http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_bungie_l...

i hope it isnt true!!!!
come on microsoft
what are you playing at..!!
microsoft still owns halo...
but...
bungie make halo fun :(

my quesiton to you guys is,

who would you like to see making PG5 and halo 4 now theres no bizzare or bungie (potentially)

what? impossible.

If true, that is huge.

jioann00, this should have tipped you off-

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

Microsoft owns more than the Halo franchise, THEY OWN 100% of Bungie Studios.

That is all- end message

^^, yeah! well i really hope it isnt true!!
bungie needs to make my halo!
i wont have it any other way!!

and to anyone that cant be bothered to click on a link the artical is here:

Bungie Leaving Microsoft!! You heard it here first folks
A friend of mine who has someone close that works at Bungie has just been dying to tell me a secret about their future. Since the NDA officially expire today the sent me and email with the details. I have full faith in this contact.

The email is as follows :

"So heres my big secret. You should google Bungie + Microsoft + separation this week.
You know that big ol BILLION dollar franchise Bungie has created for Microsoft, to show their appreciate Microsoft is letting Bungie leave. Of course Microsoft gets to keep all rights to the Halo franchise, but as today Bungie no longer part of Microsoft. Ask anyone who works there to search the global address book, they're no longer in there. Microsoft was supposed to release the press release today but if they wait till the 10/6 the impact wont effect the quarterly results. However today is the actual official date and the day the NDAs expire, however you still didn't hear this from me."

"Apparently MS just wants Bungie to make Halo for the rest of their natural days, and Bungie doesn't like how MS is constantly trying to "handle" everything they do; the way they market their games, the way they interact with their fans (basically the fact that they do appreciate their fans), and how stingie they are with the profits (comparable to the rest of the industry). So as of today they are their own independent entity. They'll probably make Halo 4 for Microsoft, however hey are also free to create new intellectual properties for whatever system they want. (Even though they prefer the xbox platform)"

"What a way to say thank you."

jioann00, don't do this to yourself

At first, I thought no way. Then from a business stand point, it may make sense. Bungie's value may never be higher. So MS could sell or more likely, spinout bungie for a huge profit. That way they could continue to milk Halo without bungie bitching about it.

Plus MS could always stipulate the Bungie make games exclusively for MS or a certain number of MS exclusive games. This would fit with MS' strategy. Also, if a significant portion of Bungie folks were leaving anyway, this would be a great way to capture that value.

go on google search Bungie + Microsoft + separation this week + bullshit you find that it's true. Why would microsoft let bungie buy themselves out? if they weren't happy they'd go make their own studio and you'd never hear from them again. People are saying this because bizarre was bought out by activision. But people fail to realize that bizarre was never owned by Microsoft(stupid on their part) so nothing's happening, some Sony fan boy trying to cause unrest in the ms faithful.