Bungie's new IP getting a new engine
News - Halo studio start afresh with new IP
Bungie's new IP is being built from the ground up starting with an brand new game engine.
The new engine will be built to begin what will be a ten year franchise publishing deal with Activision.
Bungie's Brian Jarrard explained to Develop Online: "I think it goes hand-in-hand with our independent spirit. Just like we don't want to develop a game off someone else's IP, we want to push our own technology in the same way. That's going to be our position for the foreseeable future."
He added: "Yeah, [the new engine is] actually in development, so I would say its in a stage where, technically were still at the end of a pre-production mode. But now that Reach is done the full weight of our team is rolling into the project. Real work is underway."
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