Tag Archives: publisher

Bungie announces 10-year “exclusive partnership” with Activision

April 29, 2010News, TechnologyActivision, Bungie, developer, partnership, publisher, Video gamesScott Meisner

Today Halo developer Bungie announced a partnership with Call of Duty publisher Activision. To be more specific, it’s a “10-year exclusive [worldwide] partnership to bring Bungie’s next big action game universe to market.” This means that for the foreseeable future, Activision will retain exclusive rights to publish all the games related to whatever Bungie has in store for us (a new Halo trilogy, perhaps?). Also noteworthy, the announcement states that Activision also has the rights to distribute these games “on multiple platforms and devices”, meaning Bungie might finally cut its exclusive ties with Microsoft. The partnership keeps Bungie an independent company and Bungie devs will continue to own their intellectual property. Over at Bungie.net the devs share their excitement: “We are still Bungie, still independent, and now we are free to bring our stories to an ever bigger audience.” With powerhouse titles under their belts, hopefully this unexpected partnership will result in some exciting new games for all major platforms. Call of Halo? Halo Duty? Guitar Halo? Sorry, I had to do it.

Look after the break for the official PR statement and a word from Bungie.

[Via Joystiq; Bungie] Continue reading Bungie announces 10-year “exclusive partnership” with Activision →

Quote of the Year (so far)

September 3, 2009News, TechnologyGrand Theft Auto, GTA, GTA V, publisher, quote, sequel, Take-Two Interactive, Video gamesScott Meisner

Take-Two Interactive’s Chairman Strauss Zelnick on the release of the next true Grand Theft Auto sequel, GTA V:

“We’re not going to announce it. We’re not going to announce when we’re going to announce it. And we’re not going to announce a strategy about announcing it or about when we’re going to announce it either, or about the announcement strategy surrounding the announcement of the strategy.”

Nobody is squeezing any information about a new GTA game from this guy, huh?

[Via IGN]

Prison Break, the video game?

August 13, 2009News, Technology, TelevisionPrison Break, publisher, Video gamesScott Meisner

While I am still mourning the series finale of FOX’s Prison Break, its name has popped up in the world of video games. Publisher Deep Silver is set to make the Prison Break game for “next-gen consoles and the PC.” There is no word on a release date. I am not sure how I feel about a video game based on Prison Break, a coveted TV show of mine. If it is done right and can shed some light on lingering mysteries of Season 1, I have no doubt it will have fans of the show flock to game stores to pick it up. I will keep my head to the ground for this one.

According to Gamespot: “Prison Break the game features a storyline that runs parallel with the first season of Fox’s TV series. The game follows Company agent Tom Paxton, who is sent to Fox River State Penitentiary to investigate why TV series protagonist Michael Scofield is doing time for bank robbery. The game incorporates a number of characters from the TV show and also depicts a number of climactic first-season events from Paxton’s perspective.”

[Via Gamespot]