Here are more links to articles on Bungie's bombshell announcement:
Nobody asked Bungie about the rumored separation in the thread for this week's update, but Frankie dished on it anyway. Effective October 1, Bungie is an independent company with a long-term publishing agreement with Microsoft Game Studios for Halo games.
GameDailyBiz interviewed Frankie about Bungie's new status.
Kotaku conducted a short email interview with Brian "SketchFactor" Jarrard to find out what's next for Bungie.
7th Columnist reposts the press release and invites community comments.
The Hushed Casket also reposts the press release, with reader comments.
8bitjoystick, who broke the story originally, gets to say I told you so.
For other stories, see:
- XboxSolution
- PlanetXbox360
- Xbox360Fanboy
- Major Nelson
- Slashdot
- Kikizo
- MTV Multiplayer Blog
- The Escapist
Mainstream media have also picked up the story:
The Macintosh press is having a field day with the news, given Bungie's track record as an independent game developer with its roots on the Mac platform:
There's not much commentary yet, but John Dvorak weighed in, apparently just before the announcement went public.
Louis Wu at HBO responds with wonga as he is wont to do. There are also threads (one, two) in the HBO Forum.
On behalf of Rampancy's founder, Ferrex, I'll say zang as I'm sure he would have, or perhaps even has at some time in the recent past, deep within Bungie's headquarters for world domination. Perhaps even kudos are in order.