Bungie and Activision Announce Exclusive, Worldwide Partnership

[selnor]

JaggedSac said:

selnor said:

Yeah it is sad though. Alot of guys at Bunie wanted the company to be free and independant. So will they leave now a much worse Activision is at the helm? This is all gonna go horribly wrong. I just hope before it does thatall devs jump ship to 343. 343 has got some big names from Bungie already. SOme are staying to finish Reach and move after. I think M$ are planning a big Halo 4 for next gen. Reach will be the last on 360.

Activision is not at the helm of Bungie.  They are at the helm of 1 IP that Bungie is working on.  One would hope that Bungie managed to get at least a good deal of creative freedom in their contract.  And we should all hope that Bungie employees do not start jumping ship(and I am certain that they will not), because Bungie is world class and we want them to stay that way regardless of publisher.  It is all about games, is it not?

If indeed Activision keep there bloody noses out, then yeah all is well. But there is 20 or so devs moving to 343 to continue on Halo. So I cant see the next game necessarily being a FPS. Lets be honest. A new FPS even by Bungie would be crazy against Halo.