- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Spec_Ops_Assault
I wonder what many people's reactions would have been like if Bungie was still autonomous and owned full control to the Halo IP, and did the same thing. ? Would they really be willing to such fan involvment? I suppose if they were still small they could perhaps license it out to further the name, but I doubt they would even do that. Halo is their baby. Not to say that these guys at Slipstream aren't good and all, but Bungie has always been such a secretive bunch when it comes to their games.
But I can't help but remember how in a weekly update a few weeks ago how it was stated that Frankie did a public convention on the importance of community involvment in video games. Such a contradiction. Best of luck to the former developers.
Microsoft may own it, but doesn't Bungie still exert the most creative control over the Halo canon? I am just curious: Legally, how does Bungie fit into the control of Halo. How do they keep things Bungied when working in the series with Microsoft. So to speak,"Keep them at bay." Maybe this is answered simply with the story bible in full completion.
I agree. I think Bungie would have done the same thing, they're overprotective with all of their games, they won't even tell us where the easter eggs are in all of them. Bungie would have shut down this project as well if they had the power to, and they would've come up with an excuse to give to the community. Face it, Halogen should've have been making this project in the first place, when they do something like that they oppose Bill Gates and Microsoft. They were foolish to attempt it in the first place, and I don't feel sorry for them for having to stop working on it and having wasted three years of their lives.
[Edited on 9/19/2006]