User blog comment:Kaloneous/Mass Effect 3 Ending DLC Denied and PAX/@comment-4916217-20120316175100/@comment-4614261-20120316192934

Yes, but they didn't intend to continue Halo. The idea was to stop the series on Reach. Microsoft went ahead and had the series restarted anyway. They couldn't let the series go without milking it, I guess.