Looks like Bungie IS leaving Microsoft
You know the rumor that Bungie and Microsoft are through? Well, a new story posted by GameInformer on their website makes the claim that, based on what their inside sources have told them, Bungie is indeed set to leave Microsoft.
According to the GI article written by Billy Berghammer, an unnamed source at Bungie has told them that the developer is “tired of making Halo”. They have even gone so far as to buy back the Bungie name from Microsoft for an unspecified amount of money.
That’s code for “shitload of cash”.
The source also told GI that Microsoft also has, in essence, first dibs on all future Bungie-developed games. If they see something they like, Microsoft can come in and say “Yeah, we’re publishing this”, which will most certainly make things interesting when Bungie wants to make a Wii game.
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October 4th, 2007 at 3:57 am
Shit loads of cash is a standard technical industry term.
October 5th, 2007 at 11:46 am
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