It looks like the wheels are already turning in Redmond. Earlier today, Gamasutra came upon a job listing looking to fill positions at Microsoft Game Studios’ new internal development house, Spawnpoint Studios. What is Spawnpoint Studios you ask? I’m not entirely sure but what we do know is that it is made up of members from the Gears of War 2 team and it’s main focus will be “tackling a new challenge.” Could Spawnpoint be responsible for one of the Halo projects currently in development?
“Would you like to work on a next-generation project, built from the ground up in MGS / Spawnpoint Studios? We have a very strong team, currently responsible for Gears of War 2, starting a new project in a start-up like environment. This is a rare opportunity to work on a team of game industry experts tackling a new challenge.
We’re looking for strong developers with a great track record, people who can learn quickly and come up to speed with the latest generation technologies such as the Unreal Engine or CryEngine. Direct experience with these is not required, but being able to ramp up quickly is.” — Spawnpoint Studios job listing via Gamasutra
Looks like Microsoft is looking to build a mega-team for whatever this project happens to be. I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out to be one of the new Halo titles but with Microsoft, you never know. We’ll keep you posted as we find out more.
