Forum:Waypoint Announces New Publishing Deal

343 Industries has announced a new publishing deal with for future Halo media. The first publication is scheduled for release in Fall 2014. Personally, I'm hoping this will be the beginning of a turn-around for the Halo novels after getting that sour impression from the Kilo-Five 'Travissty ' . So what is everyone's thoughts about this new publishing deal? Do you love it? Hate it? Not sure?-- 12:42, 4 February 2014 (EST)


 * I've never really understood what effect the publishers had on the content of the books. I don't much care about the format - I love the little Orbit pocket novels as much as the big Tor ones. My only hope is that they get some really good authors - Tobias Buckell was okay, and Greg Bear was great even though it took a lot of getting used to a first person narrative. And, if Eric Nylund is working freelance, I would love to see where he would take Blue Team now that Traviss wasted the potential story of them in Onyx. --  Qura 'Morhek   The Autocrat     of Morheka   16:39, 4 February 2014 (EST)

Maybe this is what Staten has returned for. He's already written Contact Harvest. And 343 only said he wasn't working on the next Halo game; they never said anything about books... Tuckerscreator (stalk ) 17:23, 4 February 2014 (EST)


 * What I found the most surprising is that there's a new book coming this fall and they there's no word on the title or even the author yet. Suppose we can expect to see some info soon. Staten is definitely a possibility now that he's back with MS, and he's one of the few people who would make me relieved about the future. ODST squad novel anyone? That said, I'm still holding on to the hope of Nylund returning - while Staten is a close second as far as "modern-era" Halo fiction goes, I still have to say I personally prefer Nylund's more techy and space-operatic storytelling. And given how there has been a more or less consistent upward climb in the quality of Nylund's work so far, it would be a delight to see him pen a full-blown novel now. Still, I'll be very happy indeed if it turns out to be Joe. Buckell would be a foolproof enough choice, although to me his work has been mostly average quality. The worst-case scenario would be someone like Dietz (The Flood didn't trample on much background lore because there was very little of that to begin with at the time, but if his fiasco of a Mass Effect book is any indication he's absolute rubbish with properly fleshed-out universes). Or if they contracted Traviss for more books (borderline PR suicide for 343i). --Jugus (Talk  | Contribs ) 00:51, 5 February 2014 (EST)