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July 17, 2008

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Bungie cancels product announcement

Posted Jul. 17, ’08, 4:40 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Games

Marathon Bungie, formerly a Mac community favorite company, was building towards a new product announcement this year at E3. The 14th was teased to be the day something was to be revealed, but that wasn’t to be.

According to the game developer, their publisher pulled the plug on the announcement. While that’s certainly true, it’s upsetting for fans of the company.

It’s probably the Mac fanboy in me, but Bungie just hasn’t been the same since it got bought up by Microsoft. They’re independent once again from a business perspective, but their business seems to still be tied to the company. Indeed, Microsoft’s E3 press briefing was scheduled for the same day. They made no announcement either, forcing me to wonder if Microsoft was the one that pulled the plug.

I remember when Bungie made Marathon. I can still hear the cheesy screams of “they’re everywhere”.


3 Comments

Nick said:

Ha!

Honestly, were you supposed to protect those guys? I could never resist dropping one or two of them around the third "TheYY'REE EEEveRRRywhEREE!"

July 17, 2008 5:16 AM
Rob said:

Frog blast the vent core!

July 20, 2008 8:22 AM
james said:

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! (While burning)

July 21, 2008 11:44 AM

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