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

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Desroko said:

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.

He didn't hint.  He outright said there were big names behind it.  I think it's kind of ridiculous to think he's lying at this point after he has shown the footage.  If there weren't big names behind it he wouldn't have said that.  He's not some giant BSing retard.  He's a journalist.