Even though has left the Master Chief far behind promise that the saga will continue.

The boss of UK, Neil Thompson, has told CVG that Halo will continue to be a big party of the Xbox despite the departure of its creators.

Thompson began: "Yes, we launched Xbox with Halo, Halo's been a massive part of the Xbox platform and always will be, but the Xbox platform is a very wide platform now with a lot of great content and a lot of elements to it. We think Reach is going to be the next, great part of that journey for us."

If Halo fans are worried about the quality of the series going downhill Thompson also promised that they wouldn't drop the ball.

He added: "We won't fumble that particular ball. The Halo franchise is very important to us. It is a great asset to the platform and whatever we choose to do with it we will make those decisions carefully and in a very considered way. I think people have to trust that we'll do the right thing."

By Ewan Aiton