Bungie Studios Officially Splits From Microsoft

jmke · 8th October 2007, 09:54

Earlier this week, reports from around the web stated that Bungie Studios, developers of top Xbox franchise Halo, would be splitting off from its owner Microsoft. Today, the news was officially confirmed as Microsoft issued a press release announcing a plan for Bungie Studios to embark on a path to become an independent company.

As expected, Microsoft confirmed its ownership of Halo intellectual property, ensuring multiple new chapters in the series, with or without Bungie’s involvement. Microsoft has already started farming out new Halo games to other developers. The appropriately themed real-time strategy game Halo Wars is currently in development by Ensemble Studios, the creators of the Age of Empires series and also a Microsoft-owned developer.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=9175

8th October 2007, 09:54	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	Bungie Studios Officially Splits From Microsoft Earlier this week, reports from around the web stated that Bungie Studios, developers of top Xbox franchise Halo, would be splitting off from its owner Microsoft. Today, the news was officially confirmed as Microsoft issued a press release announcing a plan for Bungie Studios to embark on a path to become an independent company. As expected, Microsoft confirmed its ownership of Halo intellectual property, ensuring multiple new chapters in the series, with or without Bungie’s involvement. Microsoft has already started farming out new Halo games to other developers. The appropriately themed real-time strategy game Halo Wars is currently in development by Ensemble Studios, the creators of the Age of Empires series and also a Microsoft-owned developer. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=9175 __________________

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