Are Bungie and Microsoft officially ending their long running partnership? Rumours are gaining real momentum on the Internet that this could be the case. It seems hard to believe doesn't it, though if the rumours are to be believed- Bungie wants to move on from Halo and Microsoft want them to simply continue with the AAA franchise. Another rumour is claiming that Bungie will indeed leave MS, though allowing MS first refusal to publish it's future titles.The slight problem with this is that Microsoft in fact actually owns the studio, so the only way that a split could occur is if Microsoft agreed to sell it. It seems unlikely, but stranger things have happened. The other slight oddity with these rumours is that if you've now finished Halo 3, you will know why it would be strange for Bungie to jump ship. Oh, and just in case you were wondering, Microsoft fully owns Halo- so there's absolutely no possibility of seeing any Halo games on any other system.
Both Microsoft and Bungie are yet to comment.
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As you say, Bungie is owned by MS so it's impossible for the company to leave. I believe that the rumour is to do with members of staff deciding to leave and go their separate ways, kind of like how developers from Rare broke away from that company and formed Free Radical a few years ago.
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