Whats the role of Halo studio at Microsoft Game Studios?
Jason Pace: Microsoft owns the Halo IP and the Halo franchise. The Halo studio within Microsoft floats above all of our projects, whether it’s the Bungie first-person shooters or Halo Wars with Ensemble, or the novels that we do, or any of the other projects that we have going on, they’re all centrally managed by that agency. We’re charged with guarding the integrity of the story and franchise. VideoGamer.com: What led to the decision to make the first non-Bungie Halo game a console strategy game? It seems like a move that’s not immediately obvious. JP: Ensemble is very passionate about Halo and they had some really great ideas for how it could happen. We are always as a franchise looking for new ways to tell Halo stories. Super convenient that we had Ensemble handy! I would say that the Halo universe and the Halo FPS games actually set the stage fairly well for an RTS. Think about it. You have a number of different units all with very specific skills and abilities. And so taking all o
