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- April 13, 2009 12:09 PM PST
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Microsoft is hiring game developers to create an "immersive Halo world that follows the dedicated Halo fan wherever they go."
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A Microsoft job posting on CareerBuilder.com reveals that the media giant is now enlisting programmers for a brand-new Halo project that embraces online social communities. Is this the Halo MMO fans have been clamoring for, one that will bring games like Halo 3 and Halo Wars to the scale of World of Warcraft? It's possible, but at this time we're as in the dark as you are.
To clarify, the mysterious new Halo game is not Halo 3: ODST, which comes out this September, but an entirely new Halo experience that you'll potentially be able to play on your iPhone, your Xbox 360, and PC.
"We're looking to blend console, web, and mobile to create an immersive Halo world that follows the dedicated Halo fan wherever they go. We need engineers that can build connected technology while working in a startup environment." -Microsoft
You can read the whole job posting below:
Software Development Engineer - Relocation to Redmond, WA THIS JOB REQUIRES RELOCATION TO REDMOND, WA
Do you love Halo? Do online social communities and console video games excite you? Do you love building scalable online infrastructure & websites for large and passionate audiences? The Halo franchise studio is looking for a strong software development engineer with a passion for video games and online services. We have an ambitious task ahead, taking the current Halo community and online gaming support system and bringing it to the next level.
We're looking to blend console, web, and mobile to create an immersive Halo world that follows the dedicated Halo fan wherever they go. We need engineers that can build connected technology while working in a startup environment.
As an engineer on this team, your responsibility will be to deliver a great out-of-game interactive experience that takes the next step beyond the systems found in Halo 3. You will work with artists, designers, developers and testers to finalize design plans, implement those plans, and help coordinate large-scale testing of the out of game Live experience by gamers across the world. Your work also will involve several external teams-including other MGS studios and the Xbox Live team-coordinating development dependencies and design considerations of experience as a whole.
For this year this position is focused on infrastructure, including high efficiency scalability simulation.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Designing the infrastructure for simulation millions of concurrent users on the service Designing and delivering code for community console application Designing and delivering code for services supporting community applications and game titles Building user-facing on-console features such as forums, tournament ladders, media libraries, and integrated mini-games Taking input from creative, community and production leads to produce a console experience Requirements:
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS
At least 5 years of C/C++ professional experience (C# is a plus) Strong Networking Skills including such protocols as Winsock, TCP/IP Experience with the Xbox 360 networking APIs Strong Debugging and Optimization skills in a multi-threaded environment Prior experience with services and web development (including ASP.net, SQL, HTML, CSS, and Javascript).
THIS JOB REQUIRES RELOCATION TO REDMOND, WA Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workforce.
Halo + console + mobile + online social community = you tell me...
Seriously, what do you all think this new Halo project is?
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- Apr 13 2009 at 10:35:07:AM PST
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seems like a good idea, bringing stuff to the web and mobile and all.....it will help microsoft i guess..............but again, the 360 is always about halo stuff not anything else
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ummm... Maybe the next Halo will be an MMORPG? Doesn't sound like Halo though... We'll see what else comes up.
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So far I haven't been dissapointed with anything Halo so I would have to imagine that whatever happens with this is going to be epic! If its an MMORPG it will be the first that I play where I actually pay monthly........if I have to!
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Hmm... well I'm not into Halo all that much but an MMO would be kind of cool. A Halo social network seems lame to me, but Mass Effect? YES PLEASE!
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wow.....i think this goes beyond milking the cow. more like harvesting the whole cow for parts(for other cows?), leather jackets, belts and mid-day sacrfices. Good job ms.
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if anything a mass effect crossover with Master Chief would be a great action rpg. But this crop of systems blows for what I would want to see. Maybe on the Xbox 720/ Ps4000
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I doubt that this would see release on iPhone, but I can't say that I'm interested either way.
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help coordinate large-scale testing of the out of game Live experience by gamers across the world.Halo LARP!!!!
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If they can pull it off great. Otherwise I think they should focus on one game.
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weinymew wrote:
wow.....i think this goes beyond milking the cow. more like harvesting the whole cow for parts(for other cows?), leather jackets, belts and mid-day sacrfices. Good job ms.
ALL A BOARD!!!.....
.............THE MOTHER FLOCKER!!!!!! LMAO
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