• Anonymous User (Deleted)

http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_bungie_leaving_micr osoft_you_heard_it_here_first_folks.php

what do you all reckon, i'm calling BS on this one

sorry if this is in the wrong place mods

• elmicker
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At least partial shenanigans.

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I really, really doubt it.

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Stranger things have happened.

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MS should bury this rumor where it belongs, this backwater blog is getting exactly what it wanted...a ton of hits.

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yeah i was just over at n4g.com and its on there,this has to be bs, come on bungie debunk this rumor

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Microsoft dont comment on rumours.....

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Yep, but Bungie does, and they have neither confirmed or denied, they said contact Microsoft for comment.

There seems to be an announcement pending, but just after releasing their biggest game yet seems so illogical.

• Anonymous User (Deleted)

I have a feeling this is true as well.

Key things - MS retains the ownership of anything/all Halo.

Bungie (or whatever they MAY become) will most likely become either freelance or partially owned by MS (say 49%), That way they can continue to develop Halo for MS, and can do other IP.

I am sure if this is the case, Bungie has to pay back some $$$ to MS - either cash or guaranteed delivery of "Halo + n".

My guess is this all came about due to a "threat"/desire of key Bungie persons to do other things. Given the option of "losing" these guys to a new dev studio, MS will come to an agreement allowing them more autonomy/complete automony in exchange for certain services/$$$$. That way it is a win-win for both - "Bungie" gets to do other things, MS is freed from the overhead of a 200 person studio, and MS retains Halo for itself to be developed as sees fit.

• Anonymous User (Deleted)

Either way, without Bungie, the whole Xbox division just seems like a foolish venture. It's even an unprofitable one with Bungie. This year EDD might break even because of Bungie (i.e., Halo 3), and now MS is gonna cut off Bungie? Wow. That means EDD will dip back below red in a couple years if not the next.

• Anonymous User (Deleted)

Agreed. How MS could let go of Bizzare is....well..bizzare!!! What were they thinking?

Anyway, come on Bungie and/or MS...let us know if these rumours are true or not.

• Anonymous User (Deleted)

Again, why the ripping on MS? IF this is true, MS may not have had any option. Either they lose key Bungie persons who leave to form a new studio outside of MS, or they work with them to somehow maintain a relationship going forward. Yes, MS still owns "halo" and the Bungie name, but without the key people the studio is not the same. This way, MS can set some terms (assuming they went this way - Halo4, support for other Halo projects like Halo Wars, PJ game), they keep Bungie together as a unit (for maybe eventual sale to 3rd party or to Bungie stakeholders).

Again MS may have had no option. They "lose" the key people or they try to work with them.

• Anonymous User (Deleted)

All this talk of Halo 4 too. I seriously beyond anything hope there isn`t a Halo 4!

Yes, we've all loved the Halo series. Halo 3 (of which i still haven't finished) is great and good fun but that should be it. Enough with Halo! We have Halo Wars on the horizon and that should be it. No more in the Halo universe please!