Halo announcement from Bungie at TGS

MS also confirms the addition of 'industry heavy hitters' to Microsoft Game Studios.

Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer has revealed to Edge that the firm has added a group of "industry heavy hitters" to its staff, including Ryan Payton, Corrine Yu, Kenneth Scott, David Wu and Frank O'Connor.

Payton recently left his position as assistant producer on Metal Gear Solid 4, citing family reasons for his departure from Kojima Productions. Microsoft was unable to confirm whether or not Payton would be directing a new Halo project, a rep stating that the "team is working on upcoming and existing Halo games".

"Microsoft Game Studios is thrilled to have such talented people working to develop new and exciting projects within the Halo universe and supporting existing projects from studios like Bungie and Ensemble," said Spencer.

As interesting as these new additions to Microsoft Game Studios are, it's the games that matter and a new announcement from Bungie is said to be around the corner. A Microsoft rep told Edge that Bungie will be making a major announcement regarding the recently released Halo teaser trailer during the Tokyo Game Show. The show runs October 9-12.