E3 2011 – Microsoft Announces Halo 4 with Cinematic Trailer

<p>Debuting via cinematic trailer during Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s E3 2011 Press Conference it was announced that <em>Halo 4<&sol;em>&comma; the next title in the ground-braking series&comma; would be released during the holiday season of next year exclusively for the Xbox 360&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Halo 4<&sol;em> will be the first game not developed by original creator Bungie who decided to make 2010&&num;8217&semi;s<em> Halo&colon; Reach<&sol;em> their final act in the series&period; Instead the game is being developed by Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s in-house <em>Halo<&sol;em> developer 343 Industries&comma; who until recently managed Halo Waypoint for Microsoft&comma; a centralized hub for downloadable content for the <em>Halo<&sol;em> series on Xbox Live&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Microsoft has high hopes for this new title&period; With Don Mattrick&comma; the President of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft&comma; saying that he hopes the new game will be the &&num;8220&semi;beginning of a new trilogy&&num;8221&semi; in the franchise and audiences will respond well to the return of the Master Chief from the original <em>Halo<&sol;em> game released back in 2007&period; Time will tell if returning to the roots of the<em> Halo <&sol;em>series bares fruit for Microsoft&period; In the meantime check out the E3 2011 <em>Halo 4<&sol;em> debut trailer below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;TC2yMKMENdg<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Did you miss Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s E3 2011 Press Conference&quest; Catch the whole press conference <a title&equals;"E3 2011 – Catch all the E3 Press Conferences" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;e3-2011-catch-all-the-e3-press-conferences&sol;">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;