Friday, October 5, 2007

Bungie/Microsoft split

Follow THIS LINK to an IGN story saying that Bungie has left Microsoft's nest. The former subsidiary is spreading it's wings into a third-party publisher as well as developer, which would theoretically pave the way for their next game to be multi-platform.

However, as you can see in the story, Bungie isn't flying all that far from the Momma bird, as Microsoft now has some equity in the company and the two plan on maintaining a long relationship.

Now, as far as I'm concerned this could only mean two things: 1) Bungie is going to keep being MS exclusive for platforms and produce other games for handhelds (like that Halo DS that surfaced), or 2) Bungie told MS they would no longer be MS exclusive and MS is looking to cushion the blow by gaining equity in the company.

Only time will tell if PS3 owners get to Finish the Fight too.

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