  When the movie was released, people hated it.  If you disagree with the game being good, that's one thing but you can't blame all of it's sucess on hype alone, if people didn't like the games it would be very evident by now.  I continue to play the Halo games because I do enjoy them a lot, it's easily one of my favourite games franchises, and yes, I'd play it over something like Half-Life 2 or Call of Duty.

If you disagree, that's okay, but I don't see why the haters constantly feel the need to go on about it like this.  I personally think Metal Gear Solid 4 is one of the most overrated games ever, it paled in comparasion to the third, it was drawn out, filled with needless cameos, almost entirely filler up until the fourth chapter..  and worst of all, it had terrible gameplay.  But that's not the point, the point is, I don't feel the need to bash the game at every given oppertunity, yet those who don't like Halo do.

I think you've stated your opinion very clearly at this point, I see no need to try and push it any further.

Coolio.