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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.

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Close Name:jbruni Posts: 105 Joined: 14 Jul 2006
Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:37 pm Subject: Too Little, Too Late

I know that a lot of the Bungie folks left awhile back for Wide Load. I'm curious who of the original Bungie people is part of the departing group, and if the Wide Load folks will hook up with them. It will also be interesting to see if they move back to Chicago.


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Close Name:Guest
Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:02 pm Subject: Sweet

This is great news for the mac community.... welcome back Bungie!


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Close Name:Guest
Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:10 pm Subject: Not great news.

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Guest 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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Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:34 am Subject:

"Bungie will be free to develop for any platform it chooses."


Welcome back bungie!!! One can hope anyways right?


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