Ryan Payton confirmed to be on Halo team; big Halo announcement at TGS

Remember that rumor saying that Ryan Payton of the Metal Gear Solid 4 team upped and joined the crew of Halo? Turns out to be true. Phil Spencer confirmed it today, just little over a week before the Tokyo Game Show starts. Incidentally, Microsoft also revealed that they have a big announcement in store for Halo fans at the event. Talk about building up hype. More in the full article.

Remember that rumor saying that Ryan Payton of the Metal Gear Solid 4 team upped and joined the crew of Halo?

Turns out the rumor’s true. This was confirmed by head of Microsoft Game Studios himself, Phil Spencer. Payton is also rumored to be directing a Halo project, but Microsoft didn’t confirm this one, saying only that “the team is working on upcoming and existing Halo games.”

Rumors and speculation has been jumping around as to what the Halo team’s been working on lately ever since they released the Keep It Clean teaser trailer on their site after a 12-hour countdown. Is it an expansion pack for Halo 3? Does it have anything to do with Halo Wars?

We’ll know when the Tokyo Game Show hits next week. According to Microsoft, the Halo team will be making a major announcement in relation to the teaser trailer. Pumped.

Via Edge