[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] dalmedya [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Agent Red A bunch of Bungie staff may be leaving to form their own company, but I highly doubt Microsoft is letting anything go. They own the Bungie name, they own the Marathon name and they own Halo.[/quote]Nobody owns Marathon, it's freeware now.[/quote] Actually, that's not true. To say that no one owns it is to say that it is public domain. It's not. Bungie has made the game freely available and has provided the source code for modification, but they have not given up their rights to the game, or the IP. If they had, any company could make a sequel without even asking.