Official Xbox Magazine are reporting in their October issue that Gearbox Software, responsible for the original Half-Life expansion packs as well as the Halo:CE PC port, are working on Halo 4 and that it’ll be a launch title for the new Xbox console, rumoured to be due around 2011.

Apparently their suspicions were aroused back in February, when Geabox started advertising for developers and artists, and their CEO Randy Pitchford released a statement saying that their next project was “Something big … when you find out what this is, you’ll likely agree that I can’t oversell this one.”

Seems possible, if a little unusual, but OXM are claiming to have inside information on this one. I guess we’ll have to wait and see as more information leaks out.

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Update

We have a response from Gearbox!

We’ve been hearing from a lot of people regarding that rumor, as you can probably guess!  We haven’t made any official announcements regarding any work with the Halo franchise – if we haven’t put out a press release announcing a title, it is just a rumor.

Hooray! That,er, clears that one up then.

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