I welcome this with a hug. No longer is John's story and a vast new universe confined to a three act narrative that plagues so many franchises, including our own with the Bungie trilogy. There's just too much that 343i can shed light upon that delivers the most satisfying conclusion to the Reclaimer saga.

I only hope that this move from a trilogy to an open-ended series isn't a segue to allow it to go on and on. As interesting as the fight between the sole superpower in the Orion arm and her ancient rival is, going on past Halo 8 or 9 is a bit too much. I hope that the bulk of the games that Microsoft intends to comprise the Reclaimer saga with are "ODST" games - campaigns based off of an already established engine. That's kinda what I hope Halo 2014 is. Just a teaser using the extraordinary power of next generation hardware to present a rich world.