WHAAAAAAAT!?!?!?!?
Holy everything...

STARCRAFT GOST SHALL LIVE NOW!!!

lol at the kids torn up over Bungie going to Activision. 
 
FWIW, the few of us that were playing games on a mac 10 years ago (yeah, it happened) pretty much know how you feel. When we found out that the Mac only developer of  things like Marathon 1, 2, 3 Myth I, II, and Oni, had been co-opted by the evil empire, there was a lot of teeth gnashing, etc. Just because they've been doing Halo for the last several years doesn't mean that's all they know, or want. Also, as Jimbo said, having a dev with enough clout to have at least an even deal with a publisher is a good thing.

This deal owes me new boxers.

The money keeps on flowing for A/B

This is so crazy, gonna be awhile before we see how it turns out but still...I said wow.

Bungie will be fine. I don't picture them signing any contract that doesn't leave them in total control of their product.
 
Selling their souls? This deal seems to me like it would've been more like Bungie calling the shots and Activision saying "Yes sir", "As you wish sir".
 
Obviously this is all outta my ass and I could be wrong, but Bungie's got a pretty strong hand.
 
We'll see.

How does Bobby K treat his people this way and still ink deals with the best studios? It's one of two things: 1.) Life at ActiBlizz really isn't that bad and they pay you a TON of coin. 2.) Bobby K has a deal with the devil and can't go wrong in the business world no matter how many mistakes he makes.

ATVI just pwned the ex-IW guys. That's karma for ya.

" WHOO!  Bungvision! "

stunned...

whoa, what? bananas is right.

I think people are missing a bit here. Bungie is staying independent and keeping control of their IP, Activision is simply publishing their games. They aren't selling their souls or anything, they're just partnering with a company that can get their new games out to as many players as possible.  
 
Sure, this has the potential to turn bad, but that doesn't mean it necessarily will.  All in all, for me this just means Bungie games on my PS3, so I'm more or less okay with it. 

Joke right...right??? RIGHT?!?!? Bungie WHAT ARE YOU DOING! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuu

" How does Bobby K treat his people this way and still ink deals with the best studios? "

Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria!

This makes me sad. I really need to stop paying attention/caring about the business side of games. It's not anything worth getting emotionally invested in. And yet here I am, feeling pretty gross and sad about this announcement, and the general childishness of the entire IW/Actiblizzard/EA/Bungie mess. Ah well.

Epic lol. Talk about about karma... 

This is a very sad day for me.

Fuckin' irony!

" This makes me sad. I really need to stop paying attention/caring about the business side of games. It's not anything worth getting emotionally invested in. And yet here I am, feeling pretty gross and sad about this announcement, and the general childishness of the entire IW/Actiblizzard/EA/Bungie mess. Ah well. "

Originally, I thought this was crazy-go-nuts, but since I've had some time to let it sink in, I think it's just "screwy".  Bungie will basically just be using Activision as  publisher and get to keep all their cake, too.  I'm guessing it will work something like the EA partners program.   But, I don't trust Activision to leave Bungie alone.  If they get a hit, Activision has a history of grinding the franchise into the ground and bleeding it dry.  Bungie may say they have autonomy, but I wonder how quickly Bobby Kotick and his band of banditos will try and strong-arm them in directions they don't want to go.  Activision was supposed to leave Blizzard alone, too but they've been positioning their people inside that studio for a while now. 

so activision is now God?

WHAT?!?!?!?!

I'm very very sad, just when i convinced myself to never buy an activision game again.....
 
three words to bungie:  EA Partners Programme 

" @floodiastus: Good people work at Bungie creating games that they believe are good, and your calling them total shit? I apologise, I have problems with people insulting any developer like that, no matter how bad the games are, a lot of effort goes into games usually, without looking at the overall quality of the actual games, the Halo games have a lot of effort and polish put into them. "

I'm going bananas here!  
 
Seriously though. I don't like this.

Won't be long now before someone follows Alex Seropian.
 
Whenever a company gets bought or inks a deal with a major corporate player, someone always feels shackled by the new suits and leaves to go do their own thing on their terms.

10 years? that is what? 3 games? Cool i guess? long as they keep putting out games im fine with it i don't understand the hate from halo fanboys or the kids who despise activision over the IW thing, you guys can hate and boycott i will enjoy the games while you waste your time bitching and crying.

*suddenly begins to cry* 
 

" I always thought Bungie could support itself financially just fine. Oh well, they had a good run while it lasted. "

ORANGES

Man, some crazy stuff happening in video game news this year. And it's not even half over!

seriously wtf is Bungie thinking? 
why not just go back to fucking Microsoft already? 
I feel cheated out of this. How could they associate themselves with a company that's been showing what it's true colours were with the whole Infinity Wards shenenigans. 

...wut?

I wonder how well they'll be able to develop games on the PS3?

I forsee Master Chief Hero coming out next year with a cheap battle rifle peripheral that costs $100.

This... does not feel right..

And I wonder why the hell Microsoft turned away the title, Microsoft and Bungie always had a strong relationship. "

What?? :/  :(
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
... :(

That sucks, i lost my respect for Bungie now..

WHAT IN THE FUCK?! guess that definably means the end for Halo