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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
A graduate of [[Wikipedia:Northwestern University|Nothwestern University]]'s Theater Department,<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 397''</ref> Staten served as the cinematic director and writer for the ''Halo'' titles under Bungie's development, developing the missions and cinematics scripts. He also authored two [[Halo novels|''Halo'' novels]], ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' and later ''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]''. Following Bungie's departure from the ''[[Halo]]'' franchise in 2010, Staten continued working with Bungie as the designer/story-writer for ''[[Destinypedia:Destiny|Destiny]]''. He left Bungie on September 24, 2013 to "tackle new creative challenges".<ref name="left"/> | A graduate of [[Wikipedia:Northwestern University|Nothwestern University]]'s Theater Department,<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 397''</ref> Staten served as the cinematic director and writer for the ''Halo'' titles under Bungie's development, developing the missions and cinematics scripts. He also authored two [[Halo novels|''Halo'' novels]], ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' and later ''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]''. Following Bungie's departure from the ''[[Halo]]'' franchise in 2010, Staten continued working with Bungie as the designer/story-writer for ''[[Destinypedia:Destiny|Destiny]]''. He left Bungie on September 24, 2013 to "tackle new creative challenges".<ref name="left"/> | ||
On January 9, 2014, it was announced Staten has joined Microsoft Studios as senior creative director, taking part in the creation and management of Microsoft's intellectual properties and managing the studio's relationship to the game development community. However, he was not directly involved with the development of ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.<ref name="return"/> On March 12, 2015, it was announced that Staten would write the ''Halo'' digital novella ''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]'',<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-novel-ideas '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Novel Ideas'']</ref> which was released on December 7, 2015 and was rereleased physically on September 20, 2016 as part of the short story anthology ''[[Halo: Fractures]]''.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-the-write-stuff '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder 5/13/2016: The Write Stuff'']</ref> In a [[2015|June 2015]] interview, [[Frank O'Connor]] mentioned that Staten ''"has no official role with Halo"'' but that he "begged" Staten to write the short story and do the director's commentary for ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' included in the game's ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'' release. Beyond this, however, O'Connor stated that Staten would not be involved with ''Halo'' ''"unless we manage to convince him otherwise"''.<ref name="gi h5">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/06/12/the-halo-5-guardians-cover-story.aspx?PostPageIndex=1 '''Game Informer''': ''July 2015 Halo 5: Guardians Cover Story'']</ref> | On January 9, 2014, it was announced Staten has joined Microsoft Studios as senior creative director, taking part in the creation and management of Microsoft's intellectual properties and managing the studio's relationship to the game development community. However, he was not directly involved with the development of ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.<ref name="return"/> On March 12, 2015, it was announced that Staten would write the ''Halo'' digital novella ''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]'',<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-novel-ideas '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Novel Ideas'']</ref> which was released on December 7, 2015 and was rereleased physically on September 20, 2016 as part of the short story anthology ''[[Halo: Fractures]]''.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-the-write-stuff '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder 5/13/2016: The Write Stuff'']</ref> In a [[2015|June 2015]] interview, [[Frank O'Connor]] mentioned that Staten ''"has no official role with Halo"'' but that he "begged" Staten to write the short story and do the director's commentary for ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' included in the game's ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'' release. Beyond this, however, O'Connor stated that Staten would not be involved with ''Halo'' ''"unless we manage to convince him otherwise"''.<ref name="gi h5">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/06/12/the-halo-5-guardians-cover-story.aspx?PostPageIndex=1 '''Game Informer''': ''July 2015 Halo 5: Guardians Cover Story'']</ref> | ||