Halo 3: ODST

Is the current name being used to refer to a new Halo game being developed by Bungie.

Overview
Although Bungie has consistently stated that Halo 3 was the last game in the trilogy, having ever ruled out possible Halo games in the same story line being released in the near future, an interview by MTV with Don Mattrick (Senior Vice President of Microsoft's Xbox division) revealed that Bungie's game is at the very least Halo-related, and that it is not Bungie's collaborative efforts on Halo Wars or Halo: Chronicles, but a "new" game. Although a proper announcement was meant for July 16th, 2008 at E3, it was canceled by Microsoft because they wanted to focus on games by First-Party developers that were coming out in 2008 - criteria which the Bungie project did not fit. It was also stated by Microsoft that they did not want to further lengthen their press conference so as not to stretch the attention span of the attendees, and that they wished to give the new Halo project an event of its own to release details on it. . The project itself has not been canceled, only the announcement of it. Many people have rumored that the game is a tactical squad-based Halo game. It is rumored that the game will be focusing on the ODSTs and Marines. On June 25, 2008 sarcasticgamer.com posted a news story about the upcoming game due next spring. Its name has jokingly been referred to as Halo: The Wonder Years.

Trivia

 * There was also a Wal-Mart stock list that listed a product called Halo Blue which many believed to be the new Halo game. However it was revealed to in fact be a Halo-themed USB flash drive.


 * It also may have a connection to the Superintendent who appeared heavily in Bungie's publicity campaign in the run-up to the intended announcement.


 * On June 13th 2008 the website Gamespot claimed to have received information of a new Bungie Halo project that was "a cross between Ghost Recon and Gears of War" from a source with firsthand knowledge of Bungie's developments.


 * For the Bungie Day podcast, some of the people working for Bungie were working on something secret. This could be the New Bungie Halo Project.