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Microsoft secretly registers Halo Spartan Assault domains like SpartanAssault.net

There is a lot of buzz about Halo with E3 less than two weeks away. Microsoft is expected to reveal Halo 5 but is not expected to share anything more about Steven Spielberg’s upcoming Halo TV series, of which little is known about. It does appear however the company is up to something related to Halo ahead of E3 that is called Halo: Spartan Assault, according to several domain names Microsoft privately registered through the brand protection company MarkMonitor. Among the latest names Microsoft registered in late May, are SpartanAssault.net, HaloSpartanAssault.com and Halo-SpartanAssault.com.

ltachiUchiha3975d ago

I thought they said, "No Talking About TV At E3?" Lol

GameCents3975d ago

Registering domains means they wanna talk about it at e3? Please explain this logic to me.

ltachiUchiha3975d ago

Well its like their teasing us to get ready for a halo type announcement at e3. If its not the game then its about the tv series that their going to make which is talking about tv lol. Catch my drift mate? Cheers.

GameCents3974d ago

So they are teasing it by registering the domain...in secret? You want them to wait until after E3 to register domains for their TV series? Wait until someone else registers it and then have to pay that person to have it?
By not announcing the registration of a domain they are telling us that they plan on talking about tv at e3? Is that the gist of your logic here?
The stupid lengths people go to to troll is dumbfounding.

Perjoss3974d ago

It might be a game based on the TV series.

iNcRiMiNaTi3974d ago

They could've meant that their conference isn't about TV but E3 isn't on just a single day. They can talk about their other plans at smaller venues and to those interested.

KonohagakureFC3974d ago

Well a new Halo game at E3 wouldn't exactly be surprising

tuglu_pati3974d ago

that's correct and i hope not to see one this year. It needs to rest for a bit and this is coming from one of the biggest Halo Fans

LAWSON723974d ago (Edited 3974d ago )

Maybe you, I want a Halo 2 anniversary because Halo 4 needs all the help it can get.

HALOisKING3974d ago

i want to see halo 2 at e3 for xbo or a new halo title

Cam9773974d ago

Same old same old MS.
They've been relying on this franchise too long, how many are there, 8? Why don't MS bring new franchises onto the table?!

Gridloc3974d ago (Edited 3974d ago )

Bungie had enough and moved on. So MS had to find a studio that couldn't come up with their own ideas to keep Halo alive. Not the first time MS used different developers on their same old stable of games.

tuglu_pati3974d ago (Edited 3974d ago )

How do you feel about GOW, FF, GT Series?

kingmushroom3974d ago (Edited 3974d ago )

@tuglu_pati ....and Uncharted and Resitace and killzone.

I feel they have a better story graphics and Game mechanics than anything found in the entire halo series.

just saying.

LAWSON723974d ago (Edited 3974d ago )

A studio that could not come up with their own ideas, the studio was made by MS with the focus on Halo. Why the hell do you think their name has 343 in it? Thats right you probably dont know.
@kingmushroom
go home your drunk

tuglu_pati3974d ago

@ kingmushroom

I give you Uncharted which i enjoyed a lot. But Killzone and Resistance, meh.

just saying.

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Perjoss3974d ago

Its all about supply and demand, people demand Halo, the sales figures (and review scores) always reflect that, so Microsft supply us with it. If you dont like Halo, well then that's just too bad, there are plenty of other great franchises out there for you.

BattleReach3974d ago

I bet this is something for the 360. They said they would make a big announcement for the 360, right?

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Kaii59d ago

Well, 4-Infinite dropped the ball massively so don't worry.

Sgt_Slaughter58d ago (Edited 58d ago )

Not really. 4, 5, MCC, and Infinite are only remembered for their shortcomings and failures when the franchise was purely known for being a system seller and an all-time great. There's a reason 1, 2, 3, and Reach are looked back on fondly, and it's not because of nostalgia.

FinalFantasyFanatic58d ago

I don't know of anyone that speaks fondly of the later Halo games, I would like to play 5, but I know it's not good, and I'm just waiting on Infinite to hit my strike price. I played MCC a lot later after it came out, so must of those bugs/issues were gone by the time I played it.

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PhillyDonJawn58d ago (Edited 58d ago )

To say it dropped the massively is just not true. Many in the community hold H5 as the best mp mechanics in the entire series and say its what 4 should've been. Its campaign was trash but the MP is Fantastic and many faces of the community still play today and it only made 500mill in the matter of months but sure it dropped the ball massively. 4 was hated due to all the changes at once. And CoD like feature and rightful get hate but it's campaign story was liked by a majority of ppl. 343 hasn't nailed ot 100% but they get 1 thing perfect but F up in other places. Infinite had a good campaign and design but the story was a mess. The MP improves upon what Halo 3 was and is what many ppl wanted to go back to but it lacked content severely. So massively aint the word. Dropping the ball massively is when it's pure trash and unplay/unenjoyable. Most ppl blind by nostalgia so soon as 1 thing aint the same its hated cause Halo set the bar so high
FYI reach was not that good.

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Vengeance113859d ago

Dead IP, time to invent something new.

kaos8959d ago

Maybe they can have ID or one of the COD studios help 343 with this series.

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Halo-Pop like Gears Pop. Halo bowling. Halo Cooking Mama. There’s a reason why you won’t hear about them

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