Frank O’Connor: 'We’re Doing Serious Real Planning' on Halo 6

26th September, 0 replies

Halo 5: Guardians is still a month away from release, however developer 343 Industries is already in the planning and writing stages for the next Halo game.

"We do kind of know what’s going to happen in the next game pretty well at this point," said Halo development director Frank O’Connor. "We’re doing serious real planning and even some writing on the next game already, and that’s a luxury – we’ve never been in that position before."

"So we both know at a very high level what’s going to happen in, say, ten years from now. But at that very granular level knowing what’s going to happen in the next game and that’s just been a great feeling for me."

343 Industries' studio head, Bonnie Ross, added that the foundation for the next 20 years of the franchise was laid out during the Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach days.

"You can look at the ending of Halo 4 – and where Master Chief is and obviously we had to know where we were going to take Halo 5 and Halo 6 with that," said Ross. "You have an epic sci-fi universe and we have multiple ways that we can go with this story, but all the pieces are laying there. The canvas is there for us to paint."

While there is a basic foundation, that doesn't mean that changes can't or won't be made.

"If you start making those stepping stones too rigid, then you’re not being realistic about the game development process," added O'Connor. "That process could change the story but we know what’s going to happen in the next game, and we kind of know what’s going to happen to the Master Chief ultimately."

Halo 5: Guardians will launch exclusively for the Xbox One on October 27th.

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