Peter Jackson To Work With Microsoft
September 28, 2006
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In an effort to attract mainstream users to the world of Xbox 360, Microsoft has joined forces with the dapper Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson to create content for its Xbox 360. “I’m hoping to stretch the definition of interactive entertainment to go beyond the game,” said Shane Kim, a corporate vice president in 
charge of Microsoft Game Studios. The newly defined, but not yet specified, “interactive entertainment” could include deeper plot lines and more interactive drama, or delivering additional content over time, perhaps through the company’s Xbox Live online service. “It’s about making interactive entertainment a mainstream form of entertainment,” Kim said.
Jackson plans to work with Bungie Studios to create one product based on Microsoft’s already popular Halo game along with screenwriter Fran Walsh, Jackson’s wife. The other product will be aimed at an audience beyond the young men typically associated with video games. Kim couldn’t say when either of Jackson’s projects might come out. Microsoft also announced yesterday that it was working on another Halo game, called Halo Wars, which will be more of a strategy game, rather than the first-person shooter that has typified the series until now. Halo Wars will be in addition to Jackson’s creation and the previously announced Halo 3 due out next year.
