Microsoft and Peter Jackson join for Xbox content

Lord of the Xbox -- that's what this partnership will be called. Microsoft has joined up with Lord of the Rings movie trilogy creator Peter Jackson to help develop video game content for the Xbox 360 console. This partnership, if handled correctly, will allow Microsoft to recruit more everyday people to its Xbox 360 console instead of the regular, dedicated gaming crews the Xbox universe mostly contains.

Instead of creating "games" though, Microsoft wants to ensure customers of the Xbox 360 enjoy interactive entertainment that goes beyond the gaming experience, according to Shane Kim, who leads Microsoft Game Studios.

In a move that should make "Halo" players scream with delight, Jackson said that it would first work with Bungie Studios, the game developer that published both Halo and Halo 2 and was actually purchased by Microsoft, to develop a Halo-like video game.

The Halo games, which are all-time bestsellers on the Xbox gaming console front, commanded hundreds of millions for Microsoft and injecting the same type of game with Peter Jackson at the helm surely will be a feast for Xbox 360 fans when a product is finally released.