That was actually 343i who re-released the books, not Bungie. The only things Halo related that Bungie did after Reach came out was tweaking playlists and gametypes and such in Reach, and that was it.

Wrong ... original book was published in 2001 - well before bungie started developing the game. The book then had to be re-released after bungie dropped a rather large shit on the storyline. But I guess YOU would have us believe 343 have been in control ever since 2001 - lol

That is still grossly incorrect, Bungie [i]first[/i] came up with Halo and began making designs on it all the way back in 1998 before Microsoft even bought them, [url=http://www.halopedia.org/Combat_Evolved]Read this[/url] and [url=http://www.halopedia.org/Pre-Xbox_Halo]read this.[/url] 343i [i]were[/i] the ones who did all the re-releases of the books. This is a picture of the front and back cover for the 2010 re-issue/re-print of TFoR [url=http://www.halopedia.org/images/thumb/9/9b/FoR-343var.png/640px-FoR-343var.png]here[/url], read it carefully, you will not see a word about Bungie on there, they were done by that point, 343i were the ones managing Halo. As a matter of fact, aside from ODST and Reach, they've been doing everything Halo related since 2007 and after Halo 3 came out.

[quote]grossly incorrect[/quote]Facts; 1) original books release in 2001 2) bungie (not 343) wrote the game called Reach (which did NOT follow the canon) 3) bungie knew they would be breaking canon, but didn't care. To try and put this on 343 is just laughable ... honestly, in what way did 343 write Reach?

-__- Dude, seriously? Go back and re-read my posts, not once did I say anything about 343i making Reach, where did you even get that from? I didn't even say anything remotely similar that could even be [i]taken[/i] or misunderstood that way. First you said that Bungie re-released all of the books, which I corrected because it was wrong and misinformation. Then you said TFoR was written [i]before[/i] Bungie had thought up or started working on Halo: Combat Evolved, which was also flat-out wrong. Nowhere did I say that 343i made Reach, all 343i did was re-release TFoR, the Flood, and First Strike. Maybe Reach played a part in 343i wanting to re-release the books, I don't know as I'm not on their development team, but they needed to be re-issued to begin with anyway as more than a few details in them were already incorrect. Your assumption that Bungie didn't give a rat's ass about canon is also something that is blatantly false as well. They gave very clear explanations for everything. Noble Team was explained on the site before the game came out as well as in Halsey's Journal and a host of other things pertaining to the game. There is a huge difference between a ret-con and breaking canon. A ret-con you actually explain or give solutions to what you changed so that things still fit together, depending on the size of the retcon, something as small as when a species within the Covenant was first fought doesn't need any explaining, you just say "no, that's wrong, these guys have been around since the beginning of the war". If you're just interested in breaking canon or don't care about canon, you don't offer up any explanations at all and just continue on your merry way telling your story and continuing to change whatever you want to as the mood strikes you. Which did not happen with Reach. We actually got explanations for everything that needed explaining.

[quote]As a matter of fact, aside from ODST and Reach, they've been doing everything Halo related since 2007 and after Halo 3 came out.[/quote]Which is wierd since Ensemble Studios went to Bungie for Halo Lore questions, and Bungie managed the Halo 3 playlists and DLC.

Didn't 343I re-release the books after bungies creation of halo reach?