Rumor has it that Ryan Payton, late of Kojima Productions, has landed a pretty impressive job here in the states.

Our very reliable sources tell us that Payton has been hired by Microsoft to be the creative director on the upcoming, and still not dead, Peter Jackson Halo game.

The news, very reliable news, comes weeks after we broke the news that Gearbox Director of Technology Corrinne Yu had been hired by Microsoft Game Studios to be Principle Engine Architect for Microsoft's Halo Franchise Team.

Rumor had it at the time that Yu and her husband, Kenneth Scott were both joining Microsoft Game Studios. Scott is an art director at id Software.

Payton, assistant producer on Metal Gear Solid 4, has been credited with spearheading a more Western approach to controls for Metal Gear Solid 4, making the game far more approachable and much tighter than the previous installment. He also helped warm the MGS4 team up to more Western developed games like Gears of War as well.

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idk if thatz a good thing or bad thing bcuz i don't own a 360, and i don't know how much he contributed to the mgs series so i guess I'm "happy for him" (by happy for him, i mean i dont really care) that he found a good job

cool Metal gear always had some cool camera angles , money shots

lolz.

hmm cant wait for halo movie

My hope is for MGS4 on the XBOX 360, hell give me 3 discs, it will beat the 5 Minute install time.

A new Halo game?

I thought 3 was a fitting ending.