You know that monster video game franchise, Halo? The one that works only on the Xbox series of game consoles? The one made by Microsoft’s Bungie? It still belongs to MS, but all other things Bungie no longer do.
As of today, my friends who work for Bungie are no longer Microsoft employees, as Gates and company have allowed the department to spin off as an independent company. That’s great news. Microsoft will be keeping Halos 1-3, but the rest is all for the B.
Why would they do this for a money machine like Bungie? As thanks for Halo, and by extension the Xbox. Helluva thank you, if you ask us.
[Update]: Here’s what our rep had to say, “There’s been no such announcement. We continue to celebrate the tremendous success of the global phenomenon that is Halo 3.”
Bungie Leaving Microsoft!! You heard it here first folks [It's in the P.I.]
very interesting.
Although I would not be surprised if something like this happened but please be aware that this is a blog post from a reader, not from the actual newspaper. The reader also has a blog at 8BitJoystik.com
I would take this with a grain of salt at this moment.
I doubt this is true, why would Microsoft do this if they can make money from future bungie projects?
Sorry to be dim but are Matt Hickey’s friends who work for Bungie no longer at Microsoft (making this a second source)? or are you just quoting the Seattle PI guy?
Thanks