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I was doing a little research on the cortana letters, and in an old forum i came across this guy nathan who used to work for bungie. He was writing is farewell letter for he was leaving to finish up college and in the letter he stated this:

Oct 20, 1999 (Wednesday)


Thanks to all the people who wrote in about the news that Nathan Bitner is leaving Bungie. You can read his farewell address on either the halo.bungie.org forums or the Core forums. Here's the text:


A Goodbye - Sort of
Posted By: Nathan <nathan@bungie.com>
Date: 20 Oct 1999, 11:39 a.m.

Dear Bungie Fans and other Forum readers,

This letter has been very difficult to write and it's taken me a long time just to try to get a first sentence that sounds right. So, instead of painstakingly going over the details, I'm just going to write with (for Rob: RECKLESS ABANDON LIKE I DID MANY MOONS AGO :).

It is with some sadness that I write to tell you that Friday, October 22, will be my last day working for Bungie. I have received an opportunity....

(skip to the bottom of the letter)

...have only good memories of all that's happened at Bungie É and it is because of the people that I worked with and the products that we made together. This company is surging ahead with three incredible projects in the wings É and I wish ALL of them and all of YOU the best of luck. (end of letter)

Three incredible projects? Since that date bungie has only released 2 projects and recently unveiled a the 3rd one which appears to be the last in the series. So is it possible that they have been working on all 3 at the same time? It seems that they at least maybe had the story for all 3 complete at the very beggining, but perhaps they were already designing levels, characters, weapons, etc... Just thought that was kind of intriguing. Post your thoughts on this.


[Edited on 6/3/2006]

  • 06.03.2006 10:30 AM PDT
Subject: Bungie- Working on Halo 3 since 1999 or earlier?
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Pheonix, I'll guess, or some other project that we never heard about that was cancelled early in development.

  • 06.03.2006 10:35 AM PDT
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correction: they've been working on the halo universe since 1999 but not Halo 3

  • 06.03.2006 10:37 AM PDT
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Never Underestimate the Power of Nerds.

They've had the storyline since Halo:CE, but started to work on Halo 3 right after Halo 2.

  • 06.03.2006 10:37 AM PDT
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But wasn't this about the time that bungie was sure that halo was going to be an xbox game. I doubt they would still have 3 projects up in the air while working frantically to make this a launch title.

  • 06.03.2006 10:37 AM PDT

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I can understand that the story has been made but still the bungie dude said 3 PROJECTS. What where the other 2 and what happened to them if they weren't halo 2 and 3.

  • 06.03.2006 10:43 AM PDT
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Posted by: gruntythirst77
I can understand that the story has been made but still the bungie dude said 3 PROJECTS. What where the other 2 and what happened to them if they weren't halo 2 and 3.

Myth II, Oni, and Halo would probably be the three.

  • 06.03.2006 10:46 AM PDT
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I agree with Myth II, Oni and Halo. Oni came out i early 2001, I believe. Halo was announced in 1999.

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What I sent you, Ashwalker, was not spam. It was an invitation to the group Popular Fusion.

  • 06.03.2006 11:04 AM PDT

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Ahh I see, I didn't know oni was so recent.

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What I sent you, Ashwalker, was not spam. It was an invitation to the group Popular Fusion.

Sorry, I can't read this because I politely blocked you.

Back to t he topic on hand. Yes, Oni was pretty recent. Such potential in that game. Just didn't quite work.

  • 06.03.2006 12:51 PM PDT
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Pimps at Sea!!

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Posted by: MasterCheif002
What I sent you, Ashwalker, was not spam. It was an invitation to the group Popular Fusion.

Sorry, I can't read this because I politely blocked you.

Back to t he topic on hand. Yes, Oni was pretty recent. Such potential in that game. Just didn't quite work.


Jerk.

  • 06.03.2006 1:17 PM PDT