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Fate can be cruel

Overnight, rumours were rife that Bungie was working on a spin-off of its first-person shooter Destiny for the PlayStation Vita. The speculation certainly made some sense – Sony has partnered pretty heavily with the former Halo developer of late, and it recently filed a trademark for the name Destiny of Spirits. Alas, it’s not

Feast your eyes on some character models

Bungie’s reluctance to share actual gameplay footage of its upcoming PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 title Destiny continues with this ‘character development’ video. The short – which was shown during a GDC presentation overnight – introduces three of the character classes from the first-person...

The next big thing

Few other developers could make a splash on the scale that Bungie has today. After years of speculation, the Bellevue-based studio has finally raised the curtain on Destiny, a persistent online first-person shooter that promises to change the landscape of the genre forever. And it’s firing onto PlayStation 3. Coming from the...

Out of this world

Bungie, the developer best known for creating the Halo franchise, will disclose the very first official information about its brand new intellectual property at the Game Developers Conference in March. According to the convention’s schedule, the studio will host an hour-long presentation dubbed ‘Brave New World: New Bungie...

Halo, goodbye

Details regarding the next game from Halo creators Bungie have leaked online, confirming that the legendary studio is about to make its debut on PlayStation 3. According to the super secret information shared with IGN, the upcoming Destiny is a “sci-fantasy action shooter” that’s designed to be both “fun and accessible”. The...

Destiny

Former Halo developer Bungie has been working on a multiplatform title for some years now, but we still don't know much about it. According to a contract released as part of Activision’s ongoing legal battle with former Infinity Ward employees, we'll find out a lot more in 2013. The contract itself states that Bungie has agreed to create...

Bungie's revealed that their new publishing partners, Activision, are totally keeping their "hands off" the Halo developers latest multiplatform project

"Not only were we excited about the contract that we were able to get with Activision but they seem really committed to being hands-off," Bungie composer Marty O'Donnell told IndustryGamers. "They really seem committed to agreeing..

Yesterday we reported that Bungie's next game would be a massive multiplayer action game

We were wrong. Despite the studio's lead network engineer, David Aldridge, stating as much on a GDC panel slide; Bungie has come out to quash the rumours, stating it was a "joke". “In rehearsal Aldridge was convinced that everybody got the joke,” the studio said. “It was all in the delivery, he..

The rumours flying around the Internet last week were true -- Bungie's lead network engineer, David Aldridge, has confirmed that the former Halo team is working on a "massively multiplayer action game"

Whether or not the game will come to consoles is currently unknown. Aldridge dropped the tid-bit during a GDC panel, stating that while the new game would share similarities with an MMO, it is..

Halo developers Bungie are no longer owned by Microsoft

They are part of a publishing deal with Activision, and their next title is almost certainly set to come to the PlayStation 3. Today, the Internet's gone into a rumour frenzy after a bunch of trademarks from the esteemed developer have floated to the surface. The name, trademarked last year, could mean anything, but are likely to do with..

Bungie, the guys that made Halo an enormous brand, are working on a new project -- and it's coming to PlayStation 3

Not much is known about the studio's next game, though Activision have locked up publishing duties. Those of you who'd like to be in on Bungie's next big thing can enlist on the studio's forums. Apparently the team are looking for participants to take part in playtests, surveys and..

Bungie's announced that they've started work on a new engine for their next multiplatform project for Activision

Brian Jarrard told Develop that Bungie "don't want to develop a game off someone else's IP" and as such will be constructing their own technology in the same way. According to Jarrard, the engine's already in its early stages: "Yeah, [the new engine is] actually in..

Frank Gibeau, president of the EA Games label, and Greg Goodrich have come out to say that the recent firings of Jason West and Vince Zampella created an opportunity that the company just couldn't pass up on

But there's no hard feelings between the EA duo and competition over at Activision. In fact in the very same interview the EA pair go on to say they wish Bungie all the best in their new..

What do you think Bungie's Next Big Thing will be? That's what much of the industry's attention has turned to finding out

With the studio announcing last week that they are to develop a new multiplatform IP for Activision — what can we possibly expect them to do? Well the straw clutching has begun. GameSpot note that the game is likely be an action RPG, based on a nugget of information in a..

Ex-Halo developers Bungie have signed a deal with Activision, bringing their new IP to "multiple platforms"

And the studio believe the new IP can be "bigger and better" than the Halo franchise which made them famous. “We’re in a really strong position with, I think, a lot of really good plans,” writer Joe Staten told Gamasutra. “This is an opportunity for us to try to do it all..

According to Bungie's Brian Jarrard, who spoke with VG247 just hours after the studio announced a massive deal with Activision, their "Next Big Thing" project may surprise us all by making an appearance at this year's E3

“You know, it might,” the community boss said. “It’s really important for us that we don’t lose sight of Reach [Halo: Reach which Bungie are currently developing for XBOX..

Sony's issued a semi-gloating statement in regards to the announcement that legendary Halo developers Bungie will go multiplatform with their next IP

The company described the deal with Activision as "great news for gamers". “This is great news for all gamers,” said SCEA's Patrick Seybold in a statement. “When Bungie’s amazing talent and creative minds are unleashed and married with..

Unless you missed our post earlier (how

?), you should know that Bungie's signed a "ten-year contract" with Activision today regarding the publication of their next "multiple platforms" IP. Despite the announcement, Bungie's keen to stress that they will be staying completely independent. In addition to that, Bungie's community manager, Eric Osbourne, has also revealed that..

Bungie, the legendary development studio responsible for creating the entire Halo franchise (to date) has announced that they've signed a ten-year publishing agreement with Activision who will remain exclusive rights to the studios "next big action game universe"

The deal notes that Activision will have the rights to publish said games on "multiple platforms" meaning the once XBOX..