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== Approach to fiction == | == Approach to fiction == | ||
Although ''Halo'' "expanded universe" fiction has always shared the same continuity as the games, under Bungie's watch material from outside the games was generally regarded as ancillary and was rarely intertwined with the games in a significant way; references to the novels, for instance, rarely amounted to more than throwaway lines. An effort was made to keep different pieces of media as their own, self-contained "bubbles," so that they would not have a significant impact on other stories. For example, Frank O'Connor stated that the story of ''[[Halo Wars]]'' effectively exists in a bubble, having little bearing on the ''Halo'' story at large. According to O'Connor, this approach was "safer" from a development perspective, but it made many pieces of fiction seem extraneous or "disposable," as they had no crucial impact on one another.<ref name="expanded">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/05/10/the-future-of-halo-wars-and-halo-39-s-expanded-universe.aspx '''Game Informer''': ''The Future Of Halo Wars And Halo's Expanded Universe'']</ref> | |||
Circa 2008, however, 343 Industries adopted a new approach, deciding that all future media they released would be fictionally interconnected. This includes further integrating the fiction of the games and the novels into a seamless whole, with different pieces of media complementing one another in a meaningful way. Even though the main game series is still the primary focus of the studio, all other fiction has been stated to have a resonant impact on the games' stories in a way unlike before. For example, the novels of the ''[[Kilo-Five Trilogy]]'' and ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'' have direct connections to the story of ''Halo 4'' and the subsequent games.<ref name="expanded"/> | Circa 2008, however, 343 Industries adopted a new approach, deciding that all future media they released would be fictionally interconnected. This includes further integrating the fiction of the games and the novels into a seamless whole, with different pieces of media complementing one another in a meaningful way. Even though the main game series is still the primary focus of the studio, all other fiction has been stated to have a resonant impact on the games' stories in a way unlike before. For example, the novels of the ''[[Kilo-Five Trilogy]]'' and ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'' have direct connections to the story of ''Halo 4'' and the subsequent games.<ref name="expanded"/> | ||