New rumors suggest the announcement of the next game in the Halo series is imminent, but if you are expecting a direct sequel to Halo 2, then you might be in for a surprise.

At yesterday's press event held in New York for the announcement of Viva Piñata, Shane Kim said “We're not here to talk about the mythical Halo 3, as I call it".

He continued: "We'll be talking about anything we're doing in the Halo universe - whether that's Halo 3 as I call it or anything else - at the right time. That time will be soon."

This last comment not only confirms the next game in the Halo series will be announced soon, probably at E3 2006, but also suggests that it might not be Halo 3 as everyone expects.

Either Bungie is working on more than one game set in the Halo universe, or the third game in the series won’t be a direct sequel to Halo 2.

According to the latest issue of Game Informer, Bungie's next project is called Forerunner and although the game belongs to the Halo series, it might actually be a prequel with a storyline set in the Halo universe, but focused on the origins of the Forerunners, their connection to humanity, and the Covenants.

An insider source supposedly told Game Informer that the upcoming Halo movie will be based on the Halo: The Fall of Reach book with the game complementing the movie, and therefore being a prequel as well.

Whatever the case may be, one thing is for sure…we’ll soon learn of Bungie’s secret project for the Xbox 360.

Source: Team XBox

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ooo...that'd be awesome if we got Halo 3 AND a prequel.

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I much rather want to try out that e3 03 single player demo of halo 2 even though the game was nothing like that.

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yeah i was really mad about that. After watching that demo video i thought the game was going to be like that (or at least they'd have that level) but they didn't!?!? Why?!?!

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that level was amazing. i wish the game was really more open than that (the demo was really a lot bloodier than the actual game)

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