Industry Shocker: Halo Developer Bungie Studios Signs Deal With Activision
10 YEAR DEAL.
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As the drama surrounding Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward continues to unfold, Activision has dropped a new bombshell: the company has signed a 10-year publishing agreement with Bungie to "next big action game universe to market."
Activision will have the rights to publish the new intellectual property "on multiple platforms and devices." Does this extend outside Xbox 360? The press release doesn't say, but it seems likely.
In a bizarre coincidence, the news comes the same day Halo: Reach moves into open beta for select users, while the rest of the gaming world waits for the official switch to be turned on next week.
Bungie remains partnered with Microsoft for Halo: Reach, scheduled for a release this fall on Xbox 360. Microsoft acquired Bungie back in 2000, converting their sci-fi shooter, Halo, into a breakout Xbox launch title. Bungie also produced Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST for Microsoft. The studio managed to broker its independence from Microsoft just days after the launch of Halo 3 for Xbox 360.
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Well, I am really curious about the contract itself. This, believe it or not, will work for the advantage of Bungie. The gamers themselves? To be seen, but don't expect anything deep.
Activision isnt sinking just yet, the next 2 CoD games will make them billions again. 95% of the people that buy CoD Games are not aware of the politic shenanigans, or know who infinity w. oder treyarch even are, neither do they care. They just buy it because of the CoD brand.
Interesting. I assume they'll be making PC/X360/PS3/DS etc. games now, since Acti seems to have that policy. I reckon this deal can produce some quality games.
Well, microsoft restricted them. They were only making xbox360 games and only halo games, something which they most likely would not have done if microsoft hadn't bought them.
they would have made halo for mac and pc and then moved on to another game.
now they can finally start doing something new.
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Who cares about Activision or Bungie..? The important thing is Halo wont be ruined and we're going to have similar games on the PC, and thats a great thing.
But do we need Halo games on the PC? And will we need the easily exploited IP Bungie will come up with for Activision? These are the questions we need to ask ourselves...
I couldn't care less about Halo and anything regarding bungie.
Tho i would smile seeing the countless console fanboyz crying over a ruin of their beloved series
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