Month: June 2000

The Bungie Gathering in on! Freewill announces on our forums that they’ll be a Bungie fanfest to coincide with Macworld Expo New York. Details of the event can be found at bs.bungie.org. Alex Seropian, Max Hoberman, and Matt Soell are slated to appear as is Hamish Sinclair of theMarathon’s Story page all the way from…

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Mark Levin asked Matt Soell about the PCFormat quote on our forum… and Matt set the record straight. There’s no word yet on whether a PC version will ever come out. That’s not a no, it’s not a yes. It’s a resounding “We don’t…

Kudos to D’n’A for posting more info about the Halo preview in the July issue of PCZone Benelux (Dutch gaming mag). It’s going to have a monthly Halo diary featuring new and exclusive never-seen-before pictures and interviews with the designers. Here’s how D’n’A describes one of the new pics in the article:There’s concept art showing…

PCFormat Daily, the website of British mag PCFormat, suggests that at the very least, a PC version of Halo is still on the table.Microsoft actually rang us yesterday to give us the bottom line on what’s going on. Bungie will *definitely* remain an independent group within Microsoft – getting access to the big M’s marketing…

D’n’A writes to say that the new issue of PCZone Benelux is out, with exclusive Halo stuff. The Red Covenant vehicle firing, a new sniper-rifle-type Covenant weapon, and more. Info as we get it.

In an interview with MCV NowMicrosoft Games VP Ed Fries gives his views on the Bungie buyout and their “properties”. Here’s part of the interview:No decisions have been made about which Bungie properties besides Halo will be developed for Xbox. As to whether Halo will be released for PC or Mac, Fries is coy, telling…

It’s official no Bungie booth at Macworld Expo. As reported on MacCentralBungie won’t have a booth at next month’s Macworld Expo according to CEO Alexander Seropian. They’ll be Bungie people there though. MacCentral report:Bungie founder and CEO Alexander Seropian confirms that while his company won’t have a booth at the show, it will still exhibit…

As reported on r.net Bungie’s Joseph Staten will be moving to Redmond to head a fourth development team that will focus on creating all the cinematics for HALO and future titles. Here’s what he had to say:In case you’re curious, I am going to Redmond. It’s a great opportunity for me. I’ll be heading up…

Syburwolf wrote to Matt Soell with a couple of questions, and got this response: >Will the deal with Microsoft put the games(and thus the Macintosh versions >:->) into the main stream stores a.k.a. -Walmart, Best Buy- or will it just >mean an ugly (pardon my bias) Microsoft logo on the box… Also, will you >be…

Worried about a Mac version? So is PlanetCrap. (Thanks to Luxor, of Halo Vault, for the heads-up.)

Matthew Rothenberg opines about the message Microsoft is sending to Mac users in an article entitled “Bungie’s Mac Ties” on ZDNet. Worth a read. Thanks to Jonathan Haas (formerly of the Myth II team) for the heads-up on our forum.

When we mentioned the petition to keep up Halo development for Mac/PC 6 hours ago, there were 196 signatures on the page. Now, that number has grown to over 6500, and continues to climb. It’s moved to a more stable server, to handle the incredible load. If you haven’t signed it yet, you might want…

An exclusive Halo shot has found its way into our inbox. You can see it here.

Stryker writes to tell us that Halo HQ is back online after a brief unscheduled outage.

Michael Maddux writes to let us know that a petition to keep up development of Halo for Mac/PC is online, and currently has almost 200 signatures. Stop by and let Bungie know how you feel! Pax.

Neko-chan points out the MacCentral interview with Alex Seropian, which is hard to read without serious misgivings about future Mac development of Halo. To recap, here’s a list of interviews, chats, and official releases over the past few days.Bungie employee interviews:Daily Radar’s 2nd interview with Jason JonesPG IGN interview with Ed Fries (Microsoft) and Alex…

A secret CIA source who asked not to be identified sent along this aerial reconnaissance photo of the Microsoft complex in Redmond. Seems the Bungie offices have already been added. Pax.

The end is here. The Halo SETI Marines lost another big member today (DarthFlounder, with 1210 units), increasing the hemorrhage total to over 2000 units in 2 days. We’ve been processing stats for this team since late October of last year, and we’ve watched it grow from a small group of Halo fanatics to one…

MacGamer’s Ledge have posted a feature called “Former Access Software Employee speaks out on Microsoft relationship”in which a former Access Software employee shares his own experiences after his employer, also a game developer, was purchased by Microsoft. Note: Bungie maintain that they have a different relationship with Microsoft and that Microsoft have learnt from previous…

More Microsoft/Bungie humor from Penny Arcade. Click on the Latest Comic link to see the strip. Thanks to Forensic for the heads up in our forums