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Microsoft exec Peter Moore's been allowed into a room with a
microphone again - and this time he's talked a bit about games.
First of all, the big one: "We haven't made any announcements
regarding the Halo franchise. So Bungie is busy, they're an
industrious bunch, and I think certainly this year, 2006, we
might give you a peek at what Bungie is working on," he told IGN
this week. "I'm not going to give you any specific days, times
or events."  Which could mean E3, of course - Microsoft's been
famously coy about discussing the future of Halo since the
second game, and recently poured cold water on Bill Gates'
famous assertion that a third game would launch as a PlayStation
3 spoiler.  Moore also said that Gears of War - one of the 360's
biggest prospects, in development at Epic - would be playable at
E3. It's supposed to come out later this year, he added. We can
also expect to see sequels ("there will always be sequels") to
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