Bungie is currently looking for artificial intelligence programmers with a ‘severe god complex’ among sixty others they are hiring for the next iteration of Halo.
“Making a game is getting to be more and more like making a movie,” said J. Allard in a January 31st interview. “You need to hire more artists, more animators, and more musicians.”
Microsoft is not alone in increasing staff sizes for 1st party development houses. Electronic Arts Inc. and Sony Corp. are also looking to expand.