We've heard it before, and we'll no doubt hear it again; conjecture hinting that could be the studio behind 4 - with now said to be focussing their efforts elsewhere.

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In an interview focussing on Borderlands, however, Gearbox head honcho wouldn't be drawn into confirming or deny that his firm are involved in Halo - which, if you were being cynical, could be taken as evidence that they are indeed involved in some capacity.

"Well, Ill tell you, there's a couple of games that Gearbox has announced. We've announced Borderlands, and we've announced Aliens Colonial Marines with and Fox, and it's no secret that we have some other things in development," he told Eurogamer.net.

"[Halo] Haha! We're not going to talk about anything"

A PR spokesperson apparently added "we can't talk about that", before the interview drew to a close. Let the tongue waggling commence...

By Luke Guttridge