Microsoft Cuts Bungie's Cord
Mac Gaming News - Microsoft Cuts Bungie's Cord
by , 11:05 AM EDT, October 5th, 2007
Halo maker Bungie Studios announced on Friday that it has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to go it alone as its own company, just like the old days. Microsoft will retain a minority equity interest in the game maker, but Bungie will be free to develop for any platform it chooses.
Bungie was formed as an independent company in 1991 and gained fame for its Marathon first-person shooter series for the Mac. The company had been developing Halo for the Mac before Microsoft bought it and redirected Halo to the Xbox.
The two companies have agreed to continue collaborating on future additions to the Halo franchise.
Observer Comments
Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:37 pm Subject: Too Little, Too Late
QuoteGuest wrote:
This is great news for the mac community.... welcome back Bungie!
Many of the people who were the driving force behind Bungie back before Monoposoft bought them have long since left the company. The Bungie of today is nothing like it was back then.
I doubt that this "agreement" comes without many contractual obligations which will handcuff them from making games for other platforms. Even if it doesn't, Monoposoft will keep so much pressure on them that they won't really be able to do much except stay busy with all sorts of "Halo X", "Halo Y", and "Halo Z" spin-off products.
I personally couldn't care less.
Once Bill Gates's lapdog, always Bill Gates's lapdog...
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