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Bungie's announcement canceled, confirming once again that E3 sucks
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sableholic
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CowboyAstronaut said:
Considering MS has first rights on publishing wouldn't that be quite a stretch for people to believe?
urk said:
but MS is the evil and pulled it out of spite and as payback
darkressurection
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BACKPEDAL ENGAGED!urk said:
BakedPigeon
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If Matrick is just going to spill the fucking beans anyways by blurting these short confirming remarks about another Halo being announced, why the fuck cant we just hear the real deal from Bungie. People will know it and buy it whether they make it a big announcement or not.
That was a real shitty thing you did to bungie, MS.
That was a real shitty thing you did to bungie, MS.
frontieruk
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Erm wasn't the announcement supposed to be made Wednesday not Monday, that's Microsoft talking shit again... If they decided to pull it monday Bungie would of been told, corporate communications aren't that bad...
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urk said:
Still doesn't explain why they put the kibosh on the B.net unvealing. But at least we've got the reason why it wasn't at E3.
Domino Theory
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With Mattrick wanting a "dedicated" event to this news, an X08 seems more and more likely this year, but that means we'll have to wait another two months for more information/unveiling.
Damn it.
Damn it.
I love Gamasutras title for this article:
Bungie Cancels Announcement, Microsoft Confirms New Halo Game
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19436
It's like ummm awesome but sad/confusing at the same time. :lol
Bungie Cancels Announcement, Microsoft Confirms New Halo Game
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19436
It's like ummm awesome but sad/confusing at the same time. :lol
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Deleted member 21120
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:lol :lolQuazar said:
It looks like both IGN and Gamespot had to divert from their original schedules, I wonder if that had anything to do with the botched Bungie announcement, I know Skip was going to have Luke on 1 Up Yours, but that fell through. Wow, what a terrible job Microsoft has done with all of this. I hope they learn their lesson... but they probably didn't.
The only good thing I see out of this is that we are going to be in for a great show when M-Soft wants to unleash Forza 3, Bungie's new title, and (dare I say it) Ninja Blade on us.
The only good thing I see out of this is that we are going to be in for a great show when M-Soft wants to unleash Forza 3, Bungie's new title, and (dare I say it) Ninja Blade on us.
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I wish that entire block was a direct quote from Mattrick.
If they wanted to trim anything off it should've been all that shit in the middle of the conference. Instead of Bungie they had some cheap singer out there for forever.urk said:
Well they better let Bungie announce it before or at PAX because it Bungie's PAX plans are ruined I'll be pretty pissed.Domino Theory said:With Mattrick wanting a "dedicated" event to this news, an X08 seems more and more likely this year, but that means we'll have to wait another two months for more information/unveiling.
Damn it.
What's crazy is that this was their big chance to pimp both of their huge franchises at one event. If they would have started the conference with Gears 2 and ended the conference with the new Bungie product they would have truly walked away from this E3 with positive press from everyone. I still think the FF13 announcement was amazing, but why hold back? Especially if it is only for a couple of months. Ah... this whole situation boggles the mind.
Another Halo game? Boo. This was no doubt forced upon them by Microsoft....I can't see Bungie wanting to make another one.
It also somewhat extinguishes my hope for a Live-enabled version of Halo, since that wouldn't even require Bungie's involvement.
Because they still blew away the competition. They didn't need Halo for that, so they saved it for another day.
It also somewhat extinguishes my hope for a Live-enabled version of Halo, since that wouldn't even require Bungie's involvement.
jacobs34 said:
Because they still blew away the competition. They didn't need Halo for that, so they saved it for another day.
Proelite
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GavinGT said:
Bungie is independent so they can't be forced to make any new game. There are a significant portion of Bungie that can't leave Halo so they're working on 3 projects at once. Microsoft has first right of refusal for all these projects, and they chose to fund the New Halo game. They also own the Halo ip so technically they could let any studio make a Halo game.
Well, looks like I gave MS too much credit. Someone somewhere in PR should fry for this one. Not only did they give the fans a big FU, they screwed Bungie by stealing their thunder and announcing the game anyhow in the stupidest way possible. Unbelievable.
No way will this not hurt Bungie and Microsoft's relationship.
No way will this not hurt Bungie and Microsoft's relationship.
PhatSaqs said:
Wait, what?
If they don't really care so much about us knowing what's coming maybe they should have let the developers reveal the god damn thing in the first place. It's Bungie's many man hours of work gone to waste regarding this announcement, not Microsoft's.
Either way it wouldn't have avoided the situation whether Bungie had called them out on it or not.
Proelite said:
They are under contract to make two titles to be published by Microsoft. The details are private, so we don't know if these are holdovers from when Microsoft has ownership or part of the bargaining process that resulted in the break, but they are certainly obligated.
I love how Mattrick says he wanted to save the announcement for a more fitting venue where focus could be placed on Bungie's new title, yet earlier today he revealed that the title is indeed a Halo project in the most unceremonious way possible.
artredis1980
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Mashing said:
as if sony takes better care of thier products . bungie is just egoistic
Was MS wrong for cancelling the announcement after all the build up? I guess that depends on if you buy and/or agree with their reasoning. Even if you think it was wrong it still didnt have to go down the road it did. Bungies letter pretty much forced MS to answer questions as to why it happened since they didnt care to mask it with a simple apology and "just wait a little longer please."Wallach said:
Given all that, Mattrick is retarded for saying what it is.
PhatSaqs said:
If Bungie had been vague about what happened, it doesn't mean the questions weren't going to get asked, just that those questions would wind up being directed at Bungie themselves instead of Microsoft. Bungie would have had to dodge all of them to avoid revealing Microsoft being the cause, and for what? It's hard to imagine they really feel that any respect was paid to them in the first place given that Microsoft gave them the go-ahead at some point to begin this reveal campaign and just pulled it at the last second with what seems like little or no regard for the amount of work that was put into it.
They deserve to field those questions if they are going to be as ham-fisted as this in their relationships with developers this close to them.
mikekennyb
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An event like this really brings home the reasons why Bungie would want to split from Microsoft.
abacab driver
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Jtyettis said:
He's talking about the GTA content.
Heres the quote:
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It's a smart move. They will talk about Halo and GTA at their own 360-specific event, probably this fall.
"God's Beard!"
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So we could have had an epic 150 minute rapefest of the competition, but instead Don Mattrick decides it's ok to just squeeze ahead of the other 2 with FFXIII? I'm sure announcing Halo 4 and GTA: Whatever would have pleased the stockholders just as much as two separate shows, if not even moreso when so easily compared to Sony and Nintendo's showing.
So stupid. Microsoft decides not to show Bungie's new game nor allow Bungie to reveal the game themselves, and yet they offhandedly reveal that the game is a Halo game.
The people at Bungie must be fuming right now. We weren't sure it was a Halo game at all until today, and then Mattrick goes ahead and lets the cat out of the bag. Nice work.
Well, I guess we know why Alan Tudyk and the rest of the Firefly gang were in recording new voice work at Bungie recently.
The people at Bungie must be fuming right now. We weren't sure it was a Halo game at all until today, and then Mattrick goes ahead and lets the cat out of the bag. Nice work.
Well, I guess we know why Alan Tudyk and the rest of the Firefly gang were in recording new voice work at Bungie recently.
Domino Theory
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Ether_Snake said:
That's fucking lame. We were supposed to know about Bungie's project 11hrs ago. We were all supposed to be gitty, surprised, amazed, speculative. But that's all gone to a later date just because Microsoft felt what they had was enough.
Yeah, Microsoft, I want avatars and fat chicks shaking their asses over Bungie's project.
Read me like a book.