After eleven years of producing innovative games for Macs, PCs and the Xbox videogame console, Bungie announces Halo Babies, a new animated television series scheduled to debut this fall (2002).

Halo Babies takes the basic concepts, storyline and characters of Halo and replaces the bloody combat with a more playful variant suitable for all ages. Backdrops are generated using the Halo engine, which allows artists to quickly generate and animate photorealistic scenery, while the characters will be animated in the more traditional 2D method by professional animators. . .

This groundbreaking marriage of old and new animation techniques has resulted in a stunning visual look which set off a bidding war between the four major TV networks. The visual look and feel of the show is overseen by Lorraine McLees, whose previous experience in the animation industry made her an obvious choice to head up Bungie’s first venture into the Saturday-morning cartoon business. “Halo Babies is our chance to show that there’s more to Bungie than blood and bullets,” says McLees. “It’s also a chance to use Bungie’s talents for visual storytelling in a way that lets us reach children and act as a positive influence in their lives.”


True to their action-game lineage, the kids of Halo Babies find lots of time for rough-and-tumble horseplay during their many adventures. But over the course of each 30 minute episode they’ll also learn important lessons about sharing, playing fair, and helping others along the way. Additionally, each episode contains a musical interlude composed by Bungie’s own Martin O’Donnell, with lyrics concerning the episode’s theme or lesson by Joseph Staten. “I worked in television for years,” says O’Donnell, “so I guess you could say I’m returning to my roots with Halo Babies. It’s definitely a challenge to compose a brand-new song for every episode, but I’m enjoying it immensely. I can honestly say that Halo Babies contains some of my best work.”

Read the full story at Bungie’s website [Here].

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