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Activision Comments On Bungie Partnership, Analyst Predicts Subscription Service
On the same day that Activision and Bungie announced their 10-year, industry rattling partnership, Activision Blizzard senior vice president of worldwide studios Brian Ward made an appearance at today’s LA Games Conference in Los Angeles. During a panel discussion in which Ward participated, one of the main topics was subscription-based...
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The Future Of Bungie -- Halo Creator Talks New Games And Signing With Activision
Activision and Bungie dropped a bombshell surprise on the video game industry early this morning when the two announced a 10-year partnership for a brand-new intellectual property (Bungie, Microsoft and Sony have all since issued statements). In this case, however, Bungie will own their next project, while Activision's signed up to...
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Sony Calls Bungie Deal And Multi-Platform Plans "Great For All Gamers"
If you haven't heard, Activision and Bungie are working together. As part of the new deal, Bungie said it's expanding into mulit-platform development. So far, the studio hasn't named which platforms it's looking at, but given the company's tech-happy games, PlayStation 3 seems very likely. Obviously, this news makes Sony very happy. The company...
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Microsoft Reacts To Activision, Bungie Deal
Bungie is still working with their former owners, Microsoft, on Bungie's potentially last Halo game, Halo: Reach. Activision and Bungie's decade-long publishing partnership for an upcoming intellectual property comes as Halo: Reach is about to enter beta for a select number of users. What does Microsoft think about the deal? The company has...
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Industry Shocker: Halo Developer Bungie Studios Signs Deal With Activision
[UPDATE: For more on this story, check out our Bungie interview, and comments from Microsoft, Sony and Bungie.] As the drama surrounding Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward continues to unfold, Activision has dropped a new bombshell: the company has signed a 10-year publishing agreement with Bungie to bring its "next big action game...
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Bungle Releases First Statement On 10-Year Partnership With Activision
Microsoft isn't going to publish Bungie's next intellectual property, Activision is. Your mind might have melted a bit, but don't worry, the rest of the industry is still reeling from it, too. What's behind Bungie's decision? The studio should be making the rounds with the press this morning to explain themselves, but Bungie released a brief...
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Top 10 Highest (Estimated) Game Budgets Of All Time
It’s hard to nail down exact numbers when it comes to video game budgets, which is why whenever you come across a list like the following one it’s always good to remember that they are merely educated estimates. Having said that, it’s well understood that game budgets have been neck and neck with Hollywood productions for some...
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Bungie Won't Rule Out More Halo Games, But They're A Long Ways Off
It would be insane for Bungie Studios to categorically rule out working on another Halo game after Halo: Reach is released later this year on Xbox 360. Even though internal Microsoft developer 343 Industries is not-so-secretly working on whatever's coming after Halo: Reach, it's always possible Bungie could come back to Halo. The studio is...
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Bungie Says Halo: Reach's Story Will Be More Akin To Halo 3: ODST
Starting with Halo 2, the complicated mythology took hold of the story in Halo games. Bungie, in my eyes, successfully reigned in the problems with that path in Halo 3: ODST, which allowed you to enjoy a Halo story without being left out because you haven't read a Halo encyclopedia, too. According to Bungie, that's going to be the approach for...
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Play Halo 3 Online Right Now And Help Out With Relief Efforts In Haiti
Want to know how you could help out right now with relief efforts in Haiti simply by playing Halo 3 and/or Halo 3: ODST online multiplayer? Then listen up. Bungie is holding a very special online multiplayer event today and tomorrow that all Halo players need to know about. For every thousand players who sport Bungie’s specially designed...
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James Cameron Strikes Back At Halo Fans Criticizing Avatar
Are you a Halo fan? Have you seen Avatar? You're going to want to pay attention to director James Cameron's response to my question about the influence Aliens had on Halo and vice versa. One of the common responses to the first trailer for Cameron's Avatar was "whoa, that looks like Halo." Of course, moments later, most people...
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Sessler's Soapbox: A Decade of Gaming
It's the end of the year. The end of a decade. The end of an era. What better time to sit down and look back at what the past decade of gaming has brought into our homes. Such is the subject of the last Soapbox of 2009. Adam sits down to talk about all the games and gaming trends that have come and gone since the year 2000. Some good, some bad,...
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This Reader Unlocked Every Halo Achievement (Even That Halo Wars One)
"Significantly less" than 1% of Halo players have managed to unlock every achievement across every Halo game, according to the developers of the recently launched Halo hub Halo Waypoint. One of the biggest stumbling blocks for the Halo devoted is picking up all the Halo Wars achievements -- specifically, the "Generals"...
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Halo: Legends Animation Collection Detailed And Dated
Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version Hardcore Halo fans will soon have a chance to experience the game’s expansive universe in an entirely new way thanks to Halo Legends, a collection of animated short films created by some of Japan’s most acclaimed animation studios. Microsoft announced today that the collection will be...
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Mr Sark's Halo 3 Sarkathlon 4 - Do You Want The Bungie Exclusive Flaming Armor?
UPDATE: Only 4 days left to submit your Sarkathlon 4 run! Details below... X-Play's Mr Sark has a history of dropping some amazing Halo 3 prizes on the winner of the Sarkathlon, a contest storied in legend and history, appearing only a few times to the chosen few... or whenever new Halo 3 multiplayer maps are available. Previously, Mr Sark has...
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X-List: Top 5 Halo Words
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Bungie 20th Anniversary: X-Play Staff Memories
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Sessler's Soapbox: Halo: Reach
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X-List: Top 5 Halo 3 Maps
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Activision Infinity Ward Bungie News Wrap Up
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