MGS4 dev working on Halo

[Noja87]

MGS4 dev working on Halo

* Posted Oct 1, 2008 5:56 pm PT
* By Polybren
* 165 comments

Microsoft Game Studios may have trimmed its stable of talent in the last year by letting Bungie go independent and shutting down Ensemble Studios, but the Xbox 360 game label slightly offset those reductions today by confirming a slate of new hires.

As reported by Gamasutra, Metal Gear Solid 4 assistant producer Ryan Payton has joined an entirely different "MGS" team as a freshly minted Microsoft employee. Payton is the latest addition to a team that has also recently added David Wu, formerly of Full Auto developer Pseudo Interactive, Gearbox programmer Corrinne Yu, id Software's Kenneth Scott, and Halo scribe Frank O'Connor.

Microsoft said the new hires will all be working on "new and exciting projects within the Halo universe," as well as supporting already-in-development games like Halo Wars and the recently teased Halo 3 Shock Trooper spin-off.

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[Gladiator@]

"Metal Gear Solid 4 assistant producer Ryan Payton..."

Assistant producer.... well, IMO that's not big deal.

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[Yeloazndevil]

he already said a few months ago that he wanted to move back to america to be with his family more, who cares what he does not like he matters in the gaming world much

[runawayprisoner]

"Assistance producer" is the keyword. Basically, Halo is getting naught from MGS. Maybe the same kind of packaging or ad on TV.

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[PCXL-Fan]

Yeah, producers don't make the games, they just help facilitate providing all the resources the devs need and other stuff. They don't come up with any of the brilliant ideas for games.

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[Densetsu]

Originally Posted by Gladiator@

"Metal Gear Solid 4 assistant producer Ryan Payton..."

Assistant producer.... well, IMO that's not big deal.

Yeah, it is. He was the driving force behind MGS4's western influence. All the improvementes MGS4 had were because of Payton. Also his MGS podcast was awesome and it shall be missed.

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