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 ==Overview==
-After [[Bungie]] separated from [[Microsoft]] to become and independent studio in [[2007]], the intellectual property rights to the ''Halo'' franchise remained with Microsoft. In [[2010]], Bungie announced that ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' would be their last ''Halo'' game and that all future games in the series would be developed by 343 Industries.<ref>[http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/108/1086915p1.html '''IGN''': ''Halo: Reach Will Be Bungie's Last Halo Game'']</ref> Since its establishment in 2007, several Bungie employees have transferred to 343, including [[Frank O'Connor]] and [[Chad Armstrong]]. In addition, 343 Industries has hired several of its employees from the ''Halo'' community, including [[Jeremy Patenaude]] and [[Jacob Benton]] of [[Ascendant Justice (blog)|Ascendant Justice]] and [[Jessica Shea]] of Hawty McBloggy.
+After [[Bungie]] separated from [[Microsoft]] to become an independent studio in [[2007]], the intellectual property rights to the ''Halo'' franchise remained with Microsoft. In [[2010]], Bungie announced that ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' would be their last ''Halo'' game and that all future games in the series would be developed by 343 Industries.<ref>[http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/108/1086915p1.html '''IGN''': ''Halo: Reach Will Be Bungie's Last Halo Game'']</ref> Since its establishment in 2007, several Bungie employees have transferred to 343, including [[Frank O'Connor]] and [[Chad Armstrong]]. In addition, 343 Industries has hired several of its employees from the ''Halo'' community, including [[Jeremy Patenaude]] and [[Jacob Benton]] of [[Ascendant Justice (blog)|Ascendant Justice]] and [[Jessica Shea]] of Hawty McBloggy.
 's first project was [[Halo Waypoint]], a downloadable [[Xbox LIVE]] application developed in conjunction with [[Certain Affinity]] and released in [[2009]]. Its content is also available on the official ''Halo'' website at [[Xbox.com]]. Certain Affinity also created the maps in the [[Defiant Map Pack]], the first [[map pack]] to be released by 343. Their current major projects include ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', developed in conjunction with [[Wikipedia:Saber Interactive|Saber Interactive]], and ''[[Halo 4]]'', the first game in a new trilogy. In 2010, 343 released their first official podcast, entitled [[343 Sparkast]]. After Bungie announced they would discontinue ''Halo''-related [[Bungie Weekly Update]]s in [[2011|July 7, 2011]], 343 Industries started publishing the [[Halo Bulletin]], a weekly writeup of ''Halo'' news.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/headline/the-halo-bulletin-61511/73664 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 6/15/11'']</ref>