Bungie Studios

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Bungie is an independent video game development company, creators of the Marathon, Myth, and Halo series. Their ultimate goal of world domination--currently on step 7--is unfinished.

History
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Bungie was founded in May 1991 by Alex Seropian, and Jason Jones in as a development house for the Macintosh. Their first game, Gnop!, was a freeware Pong clone for the Mac, although you could pay $15.00 for the source code. Bungie went on to release Operation Desert Storm, and Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete. These were followed by the Marathon series (First-Person space shooters) and the Myth series (Real-Time Fantasy Tactics). The team started working on their next project, Halo: Combat Evolved, which wasoriginally a Sci-fi Real Time Strategy game. During its development, it was changed to a third person shooter and was scheduled to be released for the Mac and PC. Bungie’s plans had changed though as they were acquired by Microsoft in 2000, and Halo wouldbecome an exclusive game for their first entry to the console market, the Xbox. The game changed once again to a first person shooter, and was a launch title for the Xbox. The game broke many sales records, and was critically acclaimed as one of the best games of all time. And was later ported to the PC and Mac. Following Halo: CE's success, Bungie went to work on Halo 2, concentrating on multiplayer and Xbox Live functionality. The game was released on November of 2004, breaking many sales records that the original had held. It was praised for its multiplayer, and was the most played Xbox live game for many years. There were criticisms about the short single player and cliff hanger ending, causing mixed opinions about whether it was better than the original or not. Bungie’s next title was the highly anticipated Halo 3 that was to be released on the Xbox 360. Once again, Bungie received critical acclaim and record breaking sales, making Halo 3 the best selling game of 2007 with 8.1 Million units sold. Bungie is currently working on their next project which was to be revealed at E3 2008, but the reveal was pulled by their publisher Microsoft.  See Current Projects for the latest information on this topic.

Current Projects

Bungie is currently working on three projects. The closest (In announcement date) title has been [almost] confirmed by Don Mattrick (Microsoft Game Studio Head) as being a new game based in the Halo universe.  This title is the same one that was pulled from announcement at E3 '08 by Mattrick for a "dedicated event."  On Thursday, September 25, 2008 (The one year anniversary of Halo 3) Bungie released a teaser video for an upcoming project in the Halo Universe, titled "Prepare to Drop."  According to the Xbox Live Marketplace, this teaser video is for an "new, upcoming Halo 3 single-player experience."

Bungie Studios Recently Published Games

Name Platforms Developer
Myth: The Total Codex
 MAC, PC Bungie Studios
Myth II: Soulblighter
 MAC, PC Bungie Studios
Weekend Warrior
 MAC Pangea Software, Inc.
Myth: The Fallen Lords
 MAC, PC Bungie Studios
Marathon Infinity
 MAC, PC Bungie Studios, Double Aught, Inc.
Super Marathon
released on Jan. 1, 1996 		None Bungie Studios
Marathon 2: Durandal
released on Nov. 24, 1995 		MAC, XBLM, PC Bungie Studios, Freeverse, Inc.
Abuse
 AMI, MAC, PC Crack dot Com
Marathon
released on Dec. 21, 1994 		MAC Bungie Studios
Pathways into Darkness
 MAC Bungie Studios

Bungie Studios Recently Developed Games

Name Platforms Publisher
Halo 3
released on Sept. 25, 2007 		X360 Microsoft Game Studios
Myth: Anthology
released on May 19, 2006 		PC Gathering of Developers
Halo Triple Pack
 XBOX Microsoft Game Studios
Halo 2: Multiplayer Map Pack
released on July 5, 2005 		XBOX Microsoft Game Studios
Halo 2
released on Nov. 9, 2004 		XBOX, PC Microsoft Game Studios
Halo: Custom Edition
released on May 4, 2004 		PC Microsoft Game Studios, Gearbox Software LLC
Halo: Combat Evolved
released on Nov. 15, 2001 		XBOX, XBLM Microsoft Game Studios
Oni
released on Jan. 28, 2001 		MAC, PS2, PC Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Myth II Worlds
 MAC, PC Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Myth II: Chimera
 MAC, PC
Trivia
What game served as the indirect prequal to Bungie's Marathon?
  • Minotaur
  • Myth: The Fallen Lords
  • Oni
  • Blake Stone: Aliens
  • Pathways Into Darkness

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General Information Edit
Company Name Bungie Studios
Street Address 434 Kirkland Ave
City Kirkland
State Washington
Country US
Website http://www.bungie.net
Contact Email webmaster@bungie.com
Phone Number 425-739-4900
Date Founded 1991-05-07 00:00:00
Count of Games Published 9
Count of Games Developed 19
Aliases
Associated News
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Recurring Appearances
Space
first in Spacewar!
13
Lh'owon
first in Marathon 2: Durandal
8
Halo
first in Halo: Combat Evolved
6
The Beach
first in
4
The Milky Way Galaxy
first in
4
Earth
first in
4
New Mombasa
first in Halo 2
4
Space Station
first in
4
Blood Gulch
first in Halo: Combat Evolved
3
High Charity
first in Halo 2
3
Skull
first in Marathon
14
Gun
first in
12
M41 Rocket Launcher
first in Marathon
12
Rocket Launcher
first in
12
Grenade
first in
11
Assault Rifle
first in
11
Spaceship
first in Spacewar!
10
Shotgun
first in
10
Pistol
first in
10
Flamethrower
first in
10

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