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Rampancy.net has put up a transcript of last night’s b.net chat with Matt and Max. Some interesting stuff in there… seems like it was a little more freeform than the R.net chat earlier in the evening. A snippet:Why not commit to games for Mac?Jones is in charge of Halo, and is only willing to commit…

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…

Thanks to a kind Hotliner, we’ve added most of what was missing from the R.net chat this evening. Some very interesting questions (and answers) early on… so check it again!

Vincent Lopez, of IGNPC, got a chance to speak to Alex Seropian about the changes. You can find the interview here. (Thanks to Luxor of Halo Vault for pointing it out.)

The Question and Answer session on Rampancy.net’s Hotline server got off to a rocky start, but eventually settled down. We missed the very beginning of the actual questions, but we managed to record a large chunk of the discussion. There are some interesting tidbits in here. Visit irc channel #bungie (on EFNET) for another go-round.…

Wow. New screenshot at Blue’s News. Who said Bungie couldn’t do trees?

Rampancy.net’s Hotline server was set to host a Q&A session, but apparently the crowd was too big, so they’ve gone private. Hopefully, the admins will post the information gotten from Matt Soell and Max Hoberman publicly… but before it was shut down, this question was asked and answered:CyberBob (#4 : Ok first question:CyberBob (#4 :…

Massa writes to let us know that Halo Network has an article up, summarizing the situation and adding a bit of analysis. It’s all in German, and Babelfish isn’t being very cooperative with the tokens that HN is using… so you’ll have to read it for yourself.

Other sources today explained that Take 2 got Oni and Myth in exchange for their 19.9% of Bungie. Now, Redherring.com points out that Broadband Sudios, a subsidiary of Take 2, has another connection to the deal. The strategic alliance announced today between Microsoft and Broadband gives Microsoft a ready-made broadband network for upcoming multiplayer Xbox…

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…

The halobungie.com spoof site went offline earlier today, due to huge bandwidth excesses. The Dukes of Halo movie available there, though, has been mirrored by Halo Center… so swing on by if you haven’t seen it!

GameSpot has put up a news article of the Bungie acquisition, as well as an interesting 4 page interview with Alex Seropian. Absolutely worth a read.

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?

Some good natured humor on the Microsoft-Bungie buyout at utterer.com. Check out that “Reasons Why Microsoft Bought Bungie” Infographic. 😉

“I am really concerned as to how our PC and Mac fans are going to view this deal…” says Alex Seropian. Gamespy have posted aninterview with Alex Seropian, founder and CEO of Bungie, and Ed Fries, vice president of Microsoft Games Group. Make sure you read this one. Alex is quoted as saying the following:…

Doug Zartman to leave Bungie! We’ve just learnt that Doug “the voice of Bob” Zartman is leaving Bungie software. Microsoft are taking over Bungie’s marketing and the whole Dept are out the door. Gawd I’m depressed Doug was Bungie’s oldest employee. Looks like Jim Ruiz and the Bungie Store are next in line for the…

Microsoft make it official! Thanks to Blue’s News once again for posting the Microsoft’s official press release on their acquisition of Bungie:Microsoft to Acquire Bungie SoftwareREDMOND, Wash. – June 19, 2000 – Microsoft Corp. today announced it acquired Chicago-based Bungie Software Products Corp., a leading independent developer of action oriented computer and video games. As…