Xbox execs are "certainly exploring" more TV shows beyond Halo
radiotimes.comWith Halo season 2 launching this week, we had the chance to jump on a video call with some of the key players behind the live-action TV adaptation of the iconic Xbox gaming franchise.
Game developer and Halo TV show producer Kiki Wolfkill – whose current job title is Head of IP Expansion and Entertainment at Xbox – gave us some insight into the company's current thinking around further TV or movie adaptations, beyond the success it's seen with Halo on Paramount Plus.
Specifically, we asked if there are other Xbox brands being adapted at the moment, and whether any of the recent acquisitions from Microsoft's purchase of Activision could be on that list. We specifically name-dropped Diablo, Overwatch and Call of Duty, but Wolfkill chose to answer the question in a more general way.
She didn't opt to drop any names of her own, but her answer was still enlightening! You can see for yourself in the video at the top of this page, or keep reading for the text version of her response.
On the topic of whether more Xbox adaptations will follow in Halo's footsteps, Wolfkill said: «Yeah, I mean, I think there's an appetite for it. But more importantly, we do have these incredible worlds and characters that are so, so ripe for exploration in different ways, whether it's a direct – exactly as you experienced it in the game – adaptation, or something that explores more of a universe.»
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Wolfkill continued: «There's so much creative opportunity there and I think one of the things that we really understand is that gaming is an ecosystem, right?
»It's not just about the game and we really think about games from a franchise perspective and we really do want to be able to tell stories in lots of different ways and across mediums, because, you know, it's a way of
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