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Looks like we will be seeing a Halo 4 in the future! 8bitjoystick.com reports:

There is a job listing on Gamasutra for Microsoft Games Studios' Halo team looking for an Animation Director. It's is not just one job listing. Microsoft Games Studio is looking to build a whole team.

This is not for Halo 3 ODST made by Bungie and it is not for Halo Wars by Ensemble Studios/Robot Entertainment and it is not for the totally dead Peter Jackson Halo Project.

It is not going to be officially announced until long after Halo 3: ODST ships and Bungie quits working on Halo but they are hiring the people right now to make the new Halo Xbox 360 game. This new game is under the supervision of Frankie's Halo Franchise Development Group.

Looks like they are not going to outsource the development of Halo IV to an external developer but rather build a dedicated team in Redmond to handle future Halo games. Things have been trending this way for a long time now.

This will definitely be a nice supplement hardcore halo fans will want to get their hands on. This news comes over from Edge where they are reporting that publisher DK has teamed up with Microsoft to release a 352 page guide near the end of the year.

You can imagine that this tome will include information regarding the different weapons, vehicles, characters, and stories from all of the Halo games. Since the Halo Encyclopedia is scheduled to be released after Halo 3: ODST, many fans have speculated that ODST will be the final Halo 3 installment. But of course, those are all just rumors and speculation.

I'm not a hardcore Halo fan, but definitely a fan of the video games. The idea behind a Halo encyclopedia is definitely a nice idea, and I can see this making a great present to give to any Halo fan. I have yet to actually read any of the Halo novels and comics, but they are definitely on my radar. Maybe I'll write that up as a summer project...

It's probably safe to say that the Halo Encyclopedia will be a popular commodity upon its release