How old is this rumor dumb dumb it may not be worth replying to.

i dunno

ya cause thats how the world works, company's buys things, when those things make them a ton of money they let them go.

ya ok

This sounds like bull. After MS lost Bizarre to Activision, they wouldn't want to lose another developer. Plus, Bungie will need to buy out all the shares that Microsoft owns in the company in order for the transaction to work, which is why I think this is fake. MS needs Bungie as a lot of their first party developers really suck outside of Bungie.

Now let's see what else Bungie can do other than an FPS with a big budget

Why would Microsoft let a company they own go third party? This rumor makes no sense.

wow it is sad that this article got approved, espically with all the negative feedback and no proof given by the blogger.

"A friend of mine...." (x)

That's when I closed the article, lame.

"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."

Yeah guys, this seems legit

/sarcasm

A friend of mine who has someone close that works at Bungie... thats how it starts?

yeah my auntie big niche little brother uncle and then my other uncle said Bungie is leaving halo..sign the world is going to end.

i don't play halo, and bungie has never had any other notable games, so, meh.

lol at this bs..

look, they're not partners.

ms OWNS bungie.

bungie has no right to go anywhere unless ms sold them.

MS Owns Bungie so if this is true... it would have to be on their terms.. and a deal would be made... just saying.. i dont know anything i swear.. :)

this is true, i can see BUNGIE getting a call from SONY pretty soon.

it's about time they F**KING break up

if M$ keeps the rights to halo, then what else is bungie going to do? bungie might as well have stayed M$ property....

if its true it will be a big impact on microsh1*

...

yeah...i highly doubt this.

This is so laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmeeeeee eeeeeeeeee

so here is my little secret about reality .... truth is a lie

The last Halo game has been made. Unless they try to milk it some more..

Edit: Well FF wasnt a trioligy, but yea it´s kinda the same..

Like FF?.

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wow this is semi-huge ... meaning it doesnt really matter they broke up becuz ... halo will still be on the microsoft platforms like it says

Whatever happens (and I doubt MS will let Bungie go), I hope Bungie make another Myth game. That was an awesome series and needs bringing up to date. The multiplayer in Myth 2 was unsurpassed for a long time.

i heard about this i live in seattle and someone i know that works at m$ told me about it three weeks ago it's real oh it's real and when it comes out you xbots will be pissed off i know why they are leaving too

Bungie to make "Cooking Mama 3" for the Wii? lol!

There is no truth in this b.s.
Bungie is 100% owned by MS.

Microsoft gave almost 100 million USD to buy Bungie 5 years ago and now some "dude" tell me they just "let them go" because they did great job with Halo franchise?!!! Wow that makes sense.

m$ paid 1 mil not 100 mil look it up they paid 100 mil for rare and are not getting a dime back from that sale dumest buy in videogame history

I really don't think this is true. Microsoft would be INCREDIBLY STUPID to let Bungie go. After all the success with Halo, letting Bungie go is the last thing they would want to do.

Thats bullshit. There is no way microsoft would give up bungie

This is it. XBOX is officially going the way of the dreamcast. Instant death kill.

PS3 will now be getting games set in the Gears of War universe (confirmed by cliffy b.) and now PS3 will be getting either Halo exclusively or Halo multiplatform. Or a new IP set in Halo Universe.

So cheers for another death dealing blow to Micro$hit. I know you Micro Boyz are running with your tail in your a$$ now that Sony's got you on the ropes.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!

if you believe this please stick your hand in a blender,its just as smart!

im going to contribute a story: Sony to buy microsoft?!

You guys are just getting pathetic with this, you guys have a bad rep.

Just when I thought you couldn't get any lower, there you are swimming in sh!t.

In the summer of 2000 it was announced that Microsoft would purchase the company formerly known as Bungie Software, Inc. and make it Bungie Studios, a part of Microsoft's gaming division under Ed Fries.

As part of the transaction, Take Two Interactive received all rights to the Myth and Oni franchises in return for the 19.9% of Bungie they had purchased in 1999. They also reportedly received the rights to produce two games using the Halo engine.

Further, Microsoft, with their acquisition, received ownership rights of all IP developed by Bungie including Marathon -- the precursor to the Halo series and hence why it showed up on XBLA.

This article is 100% bull$hit and should never have been approved. Way to go N4G for allowing this one through. Time for a revamp of the approval process when absolute $hit such as this makes it through.

Where do you kids get your drugs from? Seriously. I want some. It must be some good sh1t.

Look at all the dellusional Sonyboys.
-"We hate Bungie. They make sh1t games. Wait, did I just hear a rumor that M$ doesn't own them anymore? ZOMG ZOMG WTF SONY BUY THEM NOW I'LL SUCK YOUR D1CK!".

Nothing like a good rumor to root out the true feelings.

Too bad for you guys this is turd material. M$ would never give up Bungie. This is stupid.

ok don't believe it when it comes out i want to what all of you guys have to say then

Bungie can create alot more games for the gaming industry and be more creative. I think is a good move by Bungie.

....but if it is. we will soon be playing Halo online PSN for free.

This is strait BS. Why would Microsoft get rid of Bungie? Honestly, it doesn't make sense.

If this is true then I bet Bungie will just be loyal to MCSFT even if there not exlusive to them. (Although I believe this article is farfetched)

Very farfetched. I dont see this happening at all. But then again, In 1995 if you told me Sonic was going to appear on a Nintendo system, I would have slapped you silly and called you a f*king nutcase.

So anything can happen.

If Bungie is leaving the article states that Microsoft owns the Halo license & everything Halo. So Bungie would have to make something new which I can understand if thats the reason for leaving. If this is real then Halo will still stay on Console Systems by Microsoft. Sony will never touch Halo.

Remember 2015 studio once owned by EA, and now is Infinity Ward. Bungie isn't happy with the profit margin they are getting. Microsoft seems to be ripping them off, by becoming an independent company they can get roughly 70% of the profits, verses the 20 odd percent they are getting now.

Bungie non-MS now, October 12th Big Bang announcement. In order for Bungie to expand, they need to get out of the MS umbrella. It only makes sense as I would make the same move if I were Bungie CEO.

i was just heading over to the xbox forums and noticed the main page is no longer halo 3 its pgr. that just changed.

If this is true would Bungie really let their flag ship series go ? I just cant see Bungie giving up on Halo like that since Halo would end up staying with & owned by Microsoft.

I wouldn't want to work on Halo for the rest of my life either. Microsoft let Bizarre go to someone else, so this CAN happen...even though it's retarded. I mean, why would you let your main money-maker go (even if they kept the Halo name - if those games aren't made by Bungie, they'll likely be shyte). Couldn't Bungie buy themselves off from Microsoft? I wonder if Microsoft would try to buy Epic after this..

nice way to get repayed for giving a console a decisive foothold in the console war...

Nice to hear the rumor. But i think the rumor would be false alarm.
Best to wait for official announcement from Bungie or Microsoft themselves.

If Bungie do eventually split up, Sony could make their move. Go on Sony, go for it. Make playstation king again.

The question is, would and if Sony strikes an independent deal with Bungie, would Sony pressure them into making a FPS game with the Halo engine. Sort of how PDZ was loosely based off the original Perfect Dark engine.

Another thing that I have a question is, while Microsoft has rights to Halo itself, do they have the rights to the engine as well?

lol, it`s even funnier, then rumor, that GTA4 coming this year for ps3 as timed exclusive. =)))

i wonder, what GREAt announcement there really will be. My bet on 40GB ps3. =)
But if that Big announcement will be relate with some Big games.. that would be funny. =]

Halo 4 ps3 exclusive BELIEVE!

for the last time

bungie is owned by ms. they're not partners.

can the playstation leave sony?

Just a week ago Microsoft lost Bizzare Creations once exclusive developer that created, arguably the BEST racing game for the Xbox brand. That is a huge loss, considering the fact that the only two noticeable studios left are Bungie and Rare.

Because this kind of rumor is not good for Microsoft's stock price.

And when it affects MSFT stocks, then MS will have to step in.

But this rumor has just come out and is less than a day old, so it most likely has not reached the top level in Microsoft yet.

who ever approved this crap needs to be shot

for the droids in this room, who are apparently too stupid to pass the minimal qualifications for the special olympics. You guys need a new "special" special olympics just for droids, oh wait you have one it's called PSN.

they might go back to mac cause mac is at the bottom of all great multiplayer games

I know you're scared of the bomb Sony is about to drop on you microboys. It's okay.

You'll be able to finish the fight your XBOX 360 couldnt finish.

RROD FTL!!!!!!

Anyone who buys a console with a 33% failure rate is an idiot in my opinion, would you buy a car if it had the same rate of failure? I highly doubt it, fanboys who want to play their beloved Halo 3 will do anything to get their hands on it, even if that means enduring a nightclub-style lights display of seizure enducing red beams.

When you get no comment and no comment from both parties and there is no posts on the GAF forums shooting it down from the people at Bungie(like they normally do).. it might not be BS after all.

And just because they leave doesn't mean that they'd up and leave MSoft, it could be a loyal 2nd party company who just wants a lil more freedom than MSoft is willing to give them.

nuff said.

HALO 3 DID NOT MEET MICROSOFTS EXPECTATIONS TO BE THE GAME OF THE YEAR... FAR FROM IT... HALO 3 just showed limitations of xbox 360 capabilities namely WTF! only 640p in 3 years in the making WTF! excuse my french.. hehehehe!
my friend told me he was scared turning on his xbox 360 console for more than 8 hrs because it has become apparent that if you put a good game that makes the xbox 360 work it breaks. why all this precaution when the reason for buying a console is to enjoy it and not be paranoid about rrods that can happen anytime. uuurhg!
a single player campaign mode with a subpar story and 5 to 6 hours long and they were complaining about heavenly sword being short at least hs has a solid story, beautiful graphics and a longer single story mode. again WTF!!!
after all of this screw up they are gonna make a new one. yeah right... goodluck to bungie... and sorry to xbox fanboys whose gonna suffer again for this. alrighty peace out. make peace not war but if you wanna fight lets do it in the skies of WARHAWK!!! AAAHUUUU!!!

So many misconceptions in one article (comment wise)

Disclaimer: I wouldn't say that i believe (damn there is that word again!) this rumor, cause it sounds a little to much like friend of a friend of my cousins uncle, twice removed told me XYZ.

Lets try to sort through all the gibberish

a) Halo and anything related to it is property of Microsoft games - period. You won't see anything Halo on a non Microsoft System
b) the halo engine is property of Microsoft games - period (and on top the halo3 engine wouldn't work with the PS3 anyways, cause its completely build around the 10mb edo ram thing and nailed upon the 360 Hardware)
c) Microsoft may have acquired the Bungie studio, but to suggest that a breakup is impossible is laughable. Last time i checked the law SLAVERY was illegal, even for Microsoft. There are multiple scenarios where a split might happen. Forced or not, thats not an issue. A gamestudio is only worth as much as the creative core that it contains. And no, you can not simply replace anyone and hope it will still work, things are not that simple. If e.g. the core team leaves, then Bungie as you know it is gone, no matter if Microsoft still clutches the name in its paws.

But for the sake of discussion lets assume the rumour is true. Not that it most likely is, but just hypothetically.
A few questions come to mind in that case.

1) Why?
Bungie reps stated after the Halo3 release that they did not want to make yet another halo game, that they instead wanted to make a new IP.
-> Microsoft Games greedy as ever tells em to stuff that and start working on Halo4.
-> Bungie crew does not seem to like that kind of relationship anymore and wants to cut the choking embrace.

2) how ?
Easy, Bungie reps meet with MS reps and put a simple threat on the table, a simple suggestion:
a) We seperate in peace, and we will continue to support the Xbox360 (maybe even exclusively) but we will make our own games, for our own money.
b) you don't allow us to leave, then the creative heads and the top profile people simply leave Bungie(quit the job), and you only have a worthless corpse of a gamesstudio left.
Your decision Mr MS rep.

-> Faced with that it would be likely that Microsoft makes an agreement with the studio to split up in peace and retain at least the loyalty to the system.
-> Someone spills the news to a friend, it gets posted on the net, flamewar commences on N4G.

That is one scenario that is realistic imho, IF THE RUMOR WAS TRUE.
As i don't think it is, thats mere speculation.

But people should get the "they can never leave" nonsense out of their heads. A gamestudio is not an accounting office, its a creative team that mostly work around a rather small core group who drive the whole team to success. If these core people drop out at the same time cause they are fed up with how they are treated (and boy oh boy, creative people are easily angered when handled wrong)then the whole team breaks up, or the leftover crew stays to produce mediocre crap. There are people you just can not replace in a creative team that worked together for so long.

And now ill wait for the X-bot though police to flame me for daring to think the unthinkable.

after news is approved it should show who approved it so we can laugh more...

Sony acquires Bungie and creates new IP in Halo Universe? Finish the fight as the arbiter? How freaking hot would that be? LOL. Well like i said in another post i like Bungie, but Halo did not live up to the hype, and i didnt like the story since Halo2 on.

Maybe they were limited by Xbox's power? Yikes, that blows for you xbots...this is worse than those FFVII/MGS4 rumors.

Doesn't make sense to me.

Even if Bungie breaks away from Microsoft (which isn't that crazy, and definitely plausible), don't expect to see anything Halo anywhere but the 360. Microsoft owns it.

Epic had a similar distasteful experience with Microsoft while making Gears. Throwing money around to buy exclusives can't last forever if the devs really don't like working under you.

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Didn't a rumor just like this come out about Irrational Games after Bioshock is released??

Didn't MS just recently drop FASA studio and have now parted ways with Bizarre? This rumor is either capitalizing on that or maybe, just maybe MS is about to drop some serious bombs like maybe a Take-Two and Capcom purchase?? Since we are going to go all crazy with speculation why not?? How about an EA merger??

These hypotheticals have just as much footing as this rumor.

did i hear halo 4 on ps3.... hmmm sound interesting. if it is its gonna have better in everything, graphics(1080p), single campaign would be longer(around 20 to 30 hours) and no rrods. its all possible because of blueray disc. that's it come on bungie jump in and join the sony bandwagon and make a truly next gen game without limitations. wooohooo. peace out dudes. AAAHUUUU!

hey a friend of mine who had a friend in texas who his cousin lives in miami and his roomate has a girlfriend with a brother who lives in japan and he know a man who has a friend who work in square enix and he told him that square are going to launch FFVII for xbox 360 only...now how i post this BIG NEWS??.....c'mon people

well, this is certainly "authentic" in that it's rife with typographical errors, lol.

a lot of the points they cite as being troublesome for Bungie are likely, and if they're true then it would be good for the studio to be out from the umbrella. whether or not they actually are out remains to be seen (what's up with these "sources"?? it's like a 10th grade rumor mill).

Yeah right even if in some impossible scheme this really is the last halo game, bungie and ms still have a lot more money to make on DLC. Yeah no way this is happening. If there's anything we can trust from these rumors, is that people with too many friend's can't be trusted.

Sony fans say that they hate Halo 3. Crappy graphics, crappy gameplay, and crappy everything else. Yet they say "HALO 4 PS EXCLUSIVE!" You want Halo. Admit it. Seems Sony fans like Halo after statements like that. You want Halo? Buy a 360. This is a rumour.

The article makes it sound like MS had Bungie as slaves, or rather shaercroppers, and now that their debt is paid, they're allowed to leave. Hooray for history class! Seriously though...

MS - "Halo 3 is... acceptable... you may go"

This is such bull****.Im tired of this site with all these crappy articles.

It didn't say a damn thing. Just rumors!!!!!!!!!

im glad,halo sucked anyway. Fighting purple and pink aliens isn't my bag. Everyone acts like halo is the best but truely it sucks. it has nothing going for it.. graphics, fun factor ect. i will take warhawks online play anyday over halo 3's. people just need to get their thumbs out of there a$$es and realize that its a mediocre game.

to PS3.If Bungie jumped over to the PS3,I'm sure it would be a nice addition.If not,no biggie.It won't hurt either way.

everyone repeat after me...

Rrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiight. Pull the other one.

its the end of the gaming world as we know it!!!

hahaha!

this is what g4 was going to announce?

bungie is up for grabs, sony doesnt need them, it would be nice if they did make an actual GOOD GAME for ps3 though

fake. sorry, fanzombies. halo is for gamers only.

This is good news for all gammers and all counsel owners.More competition is the real drive to get the best of the best games we all love to play. don't buy into n4gs plot to get us at each others throats.
All this site is about is the ps3 v 360. old news if u ask me, no one is gonna be swayed to the other side and all consumers seem happy with there purchase no matter what counsel you own.

you kids are crazy!!

if (IF) bungie breaks away from microsoft, it will be to have more control over their xbox360 "exclusive" games...not to make ps3 games...we do not have enough info to come to a conclusion but the reasonable explanation is that bungie is moving away from M$ so they can make games besides halo...my money says that bungie still produces the next halo with M$'s money backing it...m$ will also publish all of bungies "360 exclusives"....similar to mr. jaffe and eat,sleep,play .... so all you fanboys can quit hyperventilating and go back to playing your "run and gun" fps of choice..............UT3 FTW.........

LOL Sony fanboys...you wish.

i just have to laugh at what a total joke this site has become. First all of you trolls have been talking about how horrible this game is, and now you think your going to get it.. sony fans are pathetic, and who ever runs this site fits into this catagory. GROW UP LOSERS!!!

Achronos says something on Bungie.net I won't care ^_^.

LOL I had to say it!

At the thought of Halo possibly coming to another console, people's mouths water. However, since Halo is the intellectual property of Microsoft, fanboys will have to settle for their usual case of sour grapes.

I have a feeling this article will be debunked in the next 48 hours. However if this is true, it still doesn't really hurt Microsoft. The key factor is that Microsoft owns Halo. They would just have to get someone else to develop the next Halo game. What would happen if the next Halo was developed by a company like, oh I don't know, Epic? Imagine the possibilities! This is of course, assuming the article is true, which I doubt. Either way, no reason for Microsoft or Halo fans to worry.

i have a freind,whos fathers son said "the ps3 is a great gaming machine...luckily this rumor is obvious...i could totally see microsoft letting bungie by its stock back, if they only made games for the 360 with their freedom...it would be great for microsoft,and then microsoft could buy bioware and epic and take two,they could then make knights of the old cortana,grand theft banshee and gears of the flood....seriously you guys are stu[id,and i mean that in a good way..

they should consider the possibility that MS will dev out the Halo franchise to another group,while allowing the brains and talent at Bungie to pursue their new IPs for MSs consoles, I.E.their 360,720,etc.
Think Sonytards..........think.

Say it ain't so Bungie!!

They own them just like they own Rare and Lion Head Studios (Fable and Fable 2).

OWNED. As in Bill Gates is the puppet master and they must do what they are told!

Nintendo owned Rare and you saw what happened. Sony buying bungie isnt impossible In fact it's inevitable.

http://www.maxconsole.net/?...

MS: There's no such announcement on Bungie split, we're enjoying Halo's success

MTV reached out to Microsoft for comment regarding a rumored split between MS and Bungie to which a MS rep stated that there has been no such announcement and went on to state that they are currently celebrating the great world-wide success of Halo 3.

quote:

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These predictions seemed far-fetched. After all, Microsoft owns Bungie. So how could the team behind “Halo” really leave, without leaving Bungie all together?

I reached out to MS for comment. Is there a split or bunch of Bungie departures coming? A Microsoft spokesperson replied: “There’s been no such announcement. We continue to celebrate the tremendous success of the global phenomenon that is ‘Halo 3.’”

Uh, so are we all clear now?

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News Source: MTV

i dont think its halo that ps3 fanboys are excited about its the fact that another big company is going to work on ps3 games, and less exclusives for 360.

bunge gone = no new maps?? not gonna happen
my friends friend heard his uncle talking to this guy who's a friend of a guy working at walmart that has a buddy working at bungie told me this isnt true

now it is confirmed that there will be no more Gaylo. lest face it, gaylo 3 was great, not the "supper ubber 1337 OMFGWTF this r0000000cks!!!!" game of all time, but it was great.

but, its just ANOTHER shooter, and personally i dont every want to play another shotter ever again.

Let reallocate the assits used for bungie and broaden the 360.

Statically speaking, the box only has another year or maybe two if they don’t DRASTICALLY change their target audience.

Bungie can now make the game that Halo was supposed to be...

What?! No! Microsoft to use a company until it makes a great franchise then spit em out once they know they can make millions just on a name? I would never think M$ would be like that. That crazy Bill Gates.....