It's official: Bungie is no longer owned by Microsoft.

[Desroko]

sieanr said:

BenKenobi88 said:
So I don't understand why Halo DS got cancelled...maybe it's in the works again?

I'm not a huge Halo person...but it's totally different on a handheld.

Halo DS was never really in design proposal. What IGN showed was a working concept, used by a company to try and get the Halo license - and that stuff happens all the time when companies want access to a franchise.

 Matt C. always hinted that somebody big was behind the Halo Ds proposal. Personally, I doubt it. A spec demo like that is unlikely to come from an established company. It reminds me of the no-name Europena outfit that was going around claiming they were making a Ghostbusters game, when all they had was an unlicensed demo.