Heres hoping we see them shine now that their unfettered by M$. Besides another great independent dev team should be happy news for gamers of all ilk.

Why don't you people try READING carefully and more accurately? Bungie has already stated on their OWN site that they are continuing to support the Xbox 360 as their primary console to make games for and I quote 'Nothing has changed'.

Bungie has stated that Microsoft has treated them very well.

Who ever thought that microsoft actually even gives a rats ass about them is umm... beyond words. This goes for bundgie and all the fanboys. This pretty much goes for almost any company. Your cash is their friend, not you.

Maybe the contract was set to expire once Halo 3 was released.

is turned into an article. And because "he thinks" that Microsoft treats their in-house studios bad it must be true. LOL. Just more Microsoft hatred being placed as fact bc of this Pro-Sony sight.

Bungie and Epic both have stated that Microsoft treats it's game producers very well.

David Jaffe left Sony's first party studios. I guess this must mean that Sony doesn't treat their first parties well. Hang on. I'm going to go type up an article about it and post it.

Gj bungie, now that can way more creative on games, like Halo DS... which is probably block from microsoft from releasing

One of the main points of Bungie leaving Microsoft is to not do Halo anymore. I doubt we will ever get a Halo game with Bungie attached to it for a long time.

Micro$hit is known for treating developers like crap. Look at bizarre creations, they left M$ and Bungie followed suit. Not to mention Ninja Theory was interested in developing exclusively for XBOX but they said no. Microsoft's only tactic is to fund Capcom as much money as they can and Take 2,EA the same.

Sony on the other hand are more hands on with developers and more tech savvy which is why devs develop for PS3 exclusively. So now that Bungie is free, be looking for Sony to really help them harness some PS3 power.

PS3 HALO COMING SOON BELIEVE THAT!!!

freedom to do their own projects that is not Halo. IF they were with MS then their ideas would of been shot down and ask to do Halo 4. Personally, I want bungie to do another game or 2 this gen and on the next xbox have Bungie do Halo 4 to resurge xbox sales for next gen.

MS got a rep as acting like bullys. They have the "right" to it if you ask me

Bungie is playing the safe card. You know, never burn your bridges. Solid business practice on Bungie's part. They dont want Microsoft angry at them because of their past. That's all it is. But it's clearly stated that they will be moving on to greener pastures.

That green pasture is called the PLAYSTATION 3.

$niper

Ganja you do know that Microsoft owns anything & all related things to Halo right ? Bungie wont be making Halo games. Halo will never go to the Playstation 3. Bungie completely gave up Halo in order to split from Microsoft & now Microsoft owns anything & all things Halo.

Believe that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bungie has a 2 page repot on why they left...i guess we cant use that huh?

I'm not defending MS, but I think a lot of people on this site (and many others) take things way too personally.

It's not like MS is running a sweatshop; it's not like Bill Gates comes down every day and cracks the whip over the employees. MS is a business, a big one just like Sony and just like Nintendo.

Bungie wanted more autonomy and in this situation both sides win... MS no longer have to financially support Bungie, but still keep the Halo franchise and have first refusal on any new IP... Bungie are now free to diversify and explore new genres. Sounds good to me.

The article speculates that MS treated In-Fusio badly, but it's just that.. speculation with no proof. It could just as easily be argued that In-Fusio didn't know one end of a mobile phone from the other and MS was protecting it's Halo IP to avoid diluting the franchise with poor quality games.

The only other example the article gives for 'moody' treatment of partners is Toshiba for the Zune situation, but people forget that MS and Tosh have a pretty close relationship in HD-DVD, so it can't be all bad.

And just to look at companies not having the best relationships' with partners... Nintendo was notorious in the NES/SNES days for treating 3rd parties like crap (high license fees, little support, even restrictions on the number of games a dev could make). Then there's Sony... do you really think developers 'love' Sony? I doubt it, they have to put up with difficult architecture and poor dev tools - devs code for Playstation because it's the brand that brings in the most money, nothing else.

Sony, MS and Nintendo are in business for one reason only.. to make money; emotion rarely gets in the way of decisions, so I doubt anyone at MS is losing sleep and crying in to their pillows over the Bungie realignment.

They own Bungie in everything but name. Bungie still has to give Microsoft first rights on whether or not they want to publish their games and they are still working on some games in the Halo franchise.

This will really hurt MS getting rid of their best developers.
I don't even think MS cares about video games. I think they started it only to make some extra money that's why the first Xbox died so quickly they didn't take that much time to learn or even try to make good games.
The Xbox 360 is a good console but they really need to develop other games that sell not just the same two style of games Halo and Gears of War.
Bungie messed up on this new game as well promising to make an HD game but only plays in 640P- bad sign. However the game is fun anyways I just wish it could of played in HD.
If Bungie starts developing games for Sony MS is done for.
Lastly they need a better line up for next year to comeback the PS3 line up of MGS4, KZ2, Eight Days, etc.
I am a Sony fan by the way but if MS starts making newer and better games I will consider buying an Xbox out of good graces and trying not to offend anyone.

the reason from bungie them selves, so why would we listen to the WRONG reasons this site is giving?
no reason.

anybody else noticing a trend? First peter moore then bizzare and know bungie. there something that we dont know about. Everrybody is leaving microsoft, but why?

Guys, think, even for a second, just THINK. You are a developer working for Microsoft. You hate Microsoft as much as this guy says you do. You are "eager" to leave Microsoft. You are sick of Halo. So what you do?

a) Quit, not in a year, but NOW and set up your own shop, have nothing further do with either Halo or Microsoft; or

b) Negotiate with MS for a year so that you can form an independent studio in which MS still retains an equity interest, while continuing to focus on the 360 as your primary platform, and oh, also continuing to work on the Halo IP.

If you choose B, that doesn't sound like somebody sick of Halo and "eager" to leave MS, does it? And nothing was stopping Bungie from choosing A. So think, please, just think.

no need to show it you already know, they demand product yet provide no support especially with halo, its as simple as that

NOW GO OUT AND BUY BUNGIE B4 M$ GETS IN A BAD MOOD AND FORCES BUNGIE TO MERGE WITH THEM :(

the problem i have with this posting is that everyone whos worked for sony and then gone to microsoft says that sony people are the worst people to work for because the are such @$$holes and that they like microsoft so much more because they dont treat their partners bad or have "moody" ways of dealing with things so this posting is a big piece of $*!&.

seems to me MS was pretty fair in letting bungie go somewhat on their own... good deal for both companies

i thought they were happy

Many may think MS is a "bully" and some "not"....but the bottom line is that Bungie left...good news, bye bye, see yuns later....but they will still have some type of bond with MS... it just has the system to hold all of Bungie's dreams, hopes, and money. They may have left from under MS's wing...but it will still be the thing that fed it worms and a nice nudge (i know someone will come up with push) out of the nest and made it fly. Now all we have to do and can do is wait and see if it will continue to fly or die.

p.s.: i think theyll fly

That's the reason for the split. Microsoft aren't "mean". Bungie aren't "mad".

It is typical for any man to be unsatisfied when he works for anyone. Every man has his own aspirations.

Naturally, Microsoft have their own ideas about Bungie which didn't match Bungie's plan. Bungie have leverage, so they made a deal.

The Guys & Gals at Bungie are very talented and should be proud of the work they've done with the Halo franchise.

But we have yet to see anything from Bungie as good or better than Halo.

It would be interesting to see any new IP especially for the the Ps3, but if it never happens, who cares?

All the good things of Halo(characters, gameplay, MP online, vehicles, weapons, music, graphics, settings) can be copied, modified and improved on by other developers. Oddly enough, no developer has done that but have instead gone their own way with their FPS(Killzone, Ut, Resistance, Black, CoD, Battlefield etc).

Not so surprising, really - one could only imagine just how controlling and restrictive Microsoft could be.

Personally, I think the real reason that Bungie left MS is two main reasons: creative freedom and MONEY.

Since Bungie is a first part dev, then I am prety sure that MS would have taken a huge chunk of any profits made from Bungie games.

And I am also sure they would love to keep Bungie to churn out the Halo games every few years, but any decent dev would like to do a variety of different games, rather than the same iteration/genre over and over again.

Bungie is a great dev and I for one look forward to see some of the things they will come up with.

GOOD LUCK TO THEM

again like i said halo sigma: ps3 edition

Halos dead

Just like the first one being remade, using UE5💩 MS with all their money couldn't get ID Tech 8 and modify it to work with the Halo remakes? 😑 If they did I'm 100% sure it would run as good as Doom The Dark Ages. I can see the performance issues already. As DF Alex puts it "stutter struggle".

I just hope they're good. Halo CE remake looks very good, so this could be good for Halo.

Of course, let's go with the Nintendo way.

Considering Halo 3 never got the remaster treatment, I strongly support this endeavor. Let's give Reach the remake treatment at some point, too.

Not for me personally, I enjoyed the Master Chief Collection, but not enough to invest in the remakes, the MCC still feels relatively new to me.

A lot of people asking for Multiplayer, just go by an Xbox, hell, almost any Xbox, or get a 1/2 decent PC, then if you really wanted to play Halo, you can play all of them.

MS multiplatform situation has really show that people talk so much smack it's not even funny, people go on how exclusives sell consoles, but I see it's only to a small degree, people usually go with where there friends are or the hype surrounding something (Nintendo is the exception). A lot of PS fans bought Forza, GoW:Remake: Sea OF Thieves, and PS Fans bought Grounded, in fact these MS games were dominating Sony sales charts...so if exclusive sells systems, why didn't Sony fans buy an Xbox to play these one time exclusives, that they clearly wanted to play?