Former Metal Gear 4 producer joins new Halo team

by Xav de Matos on Oct 2nd 2008 11:30AM

Yesterday, Microsoft confirmed that former Konami employee Ryan Payton will be joining Microsoft Game Studios. Payton will join a newly formed team that is responsible for all current and upcoming Halo titles.

In response to a rumor that Payton had been tapped as the lead producer for the long awaited Peter Jackson Halo Project, Microsoft would only confirm Payton was one of many employees recently hired to make up the new team, according to EDGE Online.

Among the other members of the Halo team announced is fan favorite ex-Bungie employee, Frank O'Connor. as well as former members of Gearbox, id and Pseudo Interactive.

Payton, who is best known for his work as an assistant producer on Metal Gear Solid 4, left Konami in August.

[via Joystiq]

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Tags: halo, halo-3, halo-chronicles, halo-wars, microsoft-game-studios, ryan-payton

Reader Comments (10)

all i can see when i look at his pic is that shirt, lmao!!

I was just coming on to post that I hope they're paying him enough to replace that shirt, but you beat me to it.

I may not be on the cutting edge of fashion, but why are guys dressing like this? That's a ridiculous outfit, how do you expect to be taken seriously when you are dressed like that? :)

No way! I had that shirt my sophomore year in High School which was 1989 - I'm totally serious! Ahh back when girls saw guys in hot pink and thought hot stuff. What were we thinking... lol

Wow...Halo 4 better be teh shiznit...With a brand new engine and all that Jazz!!

Eh? I think you mean Halo Chronicles. With all those people, it's going to be amazing... At least so i hope. If he's producer, we can only hope it's going to be as good as MGS 4.