Bungie + Microsoft calling the quits?

[Erratic]

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/digitaljoystick/archives/122799.asp

Not sure how reliable the 'article' is, but

[Psy]

[Meotwister]

'A friend of mine who has someone close that works at Bungie'

not usually what you want to hear from a reliable article.

Would be cool if it turns out to be true.

[Mazy]

Heh, would definitely be interesting if it turned out to be true, but I donno, seems fairly far fetched to me.

Then again, I guess this could mean that everybody from Bungie is leaving and setting up a new studio, and Microsoft takes over their Halo shop completely.

[-HP-]

Oh yeah! o/

[Sindwiller]

I hope Bungie makes Myth IV

[DelaZ]

I think the article is fake...

Myth

The first two games were developed and self-published by Bungie Software, now a division of Microsoft under the name Bungie Studios. Upon Bungie's sale to Microsoft in 2000, Bungie lost the rights to the Myth franchise to Take 2 Interactive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_(computer_game)

[Sindwiller]

Nooooo........NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....... /me cries a river

Life is unfair

[-HP-]

Take 2 is known for drowning franchises, take Max Payne for example...

[^Slick]

Why did the dude put every single line in quote marks? Hes obviously a fool.

[Thrik]

If you mean every paragraph, that's actually the correct way to do it if you're got a multi-paragraph quote. However, if you do this you shouldn't end the paragraphs with quotation marks until the end of the whole quote.

[Fletch]

At this point, it's either completely true or (more likely) partly true. Microsoft's PR team is one of the quickest in the industry. They've got press releases out within hours when zero-day exploits come out or 360 shipments are confirmed as damaged. Silence means something is up.

[FrieChamp]

At this point, it's either completely true or (more likely) partly true. Microsoft's PR team is one of the quickest in the industry. They've got press releases out within hours when zero-day exploits come out or 360 shipments are confirmed as damaged. Silence means something is up.

They already commented the case today at noon (GMT)

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=29175

[Fletch]

"There's been no such announcement"

Yeah, that's not a denial.

[Izuno]

The whole quote from gamedaily is:

A Microsoft spokesperson has told us, "There's been no such announcement. We continue to celebrate the tremendous success of the global phenomenon that is Halo 3."

The little redirection at the end strengthens the "...............................can we talk about something else cause we don't want to talk about this" undertone.