Halo: Chronicles

Halo: Chronicles is an episodic project that was announced at Microsoft's official Xbox show, X06. As of 2009, the game has been canceled.

Background
Halo: Chronicles is an episodic interactive story telling set in the Halo universe, as confirmed by Microsoft on April 24th, 2008. The game is to be a "new chapter" and a "new series" in the Halo story, is stated to feature a new way to play games, and is described by Jackson as the "filmiest game."

Production Notes
Very little is known yet about the story line, plot, etc.

In the UK-version Xbox 360 magazine Xbox World 360, it was speculated that the game will be more of an 'interactive movie' where some parts will be semi-playable, and certain decisions will lead to different outcomes that you then have to watch play out. It has also been stated that it will delve into Master Chief's back story.

"But our deal with Peter is not about a movie person making a game. What we've talked about - and he agrees with this - is how we can use Live as a medium to introduce episodic interactive storytelling. There's some people in our industry who can tell stories - but they're not Peter Jackson."

- Shane Kim elaborating on the nature of the episodic content of Halo: Chronicles, and on the relationship between Peter Jackson and Microsoft

It was confirmed by Shane Kim at GDC 07 that the project was an episodic title. According to Microsoft, Jackson is planning two episodic series for the Xbox 360. These games appear to be in a downloadable format. Microsoft went on to tell that the game is now in the development phase.

Cancellation
"That Halo project is no longer happening, it sort of collapsed when the movie didn't end up happening."

- Peter Jackson response in an interview

On the 24th of July, Jackson told in an interview that the Chronicles project was no longer in development.

Trivia

 * In the September 20, 2007 Bungie Podcast, Joseph Staten confirmed that it is being codenamed "Chronicles".
 * The game has been stated to "focus on the intimate, personal aspect of real war..."