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| '''Bungie Studios''' is a [[Wikipedia:Video game/Developer|video game developer]] founded in [[Wikipedia:1991]] under the name Bungie Software. For much of the [[Wikipedia:1990s]] they developed a series of increasingly technically detailed [[Wikipedia:first person shooter]] (FPS) games for the [[Wikipedia:Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]], the most famous being the ''[[Wikipedia:Marathon (computer game)|Marathon]]'' series, following this with the acclaimed ''[[Wikipedia:Myth (computer game)|Myth]]'' tactical-combat series for both the Mac and [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]]. Bungie games were particularly well-loved by players due to their complex backstories which often left more unanswered than revealed.
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| In [[Wikipedia:1999]] they announced their next product was a return to the FPS genre, with a world-beating physics and [[wikipedia:Artificial intelligence|AI]] system, to be known as ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo]]'' and to be released at the same time on both the Mac and Windows. On [[Wikipedia:June 19]], [[Wikipedia:2000]], [[Wikipedia:Microsoft]] announced that they had acquired Bungie Software and that Bungie would become a part of the [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Game Division]] (subsequently renamed [[Microsoft Game Studios]]) under the name Bungie Studios. The original versions were soon delayed and the game was re-purposed for the [[Xbox]], with the Mac and Windows versions only shipping two years later when it was no longer the renowned product it would have been in late [[wikipedia:2000]]. The [[Xbox]] version of Halo received the [[wikipedia:Game of the Year]] and [[wikipedia:Console Game of the Year]] awards for 2002 from the [[wikipedia:Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]], is known as a system seller and as of 2004 is still a videogame bestseller. ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' has been one of the most critically acclaimed games over the last three years, and its sequel ''[[Halo 2]]'' has been called the 'most anticipated game of all time' by [[Wikipedia:IGN]] [[Xbox]].
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| Their offices were originally based in Chicago, Illinois. After Microsoft's acquisition, they moved into the Microsoft Campus at Redmond, Washington.
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| While not directly behind the program, Bungie oversaw and 'signed off' on the [[Haunted Apiary]] puzzle, named after the address of the 'hacked' [http://www.ilovebees.com bee-keeping website] around which the game revolves briefly appeared in the ''[[Halo 2]]'' [[Wikipedia:Trailer (Movie)|theatrical trailer]]. They provided the Haunted Apiary designers with the "Halo Bible", allowing the story to fit to Bungie's specifics.
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| ==Bungie Mythos==
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| Bungie, like many production companies, puts references to older games in newer games. Unlike others, many of these references hint or imply that a great deal of Bungie's games operate in similar or identical universes. Most well known of this is the connection between the [[wikipedia:Marathon (computer game)|Marathon]] universe and the [[Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo]] universe, which share a great deal of similar names and themes.
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| While most believed that Bungie would never add a direct connection between these two games (just as they did not for Marathon and [[Pathways Into Darkness]]), its interesting to note that the [[Haunted Apiary]] puzzle did add a substantial connection between the [[wikipedia:Marathon (computer game)|Marathon]] universe and the [[Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo]] universe: [[wikipedia:Rampancy]] can happen to AIs in both universes.
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| Another interesting fact about Bungie is their use of the number seven. Many of these are more obvious than others, including [[343 Guilty Spark]] (7 x 7 x 7 = 343), [[wikipedia:Pfhor]] Battle Group 7, and their official fan club, the 7th Column, but some of these are amusingly subtle: the [[wikipedia:Marathon (computer game)|Marathon]] colony ship was a hollowed out [[wikipedia:Deimos (moon)|Deimos]] - first discovered in 1877 and first photographed in 1977.
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| ==Bungie games==
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Gnop!]]'' (1990)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Operation Desert Storm (computer game)|Operation Desert Storm]]'' (1991)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Minotaur The Labyrinths of Crete|Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete]]'' (1992)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Pathways Into Darkness]]'' (1993)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Marathon (computer game)|Marathon]]'' (1994)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Marathon 2|Marathon 2: Durandal]]'' (1995)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Marathon Infinity]]'' (1996)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Myth The Fallen Lords|Myth: The Fallen Lords]]'' (1997)
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| * ''[[wikipedia:Myth II Soulblighter|Myth II: Soulblighter]]'' (1998)
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| * ''[[Wikipedia:Oni (game)|Oni]]'' (2001)
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| * ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' (2001)
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| * ''[[Wikipedia:Pimps At Sea]]'' (2002])
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| * ''[[Halo 2]]'' (2004)
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| == External links ==
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| * [http://www.bungie.com Official homepage]
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| * [http://www.bungie.net/stats/ Official Halo 2 Stats page]
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| * [http://www.bungie.net Bungie's multiplayer-gaming portal]
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| * [http://www.bungie.org Unofficial Bungie fan site]
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| * [http://highimpacthalo.org Halo tricks website]
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| * [http://source.bungie.org ''Marathon'' source-code site]
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| * [http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/01/18/0819252&mode=thread&tid=117 ''Marathon 2'' under the] [[GPL]]
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| * [http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/19/1326236&mode=thread&tid=127 Bungie bought by Microsoft]
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| * [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Jun00/BungiePR.asp Microsoft to Acquire Bungie Software press release]
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| * [http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/09/21/1549251&mode=thread&tid=109 Microsoft unhappy with Bungie's use of Linux on servers]
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| * [http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/09/023204&mode=thread&tid=127 Source code for ''Myth 2''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s server released]
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