Did Microsoft Always Own Rights To Halo?

Did Microsoft always own the rights to the Halo series or did Bungie make a deal during their plan to separate? I was kinda hoping the Halo series to go multiplat but I just learned Microsoft still owns the Halo brand. Anyone know Bungies next project?

I would go out a buy a 360 right now just for Halo Reach but I wont give into the $50 XBL fee.

Halo was first a Mac rts

Halo was first a Mac rts

gamer-adam1

I would go out a buy a 360 right now just for Halo Reach but I wont give into the $50 XBL fee.

erglesmergle

I'd recommend more than just Reach, I recommend the entire series.

As far as how long Microsoft has owned Halo? They probably obtained the rights after Combat Evolved launch, but I don't know.

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Halo was first a Mac rts

lawlessx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN9vO_gRzoIIt features Master Chief riding a dinasaur.

And from wikipedia:

Originally developed as areal-time strategygame for theApple Macintoshplatform, Halo: Combat Evolved went through several iterations before arriving at the console first person shooter for which it is recognised.[11]When the developer was bought byMicrosoftin 2001, the game was rapidly finished and became anXboxlaunch title and platform exclusive.

Ignoring it doesn't make it untrue or go away.

was it even called halo at the time before microsoft brought them? im pretty sure it was under a different name. Fact of the matter is the first person shooter we all know as halo always belonged to microsoft.

was it even called halo at the time before microsoft brought them? im pretty sure it was under a different name. Fact of the matter is the first person shooter we all know as halo always belonged to microsoft.

lawlessx

The first screen shots i saw for Halo were in PC magazine around 1999 i believe.

halo was supposed to be a playstation 2 title , so your answer is a no , ,

they never always owned it , they bought the rights which stopped the ps2 version ,

but they didnt own it first

I think I read in an old issue of Game Informer (2000 or so) that Halo was at one point a 3rd person shooter for the Xbox, PS2, and PC. But Microsoft aquired the company and turned it into the greatest Xbox exclusive.

Microsoft bought Bungie when Bungie owned it, and now Microsoft owns the IP post break up, so yea they've pretty much always owned it.

So when Halo: Combat Evolved was released, Bungie and the Halo IP was not owned by Microsoft right?

Edit: No, Microsoft bought Bungie wihle Halo: CE was going to be a MAC game. Why would Microsoft invest money in this company and this IP? The only thing Bungie could be known for was its RTS games and it only had a few.

So when Halo: Combat Evolved was released, Bungie and the Halo IP was not owned by Microsoft right?

erglesmergle

Bungie and the Halo IP were owned by MS when Halo: Combat Evolved was released.

So when Halo: Combat Evolved was released, Bungie and the Halo IP was not owned by Microsoft right?

Edit: No, Microsoft bought Bungie wihle Halo: CE was going to be a MAC game. Why would Microsoft invest money in this company and this IP? The only thing Bungie could be known for was its RTS games and it only had a few.

erglesmergle

Sorry, if you want Reach, you need a X360.