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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. The silver lining by bbqsrc · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No more rehashes of Halo :D

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    1. 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.

  2. Great! by DemonBeaver · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looking forward to Guitar Hero: Halo and Call of Duty 57: Master Chief

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    1. Re:Great! by Trepidity · · Score: 4, Funny

      I suppose playing along with Halo music is one way of doing it. But how about an FPS where you shoot up music venues?

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    2. Re:Great! by Nerdfest · · Score: 3, Funny

      That would be "Rap Hero". The controller is a gun you hold sideways.

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

      Don't forget to trick out your Microsoft Glock!

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  3. 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.

  4. Which Bungie employees are tied in? by Rogerborg · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Because Bungie is the people, not the corporate entity. Oh, how we'd all laugh if all the Bungie staff tunnelled their way into Respawn.

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