Author: Ding

Bungie store to close? As noted first on the Marathon’s Story page the Bungie Store is to stop taking orders as of this Friday. Jim Ruiz posted a farewell letter to Bungie Store customers and stated he was moving on. The Microsoft assimilation begins in earnest. Doug, Jim… who next? And what about my Bungie…

noddy99 sends us this news item:There is a poll at www.insidemacgames.com asking the question, “What do you think of Microsoft buying out Bungie?” and the overwhelming majority of respondents show their dislike for the purchase.Thanks noddy99. Since this is a Mac site no big surprises on the outcome.

Jeremy Roush comments upon the Halo thumbs we posted yesterday:Just so ya know… neither thumb is from the trailer shown at E3, as the Green Marine is never among the other troops in such a fashion. He snipes the aliens in the opening shots, and then reappears to save the lone surviving Bob in the…

Marathon’s Story scoops with a concept art pic of new Halo aliens. The pic comes from PCZone Benelux (Dutch gaming mag). D’n’A mentioned this mag on our forums last Thursday and we’re working on bringing you the official pics courtesy of PCZone themselves. The mag also features a Halo developer’s diary. Lots of meat for…

John Scott of Raven Software commenting on John Carmack’s X-box comments atSlashdot said:Cross platform compatibility is exactly what MS do not want. They wantexclusivity to their console, or at the very least exclusivity to their OSes. They will make money from XBox game sales, and do not make any from PC game sales. MS could…

Should Halo be Xbox only? PlanetXbox are running a poll with the question “Should Halo be Xbox only?”. Time to vote with your finger. Make your voice heard. Thanks to MakeMineRed for the heads up.

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…

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…

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…

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

PlanetXbox posted the following to their main page:With the recent announcement of Microsoft buying Bungie we can all look forward to playing Halo on the Xbox! With Halo becoming an X-box title,will it make it to PC at all? Word from inside the company is that Halo will be an X-Box exclusive for a few…

Halo: Xbox Only? Jason Jones, Bungie’s co-founder and the guiding developer behind Halo,talks about Halo and XBox in a Daily Radar interview. Here’s a snippet:Daily Radar: What platforms is Halo going to appear on besides the Xbox?Jason Jones: To be honest, we haven’t decided yet. Daily Radar: Will it be possible to play multiplayer Halo…

The Mac strikes back! As reported on Mac OS Rumors, Foundation Imaging, the company that did Starship Troopers:Roughneck Chronicles TV show (Sci-Fi 6:30AM CST), is to replace all of their NT rendering machines with G4s. Why? They’re faster. Halo fans will notice the similarity between the Roughneck TV show and Halo. Here’s a few pics…

Hamish calls it quits! In a dramatic countup which started early this morning the Story page’s SETI client “Powered by Jjaro tech” clocked up its 7777th SETI units on the very day that the Microsoft-Bungie buyout is announced. Coincidence? We think not. We’ve also learnt that Hamish doesn’t intend to continue crunching SETI units which…

Dear Fans. Bungie posts Letter To Our Fans from Alex and Jason and Acquisition FAQ. Here’s the last part of the letter:We’re diving into this with our eyes wide open, and are eager to make it succeed. The last seven years have been a real blast. We hope you’ll join us for the next seven,…

The 9-5’s at Inside Mac Games weigh in on the Microsoft-Bungie buyout. There’s also a short Q&As with Doug Zartmanconcerning the future of Mac games from Bungie. Bottom line no commitments as of yet. 🙁

Blam! The Halo SETI Marinestake our Microsoft… oh wait… that was just a dream. :(Here are the 24 hour stats on this fateful day. Why am I the only one at the HBO offices today?