Bungie’s new franchise to be published under the recently announced ten-year Activision deal is set to be “even better and bigger” than Microsoft’s Halo franchise, according to design director Joe Staten.

“This is an opportunity for us to try to do it all again, but even better and bigger this time,” Staten said to Gamasutra.

“If we look back 10 years ago, we only wish we had this kind of foresight,” he adds, reflecting on Halo’s launch. “At that time, we were terrified about shipping a single title for launch for a new platform on time. To be honest, we weren’t thinking too much beyond that.”

“But we’re in a radically different position now. As someone who was part of the team that shipped Halo 1, I’m really excited.”