According to AddictGaming.com, a Bungie employee has been spotted on Xbox Live* playing a game called Robins Perch. What's interesting is the descriptive text that follows: "Chronicles Alpha - Exploring Onyx." Chronicles, eh? Could that be Halo Chronicles, the upcoming collaboration between Peter Jackson and Bungie? We thinks it can. Why the codename Robins Perch though? Considering the Halo 3 alpha was codenamed Pimps at Sea -- the name of Bungie's long awaited piratical pimp simulator -- Robins Perch could be a play on Crow's Nest (the nautical term, not the Halo 3 level). Cute.
The part about exploring Onyx is particularly intriguing, as it implies there could be more than one planet to traverse. Could Halo Chronicles be the Halo MMO that has been rumored for ages? Whatever it is, hopefully the appearance of the alpha means we'll finally hear some solid news about Halo Chronicles soon (at a special event perhaps).
*Note: We can confirm that the gamertag spotted does indeed belong to a Bungie employee. We won't be giving it out for the sake of privacy.
[Thanks, Richard D]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-01-2008 @ 4:08PM
xFenixKnightx said...
Awesome?
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8-01-2008 @ 4:38PM
Fire Fawkes said...
Yes, yes it is. This only amps up the speculation about Bungie's announcement, Chronicles release date....what the game really is etc, etc.
8-03-2008 @ 3:06PM
xFenixKnightx (RRoD hath striketh upon me on 08-03-2008) said...
Guess not...
8-01-2008 @ 4:17PM
Mr.U2 said...
Yay, that's awesome! I was begginning to think Chronicles was non-existant.
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8-01-2008 @ 4:37PM
B said...
"Halo Chronicles be the Halo MMO that has been rumored for ages? "
Hmm... Didn't Shane say they were working out the MMOless console thing too?
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8-01-2008 @ 4:42PM
Quinion said...
Halo.bungie.org says they have talked to luke smith (whos gt was involved) and he says its 100% fake
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8-01-2008 @ 4:43PM
Quinion said...
Halo.bungie.org says they have talked to luke smith (whos gt was involved) and he says its 100% fake
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8-01-2008 @ 4:47PM
CyberKnight said...
Perhaps it picks up where the novels leave off? Act 2, rescue the Spartans from the shield world?
Or else maybe it overlaps with Ghosts of Onyx? You start off in training for the Spartan 3s?
Curiosity officially piqued...
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8-01-2008 @ 5:06PM
sprtn182 said...
its lukemz bcuz he real talks lol
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8-01-2008 @ 5:09PM
Apo11oBo said...
Actually, Onyx was the name of the shield world the forerunners built when the rings fired in the first "event". In the halo novel, "Ghosts of Onyx" A Spartan 2 trains new Spartan 3s on this planet. The book is very good and, if this new developement gives clues to anything, it could mean that we'll be playing and exploring this forerunner world. Its got a lot of possibilities and after reading the novel, I'm really excited to see what develops.
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8-01-2008 @ 5:59PM
Derter said...
I'm a videogame tester for a third-party box and in NO way, we'll ever connect to the real xbox live using the dev. console. There seems to be a "side" network for testing purpose where the tester can create any gamertag he want and test the game on live but those gamertag could not be trace using xbox live or xbox.com services. So I'm calling bullshit for this.
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8-01-2008 @ 8:20PM
blah said...
I'm also a videogame tester and MS a thing call partnernet so Dev can test their games online and not be seen on xboxlive
8-01-2008 @ 6:27PM
agent019 said...
So here is what the deal is with Robin's Perch and the nautical name go around.
The Perch is the Crow's Nest... we all know this has been tied to Halo. Since they used Crows nest and pimps at sea then looking for Robin amongst nautical terms comes up with Round Robin. A Round Robin iswhere those on a ship would mutiny by signing their name in a circle to avoid anyone being fingered as the leader of the mutiny.
Sounds like we got ourselves a possibility for a game plot!
Crows Nest Mutiny anyone?
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8-02-2008 @ 8:58AM
Maverick Saturn said...
Well that sucks, chances are the concept maybe still there, maybe chronicles is blue :)
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