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Bungie Signs 10-Year Deal With Activision

Posted by Soulskill on from the make-sure-you-write-your-name-on-your-lunch dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Infinity Ward may be suing Activision under allegations of low payment and no royalties, but it seems some developers are still happy to work with the publisher — it has just signed a 10-year deal with Bungie, the studio behind the popular Halo series of FPS games. Activision will publish all of Bungie's games in the next decade — although Bungie will own the IP. The terms of the deal are similar to those brokered by former Infinity Ward chiefs Jason West and Vince Zampella when they signed with EA after being fired in March."

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  1. Re:Yes... by The+Velour+Fog · · Score: 5, Informative

    The summary is wrong, they've only signed away the publishing rights to their new franchise, not all games. If things with activision go sour they can still go to another publisher and not continue whatever the new franchise is.

  2. Re:The silver lining by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Bungie and Microsoft already agreed to end Bungie's development of the Halo franchise following Reach. Going forward, Halo will be developed by 343 Industries, an internal Microsoft studio. This deal with Activision will not affect Halo at all. It will however see Bungie produce games for consoles other than the 360, as you suggested.

  3. Re:Great! by sharkey · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't forget to trick out your Microsoft Glock!

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