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    Halo To Get Anime Treatment, New "Portal" Coming

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    Edited By jeff

    Toei's take on the Chief. 
    Toei's take on the Chief. 
    Microsoft took some time out of today's busy Comic-Con schedule to announce a bit of new Halo news. For starters, there's Halo Legends, which will be a collection of animated shorts produced by various anime studios, including Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production IG, STUDIO4*C, and Toei. The collection will see a physical release through Warner Home Video, though it's a safe bet that you'll be able to acquire it all digitally, as well. All of this will be overseen by 343 Industries, the new name for Microsoft's internal Halo team.

    That team is also working on a new online presence for the Halo franchise called Halo Waypoint. This world of Halo is billed as "a new destination for Halo fans on Xbox Live" and will offer multiple types of content, including behind-the-scenes videos, podcasts, trailers, and screenshots. It'll also have some sort of career system that sounds like it ties together your performance across all Halo games. This might be where you pipe up and say "hey, Bungie already does that." But since Bungie's not the only company out there doing Halo stuff anymore, it makes sense for Microsoft to put forth its own "destination." We'll have to wait and see if this falls on the "fancy web site" or "like PlayStation Home but with more space marines" side of things, but remember that back in April a job listing popped up looking for an engineer to build all of this stuff, and that listing specifically mentioned consoles, the web, and mobile devices. So expect Waypoint to be just about everywhere when it launches later this year.
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    #1  Edited By jeff

    Toei's take on the Chief. 
    Toei's take on the Chief. 
    Microsoft took some time out of today's busy Comic-Con schedule to announce a bit of new Halo news. For starters, there's Halo Legends, which will be a collection of animated shorts produced by various anime studios, including Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production IG, STUDIO4*C, and Toei. The collection will see a physical release through Warner Home Video, though it's a safe bet that you'll be able to acquire it all digitally, as well. All of this will be overseen by 343 Industries, the new name for Microsoft's internal Halo team.

    That team is also working on a new online presence for the Halo franchise called Halo Waypoint. This world of Halo is billed as "a new destination for Halo fans on Xbox Live" and will offer multiple types of content, including behind-the-scenes videos, podcasts, trailers, and screenshots. It'll also have some sort of career system that sounds like it ties together your performance across all Halo games. This might be where you pipe up and say "hey, Bungie already does that." But since Bungie's not the only company out there doing Halo stuff anymore, it makes sense for Microsoft to put forth its own "destination." We'll have to wait and see if this falls on the "fancy web site" or "like PlayStation Home but with more space marines" side of things, but remember that back in April a job listing popped up looking for an engineer to build all of this stuff, and that listing specifically mentioned consoles, the web, and mobile devices. So expect Waypoint to be just about everywhere when it launches later this year.
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    #2  Edited By Lies

    Logical brand extension I suppose.

    Halo Waypoint seems a bit unnecessary though.

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    #3  Edited By Mouth

    A Halo Animation? Sound interesting.

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    #4  Edited By Venatio

    Okay alright, I can watch a Halo anime, now Im just waiting for a movie based on Halo to be released someday

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    #5  Edited By Cramsy

    Is it wrong to say I can imagine this animating like the Mirrors Edge cutscenes from that screen?

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    #6  Edited By Anthony_Galindo

    Where's my live-action movie?

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    #7  Edited By akumasan

    I'm disappointed now. Thought this was one of those combined news stories you sometimes do and am now distraught that Portal 2 hasn't been announced.

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    #8  Edited By Reuben
    @Cramsy said:
    " Is it wrong to say I can imagine this animating like the Mirrors Edge cutscenes from that screen? "
    That's what I thought as well.
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    #9  Edited By phlegms

    Aww man, this is just another thing Anime has ruined for me..

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    #10  Edited By jakob187

    "Microsoft's internal Halo team"?  Is this, like, some type of PR and advertising team that's working the merchandising and public face of Halo...or is there something that Bungie hasn't said yet?


    Anyways...

    The anime stuff will be interesting in that "Animatrix" way of thinking.  However, NEVER NEVER NEVER put "New Portal Coming" in the headline and not show an announcement for Portal 2!!!  My hopes were up...and you dashed them, Jeff!!!  YOU DASHED THEM!!!
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    #12  Edited By John_Bender

    Are Bungie ever going to make a game that isn't Halo?

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    #13  Edited By KamasamaK

    You are a heartless bastard teasing us with new Portal, Jeff.

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    #14  Edited By Forcen

    The title fooled me that Portal 2 was announced!

    :(

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    #15  Edited By rargy

    Studio4C is doing one?  I'm interested.

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    #16  Edited By OllyOxenFree

    I may watch this.  Seems interesting...

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    #17  Edited By borgmaster

    jeff is a master of false advertising...

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    #18  Edited By Hannibal

    Wasn't Rooster Teeth doing an anime red vs. blue?

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    #19  Edited By Kajaah117

    Jeff, you click-greedy SOB. Don't toy with my emotions like that.

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    #20  Edited By Matte_G

    Haha I thought he ment Portal 2 the game aswell.


    I went from OMG YES to ..........meh quicker than any human before!
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    #21  Edited By sparky_buzzsaw

    Looking forward to the Halo Waypoint stuff, but I'm not a fan of anime, so I'll pass on the other.

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    #22  Edited By killdave

    NEW PORTAL GAME COMING ??
    oh wait its just more Halo ... sweet

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    #23  Edited By chewii101

    I am interested.

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    #24  Edited By Azteck

    No no no no, don't make my Halo into anime. ;_;

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    #25  Edited By jeff

    It's a portal to the world of Halo, people. Not "Portal" portal. 
     
    Hmm. Maybe I'll change that headline to avoid further disappointment.

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    #26  Edited By Dan_CiTi

    That's a big collaboration, this has to turn out with at least good production vales and maybe that fleshed Halo storyline only in the books that people blabber about.

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    #27  Edited By nick69

    Man I was getting all excited about portal 2...nevermind

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    #28  Edited By zeouterlimits

    Considering the fantastic anime studios involved I don't think we need to worry about style.
      Just got to hope that 343 Industries do a good job with the writing.

    Can't wait :-).

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    #29  Edited By hatking

    Neat. I suppose.  I'll for sure watch it, but I honestly didn't enjoy Animatrix or that Batman thing.

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    #30  Edited By SgtReznor
    @John_Bender said:
    " Are Bungie ever going to make a game that isn't Halo? "
    QFT
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    #31  Edited By SteamPunkJin

    Misleading title is misleading.
    The New Portal is a lie....

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    #32  Edited By Oriental_Jams

    Well, if it's any good I'll watch it.

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    #33  Edited By Death_Unicorn

    I'm interested.

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    #34  Edited By RoyaleWifCheese
    @Jeff said:
    " It's a portal to the world of Halo, people. Not "Portal" portal.  Hmm. Maybe I'll change that headline to avoid further disappointment. "
    Please. I was all excited and then thoroughly dismayed.  :(
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    #35  Edited By Scooper

    I read the story all excited for a Portal 2 and instead got stupid Halo news!

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    #36  Edited By crunchUK
    @Lies said:
    " Logical brand extension I suppose.Halo Waypoint seems a bit unnecessary though. "
    but but but but the pr0s need to know their kill/death ratio on the go!!111one
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    #37  Edited By Nat3TheGreat13

    Both of those sound pretty cool.

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    Live-Action-Movie

    Make one
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    #39  Edited By turbomonkey138

    Coooooool

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    #40  Edited By buzz_clik

    As I've said elsewhere: this anime thing is a very, very, very good idea. I'm not saying the execution's not going to miss, but the concept is injected with so much win that it's oozing out the bulging seams.

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    #41  Edited By Otacon

    if 4*C is involved I'm interested.

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    #42  Edited By HeliumSpoon

    HALO ANIME !? I don't no what emotion I should be feeling right now. It's like if the devil and god made a new age rock group.

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    #43  Edited By MeatSim

    What? people thought this was about a new Portal?

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    #44  Edited By mordi
    Sweet, can't wait to play the second Por... Oh.
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    #45  Edited By TheSovereign

    Oh fuck...

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    #46  Edited By Mouth
    @John_Bender said:
    "Are Bungie ever going to make a game that isn't Halo?"

    I wish.
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    #47  Edited By Lies
    @Mouth said:
    " @John_Bender said:
    "Are Bungie ever going to make a game that isn't Halo?"
    I wish. "
    There's a new IP in development there AS WE SPEAK.
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    #48  Edited By GreggD
    @jakob187 said:
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    However, NEVER NEVER NEVER put "New Portal Coming" in the headline and not show an announcement for Portal 2!!!  My hopes were up...and you dashed them, Jeff!!!  YOU DASHED THEM!!!
    "
    That was the first thing I thought when I read the title...
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    #49  Edited By Disgaeamad

    Who in God's name are they marketing the Halo anime to? The Japanese probably won't watch it because of "Pig disgusting American shit," and the large majority of Halo players have their minds set on the whole idea that "ANIME IS FOR KIDS!"

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    #50  Edited By nexas

    Just saw the trailer on GameTrailers TV. Looks pretty good.

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