 In 2006 , Microsoft announced an episodic video game to be developed by film director Peter Jackson 's Wingnut Interactive . The game , dubbed Halo : Chronicles , was confirmed to be in development in 2007 , and by 2008 was still hiring for positions on the development team . Jackson told game blog Joystiq in July 2009 that the project was no longer in development . Jackson 's manager Ken Kamins explained that the project was cancelled as part of budget cuts tied to job layoffs in January 2009 . 
