Remember the new game that Bungie was set to announce at E3 before Microsoft pulled the plug? Well, it looks like they're gearing back up, as a new and cryptic message from the "Superintendent" has appeared on Bungie's site.
Very little can be gleaned from the image above and its accompanying text, which consists of a conversation log. It appears as though the "Superintendent" is some sort of artificial intelligence, associated with the USNC and running into a bit of trouble. If the multi-language text that has continually appeared in images and the schizoid rambling in its message are anything to go on, it needs a reboot pretty badly.
Now, since the UNSC is a Halo universe organization, should we take that to imply that this new title will be connected to that series? Adding to the likelihood is a comment by Don Mattrick that the company is working on a Halo game and the announcement by Microsoft that four titles in the franchise are currently in development.
The whole thing smacks of the ilovebees compaign for Halo 2 and it's making me very curious as to what they have on the horizon (mission accomplished, Bungie). You can see the complete posting after the jump.
[Via 1Up]
<\\> UNSC OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE
<\\> CLASSIFIED SIGNALS ARCHIVE [ONI.SEC.PRTCL-1A]
<\ OPENED PER OFFICIAL REQUEST [DARE.V.500341(S1)]
\ SOURCE: URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE A.I. [SUPERINTENDENT]
\ RECEPIENT: PROWLER “TOKYO RULES” [COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]
>> NOTATION KEYWORD SEARCH: “EMERGENCY” “DATA” “CORRUPTION”
>> (...) ~ QUERY RUNNING
>> (..)
>> (.) \ VTT TRANSCRIPT AS FOLOWS...
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “METROPOLITAN EMER--!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “We know. Personnel are en route. Can you--”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “DETOUR! PROCEED WITH CAUTION!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “--put Kinsler on the line?”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: [UNITELLIGIBLE > DOG GROWLING(?)]
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Sorry, what?”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “BE A HERO! REPORT VIOLATORS!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Oh, come on... ”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “METROPOLITAN EMER--!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Listen. We have a report of core data corruption.”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “I need you to upload your--”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “PARDON OUR DUST!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER] “--logs for the last twenty-four hours!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “KEEP IT CLEAN!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “KEEP IT CLEAN!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “KEEP IT CLEAN!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: [UNINTELLIGIBLE > PROFANITY (?)]
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “We're sending a team, alright?”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Until they arrive, all additional comm needs to route through me.”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “Repeat and acknowledge.”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “OBEY POSTED LIMITS!”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “YIELD TO UPHILL TRAFFIC!”
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: “I'll take that as a ‘yes’...”
[SUPERINTENDENT]: “PLEASE REMAIN CALM!”
\ ~ QUERY COMPLETE
\ ARCHIVE CLOSED \>
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F5 party at Bungie!
what, i was really bored and lonely a few years ago, shut up. :(
Don't follow the marketing then, wait for the announcment.
It's what I'm doing, but it keeps people happy having stuff like this, so I look at all the people who've spent 3 days F5ing that stuff, and some of the stuff they find is really impressive... in a sad kind of way.
"Don't follow the marketing then, wait for the announcment."
That's exactly the point. Instead of that stupid marketing just give us the announcement.
I thought we all knew about that being re-worked in some way.
Didn't Bungie say they where working on something in the Halo universe which was not a Halo game?
We all knew Marathon is in that Universe right and was hinted at the end of Halo 3 with the symbol?
Or am I the only one talking crazy somehow?
Marketing or not, the announcement'll be the same time.
Well, one can hope after the E3 debacle.
Take some of your viral marketing money and use it to make a good game this time.
Love,
PS
They're not set in the same Universe, so stop it.
ITS COOL TO HATE HALO GUYS.
LOOK AT ME, I'M SAYING HALO HAD NOTHING NEW AND WAS NEVER GOOOD, I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOO COOL.
I always thought halo was set in the same universe as Marathon just further into the future, hence the Marathon symbol (not just in Halo 3, its on the side of the Pillar of Autumn too). Anyone care to clear this up difinitively?
Oh, wait. This isn't about the Simpsons. Bungie better fuck right off with the viral marketing. Everybody got tired of it years ago.
Bungie claims Marathon and Halo are set in different universes, according to Halopedia, they don't reference this statement, though.