Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) listed a job offer on CareerBuilder that revealed their plans for the next Halo game.  The new Halo will link the Xbox console with the web and mobile distribution.  Unfortunately the new Halo game is not Halo 3: ODST which is to be released this September.  It will be part of the next Halo experience after that.  The position is Software Development Engineer working out of Redmond, but the environment is like a startup.

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First person shooting game for Xbox 360 Halo 3 has hit 1 billion online multiplayer matches.  Halo 3 was launched about two years ago and is one of the most played games for the 360.  The one billionth game was played this past Saturday night at 6:36PM PST according to Bungie.  Halo 2 has not reached this milestone yet as they are sitting at around 798 million times.

“If each game of Halo 3 lasted only three minutes and nineteen seconds, mirroring the Infection game outlined above, the total amount of time played would eclipse sixty-three centuries.  For those looking for more granularity, that’s roughly 630 decades, 6,300 years, or 2,300,000 days,” stated Bungie in a blog post.