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Posted by: Deus_Ex_Machina
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But nothing has confirmed Bungie making an MMO, other than speculation. Bungie signed the deal because they wanted someone that would just give them money to make a game, and then allow Bungie to keep the IP.
Let me emphasize: Nobody has confirmed an MMO. Speculation over Staten's weird statements and Blizzard answering theoretical questions are why people are shouting "MMO!"
Oh, and Bungie said that the studio was working on a NEW universe. NEW. Not Marathon, not Halo (duhhh), not Myth, Oni, PiD, or P@S.
Posted by: Traxus 04
Blizzard have expertise AND infrastructure in place to run MMO games, and that may very well be the reason Bungie signed a deal with them. In the case of most games, the publisher is more or less irrelevant except for funding, but in the case of MMOs the publisher becomes much more involved.
Anyway, here's a thought: the new Bungie game will be set on board Marathon, except *during* it's journey to Tau Ceti. So it will be an MMO, but with a timeline already in place. Eventually the ship would reach Tau Ceti and the MMO community (who by this time would have honed their combat and trading and organisation skills) would get to play out the destiny of the human colonists in their battle with the Phor (whether on Marathon or planet side).