Bungie, Inc.

Bungie, Inc., formerly known as Bungie Software Products Coporation prior to their partnership with Microsoft, is a video game company that formed in 1991. Bungie is well-known for being largely community-based, often playing with fans and supporting independent video developers, who use their games as a tool to record their videos.
== History ==
During the 1990s, Bungie developed a series of first-person shooters for the Macintosh. The most famous of them was the Marathon series. Following Marathon, Bungie developed the acclaimed Mythos series for both the Macintosh and Windows. These games were particularly liked because of their complex back stories, which often left more mysteries unexplained than revealed.
In 1997, Bungie established a branch in California called Bungie West. The studio did not last long and was shut down in 2000. Bungie West developed one game, Oni.
In 1999, Bungie announced their return to first-person shooters with a world-beating physics system and AI system. On June 19, 2000, Microsoft announced that they had acquired Bungie and it would become part of the Microsoft Game Division, later to be known as Microsoft Game Studios. This delayed the releases of their game, later to be known as Halo: Combat Evolved, so it could be released on the Xbox. 
On October 5, 2007, Bungie and Microsoft announced the end of their partnership. This made Bungie an independent company once again and renaming themselves Bungie, Limited Liability Corporation. However, the Halo intellectual property remained with Microsoft.
On April 29, 2010, Bungie entered an exclusive ten year partnership with Activision.
On June 30, 2011, Bungie announced their new partner program with social and mobile developers, known as Bungie Aerospace. Bungie Aerospace will give these developers "creative freedom and the resources they need, like access to the Bungie.net platform and an audience with the incredible Bungie community."
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