{"id":44673,"date":"2012-09-15T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=44673"},"modified":"2012-09-17T10:56:17","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T08:56:17","slug":"microsoft-snaps-up-domains-for-3-more-halo-sequels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/44673-microsoft-snaps-up-domains-for-3-more-halo-sequels","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft snaps up domains for 3 more Halo sequels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halo fans look to be occupied for the next decade or so, as Microsoft has picked up enough domains to cover several sequels.<\/p>\n<p>The franchise owner has snapped up the following domains: halo7.net, halo7.org, halo8.org, halo9.net and halo9.org, courtest of MarkMonitor, an internet brand protection company.<\/p>\n<p>Halo 4\u2019s release has been confirmed for November 6th, and developer 343 industries has said in an interview that it \u201chas a definite story arc in mind\u201d for future sequels Halo 5 and Halo 6.<\/p>\n<p>The franchise clearly shows no signs of slowing down, and if sales stay consistently high, there\u2019s no reason why it should. Gamers are not yet done with Master Chief.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft posted an ad back in July calling for an experienced graphics developer to work on \u201cthe next generation of game visuals in the Halo universe\u201d. It\u2019s entirely possible Halo 4 may be the last Halo game we see on the Xbox 360 platform, as 5 and onwards may be saved for the next generation.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a title=\"CVG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerandvideogames.com\/368672\/microsoft-snaps-up-halo-7-halo-8-and-halo-9-domains\/\" target=\"_blank\">CVG<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Xbox 360 exclusives you can look forward to\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/44197-xbox-360-exclusives-you-can-look-forward-to.html\">Xbox 360 exclusives you can look forward to<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Halo 4 Xbox achievement list revealed\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/43564-halo-4-xbox-achievement-list-revealed.html\">Halo 4 Xbox achievement list revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Get 2,400 MS Points when buying Halo 4\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/43390-get-2400-ms-points-when-buying-halo-4.html\">Get 2,400 MS Points when buying Halo 4<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Nielsen survey shows Xbox owners more excited about Halo 4 than Black Ops 2\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/41719-nielsen-survey-shows-xbox-owners-more-excited-about-halo-4-than-black-ops-2.html\">Nielsen survey shows Xbox owners more excited about Halo 4 than Black Ops 2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Xbox 360 Limited Edition Halo 4 console bundle confirmed for SA\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/41534-xbox-360-limited-edition-halo-4-console-bundle-confirmed-for-sa.html\">Xbox 360 Limited Edition Halo 4 console bundle confirmed for SA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franchise shows no signs of slowing down<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":25711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[31,307,255,3752,91,3070],"class_list":["post-44673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-xbox","tag-active","tag-halo","tag-halo-4","tag-master-chief","tag-microsoft","tag-next-gen-consoles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44696,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44673\/revisions\/44696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}