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Halo Maker's Next Game Coming to 'All Platforms'
by Chris Faylor, Apr 29, 2010 8:16am PDTThe just-announced partnership between Halo series creator Bungie and publisher Activision "will bring [Bungie's] new intellectual property to fans worldwide across all platforms," according to Activision Blizzard COO Thomas Tippl.
Exactly when that new intellectual property will premiere, and what platforms will be available at that time, remains unknown. The deal between the two companies spans ten years, with Activision getting "exclusive, worldwide rights to publish and distribute all future Bungie games based on the new intellectual property" while Bungie "remains an independent company and will continue to own their intellectual property."
Best-known for its work on Xbox-exclusive Halo series, Bungie--which was bought by Microsoft in 2000 and then regained its independence in 2007--has also produced such titles as Marathon, Myth and Oni on platforms including PC, Mac and PlayStation 2.
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I still think that it's interesting how Infinity Ward made Activision billions (literally), and Activision didn't want IW to work on anything except MW3, so their studio got decapitated. But then they enter into an exclusive publishing contract with a huge now-independent developer. And not just any independent dev, but the poster child of how best to handle the differences between a megapublisher and a wholly-owned dev house.
I don't anticipate this new property being anything groundbreaking. This is coming from the dev who did nothing but Halo for the past 10 years. Sure, they may have interesting and innovative ideas, bt they won't be as pop-culture friendly or milkable as "More Halo."
I bet the IWEG 38 are steaming at this. They and Activision are going to be duking it out in court, all while Bungie is receiving the exact treatment that Infinity Ward wanted. Hilarious.
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IW was formed in 2002 and was fully acquired by Activision in 2003.
Bungie is so big and is a potential moneymaker of huge proportions and wont be owned by Activision so Bungie could probably set their own demands. Bungie could probably demand that they should have "full" access to the ass holes of every board member at Activision and get it. :)
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not towards the ShackStaff, but rather the Acti COO. I mean it's so obvious that you would. This is like blowing on a trumpet and being like, GUYS TRUMPETS MAKE SOUND. Okay, perhaps not my best analogy but still
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