Bungie is actively working on new IPs

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Develop, Bungie studio manager Harold Ryan has revealed that the development studio is currently working on new IPs, plus new content and titles in the Halo universe.

Despite separating from Microsoft, Ryan says the Bungie team still has “piles of game designs for the Halo universe“.

“Obviously Microsoft wanted us to make more Halo games. Both I and some of the more senior guys from the original Halo game have deep piles of game designs for the Halo universe that we are excited to build at some point. If the stars align and motivations are good and the platforms are right we’ll do them,” he said.

The team is also pursuing several new IPs, including one prototype which has been ongoing throughout the development of Halo 3.

“We’re actively engaged with the senior staff here on a couple of new IPs right now, but the team that can generate cool Halo games is still running full-speed as well,” said Ryan.

He went on to explain: “During the development of Halo and Halo 2, we had other, non-Halo IPs in development and we killed those projects both times. Both teams were swallowed whole by the Halo team. With Halo 3, that was the first time we know that we couldn’t let that happen – it’s not an acceptable way out to add 20 people to the project by killing that prototype.

“We kept that prototype running throughout the development of Halo 3 and now we have a creative team which feels like they own that. We also have Halo DLC on the way, and a new IP prototype that we are very excited about. Then we have other Halo games that are cranking along also. So the end result so far has been exactly as it should have been – we’re happy, excited, and doing our best work on a path that lets us grow.“

Bungie fans have a lot to be excited about then. The developer is working on several Halo titles, new Halo DLC and titles based on all-new IPs.