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The company was established in May 1991 by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Seropian" title="Alex Seropian">Alex Seropian</a>, who later brought in programmer <a href="/wiki/Jason_Jones_(programmer)" title="Jason Jones (programmer)">Jason Jones</a> after publishing Jones's game <i><a href="/wiki/Minotaur:_The_Labyrinths_of_Crete" title="Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete">Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete</a></i>. Originally based in <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, the company concentrated on Macintosh games during its early years and created two successful video game franchises called <i><a href="/wiki/Marathon_Trilogy" title="Marathon Trilogy">Marathon</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Myth_(video_game_series)" title="Myth (video game series)">Myth</a></i>. An offshoot studio, Bungie West, produced <i><a href="/wiki/Oni_(video_game)" title="Oni (video game)">Oni</a></i>, published in 2001 and owned by <a href="/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive" title="Take-Two Interactive">Take-Two Interactive</a>, which held a 19.9% ownership stake at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> acquired Bungie in 2000, and its project <i><a href="/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved" title="Halo: Combat Evolved">Halo: Combat Evolved</a></i> was repurposed as a <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_video_game_terms#Launch_title" title="Glossary of video game terms">launch title</a> for Microsoft's <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a> console. <i>Halo</i> became the Xbox's "<a href="/wiki/Killer_application" title="Killer application">killer app</a>", selling millions of copies and spawning the <a href="/wiki/Halo_(franchise)" title="Halo (franchise)"><i>Halo</i> franchise</a>. On October 5, 2007, Bungie announced that it had split from Microsoft and become a privately held independent company, Bungie <a href="/wiki/Limited_liability_company" title="Limited liability company">LLC</a>, while Microsoft retained ownership of the <i>Halo</i> franchise <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a>. It signed a ten-year publishing deal with <a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a> in April 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Their first project was the 2014 first-person shooter, <i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_(video_game)" title="Destiny (video game)">Destiny</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which was followed by <i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_2" title="Destiny 2">Destiny 2</a></i> in 2017. In January 2019, Bungie announced it was ending this partnership, and would take over publishing for <i>Destiny</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sony_Interactive_Entertainment" title="Sony Interactive Entertainment">Sony Interactive Entertainment</a> completed its acquisition of Bungie in July 2022, with Bungie remaining a multi-platform studio and publisher.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among Bungie's side projects is <a href="#Bungie.net">Bungie.net</a>, the company's website, which includes company information, forums, and statistics-tracking and integration with many of its games. Bungie.net serves as the platform from which Bungie sells company-related merchandise out of the Bungie Store and runs other projects, including Bungie Aerospace, a charitable organization called The Bungie Foundation, a <a href="/wiki/Podcast" title="Podcast">podcast</a>, and online publications about game topics. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bungie&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background_and_founding_(1990–1993)"><span id="Background_and_founding_.281990.E2.80.931993.29"></span>Background and founding (1990–1993)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bungie&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Background and founding (1990–1993)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 1990s, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Seropian" title="Alex Seropian">Alex Seropian</a> was pursuing a mathematics degree at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a>, as the university did not offer undergraduate degrees in computer science.<sup id="cite_ref-uc-they&#39;ve_got_game_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uc-they&#39;ve_got_game-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Living at home shortly before graduation, his father's wishes for him to get a job convinced Seropian to start his own game company instead.<sup id="cite_ref-uc-they&#39;ve_got_game_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uc-they&#39;ve_got_game-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seropian's first video game was a <i><a href="/wiki/Pong" title="Pong">Pong</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Video_game_clone" title="Video game clone">clone</a>, written and released nearly 20 years after the original, called <i>Gnop!</i> (<i>Pong</i> spelled backwards). The game was created in 1990, almost a year before Bungie's official <a href="/wiki/Incorporation_(business)" title="Incorporation (business)">incorporation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but was released under the Bungie name and is considered by Bungie as its first game.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Seropian released <i>Gnop!</i> free of charge, but sold the <a href="/wiki/Source_code" title="Source code">source code</a> for the game for US$15.<sup id="cite_ref-history_of_bungie-gnop/ds/minotaur_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history_of_bungie-gnop/ds/minotaur-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Gnop!</i> was later included in several compilations of early Bungie games, including the <i><a href="/wiki/Marathon_Trilogy" title="Marathon Trilogy">Marathon Trilogy</a> Box Set</i> and the <i>Mac Action Sack</i>. </p><p>Seropian officially founded Bungie Software Products Corporation in May 1991 to publish <i><a href="/wiki/Operation:_Desert_Storm_(video_game)" title="Operation: Desert Storm (video game)">Operation: Desert Storm</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_of_bungie-gnop/ds/minotaur_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history_of_bungie-gnop/ds/minotaur-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gamesradar-history_of_halo_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamesradar-history_of_halo-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Seropian culled funding from 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class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Seropian" title="Alex Seropian">Alex Seropian</a> in 2008</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:160px;max-width:160px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:190px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jason_Jones-bungie_(cropped_2).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="An approximately 34-year old man looking at something to the left of the camera." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Jason_Jones-bungie_%28cropped_2%29.png/158px-Jason_Jones-bungie_%28cropped_2%29.png" decoding="async" width="158" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Jason_Jones-bungie_%28cropped_2%29.png/237px-Jason_Jones-bungie_%28cropped_2%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Jason_Jones-bungie_%28cropped_2%29.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Jones_(programmer)" title="Jason Jones (programmer)">Jason Jones</a> in 2006</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Seropian met programmer <a href="/wiki/Jason_Jones_(programmer)" title="Jason Jones (programmer)">Jason Jones</a> in an artificial intelligence course at the University of Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-history_of_bungie-gnop/ds/minotaur_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history_of_bungie-gnop/ds/minotaur-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Jones was a longtime programmer who was porting a game he wrote, called <i>Minotaur</i>, from an <a href="/wiki/Apple_II" title="Apple II">Apple II</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a> platform.<sup id="cite_ref-img-93_interview_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-img-93_interview-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Jones recalled, "I didn't really know [Alex] in the class. I think he actually thought I was a dick because I had a fancy computer".<sup id="cite_ref-history_of_bungie-gnop/ds/minotaur_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history_of_bungie-gnop/ds/minotaur-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Seropian and Jones partnered to release the <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">role-playing video game</a> as <i><a href="/wiki/Minotaur:_The_Labyrinths_of_Crete" title="Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete">Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete</a></i> in 1992; while Jones finished the coding, Seropian handled design and publicity.<sup id="cite_ref-img-93_interview_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-img-93_interview-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The game relied on then-uncommon internet modems and <a href="/wiki/AppleTalk" title="AppleTalk">AppleTalk</a> connections for play and sold around 2,500 copies,<sup id="cite_ref-gamesradar-history_of_halo_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamesradar-history_of_halo-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and developed a devoted following.<sup id="cite_ref-history_of_bungie-gnop/ds/minotaur_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history_of_bungie-gnop/ds/minotaur-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Both Seropian and Jones are considered co-founders of Bungie.<sup id="cite_ref-Seropian_interview_Poly_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seropian_interview_Poly-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jones_interview_DR_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jones_interview_DR-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The team focused on the Macintosh platform, not <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>-based personal computers, because the Mac market was more open and Jones had been raised on the platform. While Jones was responsible for many of the creative and technical aspects, Seropian was a businessman and marketer.<sup id="cite_ref-game_icons_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game_icons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "What I liked about [Seropian] was that he never wasted any money", Jones recalled. With no money to hire other personnel, the two assembled <i>Minotaur</i> boxes by hand in Seropian's apartment.<sup id="cite_ref-history_of_bungie-gnop/ds/minotaur_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history_of_bungie-gnop/ds/minotaur-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> While the pair remained low on funds—Seropian's wife was largely supporting him—the modest success of <i>Minotaur</i> gave the duo enough money to develop another project.<sup id="cite_ref-chicago-marathon_run_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chicago-marathon_run-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Shooter_game" title="Shooter game">shooter game</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D" title="Wolfenstein 3D">Wolfenstein 3D</a></i>, Jones wrote a 3D game engine for the Mac.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bungie's next game was intended to be a 3D port of <i>Minotaur</i>, but Jones and Seropian found that <i>Minotaur</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s top-down perspective gameplay did not translate well to the 3D perspective, and did not want to rely on modems.<sup id="cite_ref-img-93_interview_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-img-93_interview-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Instead, they developed a new storyline for the <a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">first-person shooter</a> that became <i><a href="/wiki/Pathways_into_Darkness" title="Pathways into Darkness">Pathways into Darkness</a></i>, released in 1993. Jones did the coding, with his friend Colin Brent creating the game's art.<sup id="cite_ref-history_of_bungie-pathways_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history_of_bungie-pathways-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The game was a critical and commercial success, winning awards including Inside Mac Games' "Adventure Game of the Year" and <i>Macworld</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s "Best Role-Playing Game".<sup id="cite_ref-history_of_bungie-pathways_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history_of_bungie-pathways-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Pathways</i> beat sales expectations and became Bungie's first commercial success.<sup id="cite_ref-game_icons_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game_icons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bungie moved from a one-bedroom apartment to a studio in Chicago's <a href="/wiki/South_Side,_Chicago" title="South Side, Chicago">South Side</a> on <a href="/wiki/Halsted_Street" title="Halsted Street">South Halsted Street</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-chicago-marathon_run_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chicago-marathon_run-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Seropian and Jones's first full-time employee, Doug Zartman, joined in May 1994 to provide support for <i>Pathways</i>, but became Bungie's public relations person, honing Bungie's often sophomoric sense of humor and irreverence.<sup id="cite_ref-monsters_in_a_box_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monsters_in_a_box-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bungie composer <a href="/wiki/Martin_O%27Donnell" title="Martin O&#39;Donnell">Martin O'Donnell</a> remembered that the studio's location, a former girls' school next to a <a href="/wiki/Drug_house" title="Drug house">crack house</a>, "smelled like a <a href="/wiki/North_American_fraternity_and_sorority_housing" title="North American fraternity and sorority housing">frat house</a> after a really long weekend" and reminded staff of a locale from the <i><a href="/wiki/Silent_Hill" title="Silent Hill">Silent Hill</a></i> horror video games.<sup id="cite_ref-bungie_podcast-_odonnell_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bungie_podcast-_odonnell-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marathon,_Myth_and_Oni_(1994–2001)"><span id="Marathon.2C_Myth_and_Oni_.281994.E2.80.932001.29"></span><i>Marathon</i>, <i>Myth</i> and <i>Oni</i> (1994–2001)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bungie&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Marathon, Myth and Oni (1994–2001)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bungie's next project began as a sequel to <i><a href="/wiki/Pathways_into_Darkness" title="Pathways into Darkness">Pathways into Darkness</a></i>, but evolved into a futuristic <a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">first-person shooter</a> called <i><a href="/wiki/Marathon_(video_game)" title="Marathon (video game)">Marathon</a></i>. <i>Pathways</i> had taught Bungie the importance of story in a game,<sup id="cite_ref-history_of_bungie-marathon_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history_of_bungie-marathon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <i>Marathon</i> featured computer terminals where players could choose to learn more about the game's fiction.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The studio became what one employee termed "your stereotypical vision of a small computer-game company—eating a lot of pizza, drinking a lot of Coke" while the development team worked 14 hours every day for nearly six months.<sup id="cite_ref-monsters_in_a_box_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monsters_in_a_box-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After showing the game at the Macworld Expo, Bungie was mobbed with interest and orders for the game. The game was not finished until December 14, 1994; Jones and a few other employees spent a day at a warehouse assembling boxes so that some of the orders could be filled before Christmas.<sup id="cite_ref-monsters_in_a_box_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monsters_in_a_box-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The game was a critical and commercial success,<sup id="cite_ref-history_of_bungie-marathon_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history_of_bungie-marathon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and is regarded as a relatively unknown but important part of gaming history.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It served as the Mac alternative to DOS PC-only games like <i><a href="/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)" title="Doom (1993 video game)">Doom</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/System_Shock" title="System Shock">System Shock</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-game_icons_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game_icons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The game's volume of orders was unprecedented for the studio, who found that its old method of mail or phone orders could not scale to the demand and hired another company to handle the tens of thousands of orders. <i>Marathon</i> also brought Bungie attention from press outside the small Mac gaming market.<sup id="cite_ref-monsters_in_a_box_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monsters_in_a_box-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first game's success led to a sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/Marathon_2:_Durandal" title="Marathon 2: Durandal">Marathon 2: Durandal</a></i>. The series introduced several elements, including <a href="/wiki/Cooperative_video_game" title="Cooperative video game">cooperative mode</a>, which made their way to later Bungie games.<sup id="cite_ref-history_of_bungie-marathon_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history_of_bungie-marathon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The game was released November 24, 1995, and outsold its predecessor. When Bungie announced its intention to port the game to the <a href="/wiki/Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a> operating system, however, many Mac players felt betrayed, and Bungie received a flood of negative mail. Seropian saw the value of moving into new markets and partnering with larger supply chains, although he lamented the difficult terms and "sucky" contracts distributors provided.<sup id="cite_ref-monsters_in_a_box_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monsters_in_a_box-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The game released on Windows 95 in September 1996. <i><a href="/wiki/Marathon_Infinity" title="Marathon Infinity">Marathon Infinity</a></i> was released the following year. </p><p>After <i>Marathon</i>, Bungie moved away from first-person shooters to release a strategy game, <i><a href="/wiki/Myth:_The_Fallen_Lords" title="Myth: The Fallen Lords">Myth: The Fallen Lords</a></i>. The game stressed tactical unit management as opposed to the resource gathering model of other combat strategy titles. The <i>Myth</i> games won several awards and spawned a large and active online community. <i>Myth: The Fallen Lords</i> was the first Bungie game to be released simultaneously for both Mac and Windows platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-game_icons_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game_icons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The success of <i>Myth</i> enabled Bungie to change Chicago offices and establish a <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a> based branch of the studio, Bungie West, in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-game_icons_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game_icons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bungie West's first and only game would be <i><a href="/wiki/Oni_(video_game)" title="Oni (video game)">Oni</a></i>, an action title for the Mac, PC and <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Halo_and_Microsoft_acquisition_(2001–2007)"><span id="Halo_and_Microsoft_acquisition_.282001.E2.80.932007.29"></span><i>Halo</i> and Microsoft acquisition (2001–2007)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bungie&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Halo and Microsoft acquisition (2001–2007)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1999, Bungie announced its next product, <i><a href="/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved" title="Halo: Combat Evolved">Halo: Combat Evolved</a></i>, originally intended to be a <a href="/wiki/Third-person_shooter" title="Third-person shooter">third-person shooter</a> game for Windows and <a href="/wiki/Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ignpreview_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ignpreview-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Halo</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s public unveiling occurred at the <a href="/wiki/Macworld/iWorld" title="Macworld/iWorld">Macworld Expo</a> 1999 keynote address by Apple's then-interim-CEO <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a> (after a closed-door screening at E3 in 1999).<sup id="cite_ref-ignpreview_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ignpreview-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 19, 2000, on the ninth anniversary of Bungie's founding, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> announced that it had acquired Bungie and that Bungie would become a part of the <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios">Microsoft Game Division</a>. <i>Halo</i> would be developed as an exclusive <a href="/wiki/First-person_shooter" title="First-person shooter">first-person shooter</a> title for the Xbox. The reasons for Bungie accepting Microsoft's offer were varied. Jones stated that "I don't remember the details exactly, it was all a blur. We'd been talking to people for years and years—before we even published <i>Marathon</i>, <a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a> made a serious offer. But the chance to work on Xbox—the chance to work with a company that took the games seriously. Before that we worried that we'd get bought by someone who just wanted Mac ports or didn't have a clue".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Martin O'Donnell, who had joined Bungie as an employee ten days before the merger was announced, remembers that the stability of the Xbox as a development platform was not the only benefit.<sup id="cite_ref-bungie_podcast-_odonnell_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bungie_podcast-_odonnell-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Shortly before <i>Myth II</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s release, it was discovered versions of the game could erase a player's hard drive; the glitch led to a massive recall of the games right before they shipped,<sup id="cite_ref-game_icons_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game_icons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history_of_bungie-marathon_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history_of_bungie-marathon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which cost Bungie nearly one million dollars.<sup id="cite_ref-game_icons_19-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game_icons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> O'Donnell stated in a Bungie podcast that this recall created some financial uncertainty, although accepting the offer was not something Bungie "had to do".<sup id="cite_ref-bungie_podcast-_odonnell_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bungie_podcast-_odonnell-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Seropian and Jones had refused to accept Microsoft's offer until the entire studio agreed to the buyout.<sup id="cite_ref-game_icons_19-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-game_icons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the buyout, the rights to <i>Myth</i> and <i>Oni</i> were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive" title="Take-Two Interactive">Take-Two Interactive</a> (which at the time owned 19.9% of the studio) as part of the three-way deal between Microsoft, Bungie and Take-Two Interactive; most of the original <i>Oni</i> developers were able to continue working on <i>Oni</i> until its release in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Halo: Combat Evolved</i>, meanwhile, went on to become a critically acclaimed hit, selling more than 6.5 million copies,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and becoming the Xbox's flagship franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Halo</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s success led to Bungie creating three sequels. <i><a href="/wiki/Halo_2" title="Halo 2">Halo 2</a></i> was released on November 9, 2004, making more than $125 million on release day and setting a record in the entertainment industry.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Halo_3" title="Halo 3">Halo 3</a></i> was released on September 25, 2007, and surpassed <i>Halo 2</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s records, making $170 million in its first twenty-four hours of release.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buyout_and_Destiny_(2007–2022)"><span id="Buyout_and_Destiny_.282007.E2.80.932022.29"></span>Buyout and <i>Destiny</i> (2007–2022)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bungie&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Buyout and Destiny (2007–2022)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 1, 2007, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> and Bungie announced that Bungie was splitting off from its parent and becoming a privately held <a href="/wiki/Limited_liability_company" title="Limited liability company">limited liability company</a> named Bungie, LLC.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As outlined in a deal between the two, Microsoft would retain a minority stake and continue to partner with Bungie on publishing and marketing both <i><a href="/wiki/Halo_(franchise)" title="Halo (franchise)">Halo</a></i> and future projects, with the <i>Halo</i> intellectual property belonging to Microsoft.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>While Bungie planned on revealing a new game at <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Entertainment_Expo" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Entertainment Expo">E3</a> 2008, Bungie studio head Harold Ryan announced that the unveiling was canceled.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Almost three months later, Bungie announced that the new game was a prequel and expansion to <i>Halo 3</i> titled <i>Halo 3: Recon</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The next month, Bungie changed the game's title from <i>Halo 3: Recon</i> to <i><a href="/wiki/Halo_3:_ODST" title="Halo 3: ODST">Halo 3: ODST</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At E3 2009, Bungie and Microsoft revealed the company was developing another <i>Halo</i>-related game, <i><a href="/wiki/Halo:_Reach" title="Halo: Reach">Halo: Reach</a></i>, for release in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Reach</i> was the last game in the <i>Halo</i> franchise to be developed by Bungie.<sup id="cite_ref-gamasutra-07/09_reports_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gamasutra-07/09_reports-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bungie continued expanding, though it did not commit to details about new projects and ship dates.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The company grew from roughly 120 employees in May 2008<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to 165 in June 2009, outgrowing the studio Microsoft developed. Ryan helped redesign a former multiplex movie theater in <a href="/wiki/Bellevue,_Washington" title="Bellevue, Washington">Bellevue</a> into new Bungie offices, with 80,000 square feet (7,400&#160;m<sup>2</sup>) replacing the 41,000 square feet (3,800&#160;m<sup>2</sup>) the company occupied previously.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2010, Bungie announced that it was entering into a 10-year publishing agreement with publisher <a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-activision_announcement_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-activision_announcement-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Under Bungie's agreement with Activision, new <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> developed by Bungie will be owned by Bungie, not Activision, in a deal similar to the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a> Partners Program.<sup id="cite_ref-activision_announcement_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-activision_announcement-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 30, 2011, Bungie announced the "Bungie Aerospace" project; its slogan, "<i>Per audacia ad astra</i>", translates to "Boldly to the stars". The project is intended to provide independent game developers with publishing, resources, and support, including access to the Bungie.net platform.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In November 2011, Bungie Aerospace published its first game, <i>Crimson: Steam Pirates</i>, for <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>, developed by startup video game developer <a href="/wiki/Harebrained_Schemes" title="Harebrained Schemes">Harebrained Schemes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition to publishing and distributing <i>Crimson</i>, Bungie Aerospace provided players with statistical support and a dedicated discussion forum on Bungie.net.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Bungie announced <i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_(video_game)" title="Destiny (video game)">Destiny</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which launched for the <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_4" title="PlayStation 4">PlayStation 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Xbox_One" title="Xbox One">Xbox One</a> platforms on September 9, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During January 2016, Ryan stepped down as president and Pete Parsons, who had been the company's chief operating officer and executive producer since 2002, became its chief executive officer.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chinese video game conglomerate <a href="/wiki/NetEase" title="NetEase">NetEase</a> had invested $100 million into Bungie in 2018, in exchange for a minority stake in the company and a seat on the company's board of directors.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bungie terminated its publishing deal with Activision in 2019, after eight years; as per their agreement, Bungie retained all rights to <i>Destiny</i> and will self-publish future installments and expansions.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This included transitioning <i>Destiny 2</i> from using Activision's Battle.net to <a href="/wiki/Steam_(service)" title="Steam (service)">Steam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bungie's communications director David Dague dispelled ideas that Activision was a "prohibitive overlord" that limited Bungie's creative control, and instead stated that both companies amicably split due to different ideas of where the <i>Destiny</i> franchise should head.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bungie announced a major expansion of its firm in February 2021. In addition to more than doubling its headquarters space in Bellevue, Washington, Bungie announced plans to open a new studio in <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> by 2022. This would support additional staff not only for <i>Destiny</i> but additional media related to <i>Destiny</i> outside of video games, as well as a new <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> unrelated to <i>Destiny</i> that Bungie expects to release by 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acquisition_by_Sony_Interactive_Entertainment_(2022–present)"><span id="Acquisition_by_Sony_Interactive_Entertainment_.282022.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Acquisition by Sony Interactive Entertainment (2022–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bungie&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Acquisition by Sony Interactive Entertainment (2022–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 31, 2022, <a href="/wiki/Sony_Interactive_Entertainment" title="Sony Interactive Entertainment">Sony Interactive Entertainment</a> announced its intent to acquire Bungie for $3.6 billion. While Bungie would become part of the PlayStation family of studios it would remain an independent subsidiary under Sony in development and publishing and would not be part of <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_Studios" title="PlayStation Studios">PlayStation Studios</a>. Instead, Sony's investment would help Bungie with hiring for developers to expand their work on the <i>Destiny</i> franchise and other planned games. Both companies stated that the deal would not affect platform availability or exclusivity for <i>Destiny 2</i> but instead was geared towards media beyond video games that Bungie had been interested in pursuing for some time.<sup id="cite_ref-gibiz_sony_acq_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gibiz_sony_acq-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bungie, in return, would help Sony enter the <a href="/wiki/Games_as_a_service" title="Games as a service">live service games</a> market, as Sony had announced plans to launch at least ten such games by 2026 in an investors' presentation following the Bungie acquisition announcement.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sony also said the Bungie acquisition will help Sony to become more multiplatform.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the $3.6 billion, Sony anticipated that at least $1.2 billion will be used as incentives for retention of Bungie's current employees.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In May, it was reported that the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a> was opening an inquiry into the acquisition, requesting more information about it a week prior. It was expected to delay the acquisition by at least six months.<sup id="cite_ref-FTC_1_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FTC_1-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The acquisition was closed by July 15, 2022, making Bungie a subsidiary under Sony Interactive Entertainment.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bungie laid off approximately 100 of 1200 employees on October 30, 2023, part of a larger cost-cutting measure across all Sony studios. According to <i><a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_News" title="Bloomberg News">Bloomberg News</a></i>, revenue from <i>Destiny 2</i> fell by 45% over the previous year due to waning popularity of the game, and work on the next major expansion <i>The Final Shape</i> was not progressing as well as expected. As part of these layoffs, <i>The Final Shape</i> was delayed from February 2024 to June 2024, while their next game, <i>Marathon</i> was pushed into 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ign_2023_layoffs_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ign_2023_layoffs-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bungie had initiated legal action against AimJunkies, a group owned by Phoenix Digital that sold software that allowed for <a href="/wiki/Cheating_in_online_games" title="Cheating in online games">cheating</a> in <i>Destiny 2</i>, in 2021, asserting copyright infringement, violations of the <a href="/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act" title="Digital Millennium Copyright Act">Digital Millennium Copyright Act</a> (DMCA), and trafficking in DMCA-violating software;<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bungie's initial claims were dismissed but an amended lawsuit allowed the case to proceed. AimJunkies attempted to countersue on claims that Bungie has hacked into the computer of the user that had developed these cheats, but those were dismissed in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At trial, judge <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Samuel_Zilly" title="Thomas Samuel Zilly">Thomas Samuel Zilly</a> ruled that Bungie lacked sufficient evidence to allow the DMCA and trafficking claims to move forward but instead sent these complaints to arbitration, where Bungie was awarded $4.3 million in damages.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The copyright claims proceeded to a jury trial, which found for Bungie in May 2024. While Bungie was only awarded around $63,000, the revenue made by the sale of the cheat programs by AimJunkies, the result was considered to be significant as it was the first time a jury trial ruled in game cheating software and could carry as case law in future lawsuits. AimJunkies asserted their plan to appeal both the arbitration and trial judgement.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bungie announced the layoffs of 220 staff in July 2024, leaving about 850 employees remaining.<sup id="cite_ref-variety_2024_layoffs_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-variety_2024_layoffs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Future plans including transitioning 155 more into Sony directly. Parsons stated that they had to make this decision "after exhausting all other mitigation options", and that these layoffs would allow them "to refocus our studio and our business with more realistic goals and viable Financials", with focus on <i>Destiny</i> and <i>Marathon</i> going forward. Additionally, one of the unannounced games in a new IP that Bungie was developing will be transitioned to a new studio under PlayStation Studios.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to journalist <a href="/wiki/Jason_Schreier" title="Jason Schreier">Jason Schreier</a> in speaking with those at Bungie, the two rounds of layoffs had resulted from Bungie trying to explore too many new projects too quickly shortly after the Sony acquisition, hiring several new staff and drawing off <i>Destiny</i> developers to pursue these projects, with the expectation from management that they would be able to pull through with "Bungie magic" that the studio had been known for.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The following October, the Creative Studios arm of Bungie was moved and integrated into PlayStation Studios to help support other Sony live service games, though they would also continue to support <i>Destiny</i> and <i>Marathon</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bungie.net">Bungie.net</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bungie&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Bungie.net"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Bungie.net</b> serves as the main portal for interaction between company staff and the community surrounding Bungie's games. When Bungie was bought by Microsoft, the site was seen as in competition with Microsoft's own Xbox.com site, but community management eventually won out as the bigger concern.<sup id="cite_ref-inside_bungie_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inside_bungie-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The site has been redesigned several times.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During Bungie's involvement with the <i>Halo</i> franchise, the site recorded statistics for each game played.<sup id="cite_ref-bungie_podcast-_h3_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bungie_podcast-_h3-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This information included statistics on each player in the game,<sup id="cite_ref-bungie_podcast-_h3_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bungie_podcast-_h3-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and a map of the game level showing where kills occurred, called "heatmaps".<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On January 31, 2012, Bungie announced that, as of March 31, 2012, Bungie.net would no longer update <i>Halo</i> game statistics and <i>Halo</i> player service records, host new user-generated <i>Halo</i> content, or operate <i>Halo</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;</span>s "Bungie Pro" service. Bungie's cessation of these services on March 31 completed the transition process of all data for <i>Halo</i> games being managed by <a href="/wiki/343_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="343 Industries">343 Industries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bungie.net records player's statistics for their game franchise <i>Destiny</i>. In addition to the collection of data and the management of <i>Destiny</i> player's accounts, the website serves as a form of communication between Bungie and the community. </p><p>While Bungie had long provided places for fans to congregate and talk about games, as well as releasing new information and screenshots over Bungie.net, it historically had made less effort and been less successful at providing access to the inside workings of Bungie and its staff. As part of a move to become more familiar with fans, Bungie recruited recognized and respected voices from the fan community, including writers <a href="/wiki/Luke_Smith_(writer)" title="Luke Smith (writer)">Luke Smith</a>, Eric Osborne, and others. </p><p>Bungie also has an iOS and Google Play application that allows provides news, inventory management, and group finding for their game <i>Destiny</i> on the go.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bungie&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bungee_solo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Bungee_solo.png/200px-Bungee_solo.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Bungee_solo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="320" /></a><figcaption> The "Seven Steps for World Domination", an example of the work culture of Bungie</figcaption></figure> <p>Martin O'Donnell described Bungie's workplace culture as "a slightly irreverent attitude, and not corporate, bureaucratic or business-focused";<sup id="cite_ref-single_player_interview_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-single_player_interview-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> artist Shi Kai Wang noted that when he walked into Bungie for an interview, "I realized that I was the one who was over-dressed, [and] I knew this was the place I wanted to work".<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bungie's <a href="/wiki/Content_management" title="Content management">content manager</a> and podcast host, Frank O'Connor, comically noted that at a <a href="/wiki/GameStop" title="GameStop">GameStop</a> conference, the Bungie team was told to wear <a href="/wiki/Business_casual" title="Business casual">business casual</a>, to which O'Connor replied "We [Bungie] don't do business casual".<sup id="cite_ref-bungie_podcast-_h3_92-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bungie_podcast-_h3-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>This informal, creative culture was one of the reasons Microsoft was interested in acquiring Bungie,<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> although game designer <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Weisman" title="Jordan Weisman">Jordan Weisman</a> said that Microsoft came close to destroying the company's development culture, as it had with the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/FASA_Studio" title="FASA Studio">FASA Studio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Studio head Harold Ryan emphasized that even when Bungie was bought by Microsoft, the team was still independent: </p> <blockquote><p> One of the first things [Microsoft] tried after acquiring Bungie, after first attempting to fully assimilate them, was to move Bungie into a standard Microsoft building with the rest of the game group. But unlike the rest of the teams they'd brought in previously, Bungie didn't move into Microsoft corporate offices – we tore all of the walls out of that section of the building and sat in a big open environment. Luckily Alex and Jason [Seropian and Jones, Bungie's founders] were pretty steadfast at the time about staying somewhat separate and isolated.<sup id="cite_ref-single_player_interview_96-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-single_player_interview-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In 2007, Microsoft eventually moved the studio to <a href="/wiki/Kirkland,_Washington" title="Kirkland, Washington">Kirkland, Washington</a>, where it reincorporated as Bungie, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-single_player_interview_96-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-single_player_interview-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite the move, financial analyst Roger Ehrenberg declared the Bungie-Microsoft marriage "doomed to fail" due to these fundamental differences.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bungie also pointed out that it was tired of new <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> being cast aside to work on the <i>Halo</i> franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-single_player_interview_96-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-single_player_interview-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Edge_(magazine)" title="Edge (magazine)">Edge</a></i> described the typical Bungie employee as "simultaneously irreverent and passionately loyal; fiercely self-critical; full of excitement at the company's achievements, no matter how obscure; [and] recruited from its devoted fanbase".<sup id="cite_ref-inside_bungie_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inside_bungie-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Bungie workplace is highly informal, with new and old staff willing to challenge each other on topics, such as fundamental game elements. Staff are able to publicly criticize their own games and each other.<sup id="cite_ref-inside_bungie_90-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inside_bungie-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bungie_podcast-_allen_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bungie_podcast-_allen-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Fostering studio cooperation and competition, Bungie holds events such as the "Bungie Pentathlon", in which staff square off in teams playing games such as <i>Halo</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pictionary" title="Pictionary">Pictionary</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dance_Dance_Revolution" title="Dance Dance Revolution">Dance Dance Revolution</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Rock_Band_(video_game)" title="Rock Band (video game)">Rock Band</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bungie_podcast-_allen_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bungie_podcast-_allen-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bungie also faced off against professional <a href="/wiki/Esports" title="Esports">eSports</a> teams and other game studios in <i>Halo</i> during "<a href="/wiki/Wednesday" title="Wednesday">Humpdays</a>", with the results of the multiplayer matches being posted on Bungie.net.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bungie's staff and fans, known as the "Seventh Column", have banded together for charity and other causes. After <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>, Bungie was one of several game companies to announce its intention to help those affected by the hurricane, with Bungie donating the proceeds of special T-shirts to the <a href="/wiki/American_Red_Cross" title="American Red Cross">American Red Cross</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> after the <a href="/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake" title="2010 Haiti earthquake">2010 Haiti earthquake</a>, Bungie sold "Be a Hero" T-shirts and donated money to the Red Cross for every <i>Halo 3</i> or <i>ODST</i> player on Xbox Live who wore a special heart-shaped emblem.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other charity work Bungie has done included auctioning off a painting of "Mister Chief" by O'Connor,<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a <i>Halo 2</i> <a href="/wiki/Full-line_vending" title="Full-line vending">soda machine</a> from Bungie's offices,<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and collaborating with <a href="/wiki/Child%27s_Play_(charity)" title="Child&#39;s Play (charity)">Child's Play</a> auctions.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2011, Bungie formed a <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">nonprofit organization</a>, named Bungie Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2021, <i><a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a></i> reported from interviews with 26 former and current employees that there had been past and some current issues with a male-dominated work culture and <a href="/wiki/Crunch_(video_games)" title="Crunch (video games)">crunch time</a> that was discriminatory towards female employees since around 2011, but the company more recently had been working to improve these issues, previously parting ways with the majority of people mentioned in the article. Parsons wrote a response about Bungie's commitment to improve the workplace culture, which had aligned with statements from more recent employees that had spoken to <i>IGN</i>. Parsons apologized to any employee who "ever experienced anything less than a safe, fair, and professional working environment at Bungie", and stated of several efforts that the company was making to eliminate any type of "rockstar" attitude that may exist at the studio.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Games_developed">Games developed</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bungie&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Games developed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Bungie_video_games" title="List of Bungie video games">List of Bungie video games</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Platform </th></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><i><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Background_and_founding_(1990–1993)">Gnop!</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Classic Mac OS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Operation:_Desert_Storm_(video_game)" title="Operation: Desert Storm (video game)">Operation: Desert Storm</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Minotaur:_The_Labyrinths_of_Crete" title="Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete">Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pathways_into_Darkness" title="Pathways into Darkness">Pathways into Darkness</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marathon_(video_game)" title="Marathon (video game)">Marathon</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Apple_Pippin" title="Apple Pippin">Apple Pippin</a> (as <i>Super Marathon</i>), Classic Mac OS </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marathon_2:_Durandal" title="Marathon 2: Durandal">Marathon 2: Durandal</a></i> </td> <td>Apple Pippin (as <i>Super Marathon</i>), Classic Mac OS, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Marathon_Infinity" title="Marathon Infinity">Marathon Infinity</a></i> </td> <td>Classic Mac OS </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Myth:_The_Fallen_Lords" title="Myth: The Fallen Lords">Myth: The Fallen Lords</a></i> </td> <td>Classic Mac OS, Microsoft Windows </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Myth_II:_Soulblighter" title="Myth II: Soulblighter">Myth II: Soulblighter</a></i> </td> <td>Classic Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Linux </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Oni_(video_game)" title="Oni (video game)">Oni</a></i> </td> <td>Classic Mac OS, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, Microsoft Windows, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Halo:_Combat_Evolved" title="Halo: Combat Evolved">Halo: Combat Evolved</a></i> </td> <td>macOS, Microsoft Windows, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Halo_2" title="Halo 2">Halo 2</a></i> </td> <td>Microsoft Windows, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Halo_3" title="Halo 3">Halo 3</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="3">Xbox 360 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Halo_3:_ODST" title="Halo 3: ODST">Halo 3: ODST</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Halo:_Reach" title="Halo: Reach">Halo: Reach</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_(video_game)" title="Destiny (video game)">Destiny</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_4" title="PlayStation 4">PlayStation 4</a>, Xbox 360, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_One" title="Xbox One">Xbox One</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_2" title="Destiny 2">Destiny 2</a></i> </td> <td>Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_5" title="PlayStation 5">PlayStation 5</a>, Xbox One, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Series_X_and_Series_S" title="Xbox Series X and Series S">Xbox Series X/S</a>, <a href="/wiki/Google_Stadia" title="Google Stadia">Stadia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>TBA </td> <td><i>Marathon</i> </td> <td>Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>In addition to games, Bungie has developed its own game engine, originally named the Blam Engine for the <i>Halo</i> games, and then heavily modified and renamed as the Tiger Engine for <i>Destiny</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_companies">Related companies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bungie&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Related companies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many of Bungie's employees have left the company to form their own studios. <a href="/wiki/Double_Aught" title="Double Aught">Double Aught</a> was a short-lived company composed of several former Bungie team members, founded by Greg Kirkpatrick. Seropian left to form <a href="/wiki/Wideload_Games" title="Wideload Games">Wideload Games</a>, developer of <i><a href="/wiki/Stubbs_the_Zombie_in_Rebel_Without_a_Pulse" title="Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse">Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse</a></i>, and later co-founded <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Toys" title="Industrial Toys">Industrial Toys</a>. Other companies include Giant Bite, founded by Hamilton Chu (producer on <i>Halo</i> and <i>Oni</i>) and Michael Evans (project lead on <i>Oni</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Certain_Affinity" title="Certain Affinity">Certain Affinity</a>, founded by Max Hoberman (the multiplayer design lead for <i>Halo 2</i> and <i>Halo 3</i>). Certain Affinity's team included former Bungie employees David Bowman and Chad Armstrong (who later returned to Bungie). The studio collaborated with Bungie in releasing the last two downloadable maps for <i>Halo 2</i><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the downloadable Defiant Map Pack for <i>Halo: Reach</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/343_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="343 Industries">343 Industries</a>, a game studio formed by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> to manage the <i>Halo</i> series following the launch of <i>Halo: Reach,</i> also includes a few former Bungie employees, including Frank O'Connor.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2015, long-time Bungie employee <a href="/wiki/Martin_O%27Donnell" title="Martin O&#39;Donnell">Martin O'Donnell</a> started a new game studio known as Highwire Games.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2016, former Bungie CEO and studio head Harold Ryan founded a new game studio known as ProbablyMonsters.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bungie&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_3_games_(A%E2%80%93C)" title="List of PlayStation 3 games (A–C)">A–C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_3_games_(D%E2%80%93I)" title="List of PlayStation 3 games (D–I)">D–I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_3_games_(J%E2%80%93P)" title="List of PlayStation 3 games (J–P)">J–P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_3_games_(Q%E2%80%93Z)" title="List of PlayStation 3 games (Q–Z)">Q–Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_3_video_games" title="List of best-selling PlayStation 3 video games">Best-selling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cancelled_PlayStation_3_games" title="List of cancelled PlayStation 3 games">Cancelled</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">PS4</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_4_games_(A%E2%80%93L)" title="List of PlayStation 4 games (A–L)">A–L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_4_games_(M%E2%80%93Z)" title="List of PlayStation 4 games (M–Z)">M–Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_4_video_games" title="List of best-selling PlayStation 4 video games">Best-selling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_4_free-to-play_games" title="List of PlayStation 4 free-to-play games">Free-to-play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_VR_games" title="List of PlayStation VR games">PS VR games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cancelled_PlayStation_4_games" title="List of cancelled PlayStation 4 games">Cancelled</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">PS5</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_5_games" title="List of PlayStation 5 games">A–Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PlayStation_5_video_games" title="List of best-selling PlayStation 5 video games">Best-selling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_VR2_games" title="List of PlayStation VR2 games">PS VR2 games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">PSP</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Portable_games" title="List of PlayStation Portable games">A-Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_downloadable_PlayStation_Portable_games" title="List of downloadable PlayStation Portable games">Downloadable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_minis" title="List of PlayStation minis">PS minis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PSP_video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of best-selling PSP video games">Best selling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cancelled_PlayStation_Portable_games" title="List of cancelled PlayStation Portable games">Cancelled</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_PlayStation_Vita_games" title="Lists of PlayStation Vita games">PS Vita</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Vita_games_(A%E2%80%93D)" title="List of PlayStation Vita games (A–D)">A–D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Vita_games_(E%E2%80%93H)" title="List of PlayStation Vita games (E–H)">E–H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Vita_games_(I%E2%80%93L)" title="List of PlayStation Vita games (I–L)">I–L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Vita_games_(M%E2%80%93O)" title="List of PlayStation Vita games (M–O)">M–O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Vita_games_(P%E2%80%93R)" title="List of PlayStation Vita games (P–R)">P–R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Vita_games_(S)" title="List of PlayStation Vita games (S)">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Vita_games_(T%E2%80%93V)" title="List of PlayStation Vita games (T–V)">T–V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Vita_games_(W%E2%80%93Z)" title="List of PlayStation Vita games (W–Z)">W–Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cancelled_PlayStation_Vita_games" title="List of cancelled PlayStation Vita games">Cancelled</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Mobile_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of PlayStation Mobile games">PS Mobile</a></li> <li><a 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Controllers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PlayStation_controller" title="PlayStation controller">PlayStation controller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PlayStation_Mouse" title="PlayStation Mouse">PlayStation Mouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PlayStation_Analog_Joystick" title="PlayStation Analog Joystick">Analog Joystick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dual_Analog_Controller" title="Dual Analog Controller">Dual Analog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DualShock" title="DualShock">DualShock / DualSense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixaxis" title="Sixaxis">Sixaxis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PlayStation_Move" title="PlayStation Move">PlayStation Move</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cameras</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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title="Zoo Tycoon">Zoo Tycoon</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Subsidiaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Coalition_(company)" title="The Coalition (company)">The Coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compulsion_Games" title="Compulsion Games">Compulsion Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_Fine" title="Double Fine">Double Fine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halo_Studios" title="Halo Studios">Halo Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Initiative_(company)" title="The Initiative (company)">The Initiative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/InXile_Entertainment" title="InXile Entertainment">inXile Entertainment</a></li> <li><a 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