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Bungie
Bungie, Inc. is an American video game company based in Bellevue, Washington, and a subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment. The company was established in May 1991 by Alex Seropian, who later brought in programmer Jason Jones (programmer), Jason Jones after publishing Jones's game ''Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete''. Originally based in Chicago, Illinois, the company concentrated on Macintosh games during its early years and created two successful video game franchises called ''Marathon Trilogy, Marathon'' and ''Myth (video game series), Myth''. An offshoot studio, Bungie West, produced ''Oni (video game), Oni'', published in 2001 and owned by Take-Two Interactive, which held a 19.9% ownership stake at the time. Microsoft acquired Bungie in 2000, and its project ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' was repurposed as a Glossary of video game terms#Launch title, launch title for Microsoft's Xbox (console), Xbox console. ''Halo'' became the Xbox's "Killer application, killer app", se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destiny (video Game)
''Destiny'' is an Online game, online first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie. It was released worldwide on September 9, 2014, for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One consoles. ''Destiny'' marked Bungie's first new console franchise since the ''Halo (series), Halo'' series, and it was the first game in a ten-year agreement between Bungie and Activision. Set in a "mythological science fiction" world, the game features a multiplayer persistent world, "shared-world" environment with elements of Role-playing video game, role-playing games. Activities in ''Destiny'' are divided among player versus environment (PvE) and player versus player (PvP) game types. In addition to normal story level (video gaming), missions, PvE features three-player "Military strike, strikes" and six-player Raid (gaming), raids. A nonlinear gameplay, free roam patrol mode is also available for each destination which feature public events. PvP features objective-based modes, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myth (video Game Series)
''Myth'' is a series of real-time tactics video games for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. There are three main games in the series: ''Myth: The Fallen Lords'' (1997), ''Myth II: Soulblighter'' (1998), and ''Myth III: The Wolf Age'' (2001). ''The Fallen Lords'' was developed by Bungie, and published by Bungie in North America and Eidos Interactive in Europe. ''Soulblighter'' was also developed by Bungie, and was published by Bungie in North America and GT Interactive in Europe. ''The Wolf Age'' was developed by MumboJumbo, and co-published by Take-Two Interactive and Gathering of Developers for Windows and by Take-Two and MacSoft for Mac. All three games received generally positive reviews. ''The Fallen Lords'' was especially lauded, and is credited as a defining title in the fledgling real-time tactics genre. Reviewers praised its plot, Video game graphics, graphics, gameplay, level design, online Multiplayer video game, multiplayer mode, and differentiation from traditiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destiny 2
''Destiny 2'' is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie. It was originally released as a pay-to-play game in 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows. It became free-to-play, utilizing the games as a service model, under the ''New Light'' title on October 1, 2019, followed by the game's release on Stadia the following month, and then PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S platforms in December 2020. The game was published by Activision until December 31, 2018, when Bungie acquired the publishing rights to the franchise. It is the sequel to 2014's ''Destiny'' and its subsequent expansions. Set in a " mythic science fiction" world, the game features a multiplayer "shared-world" environment with elements of role-playing games. Like the original, activities in ''Destiny 2'' are divided among player versus environment (PvE) and player versus player (PvP) game types. In addition to normal story missions, PvE features three-player " strikes" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combat Evolved
''Halo: Combat Evolved'' is a 2001 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox. The game was ported to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in 2003. It was later released as a downloadable Xbox Original for the Xbox 360. ''Halo'' is set in the 26th century, with the player assuming the role of Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier. Master Chief is accompanied by Cortana, an artificial intelligence. Players battle aliens as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the eponymous Halo, a ring-shaped artificial world. Bungie began the development of what would eventually become ''Halo'' in 1997. Initially, the game was a real-time strategy game that morphed into a third-person shooter before becoming a first-person shooter. During development, Microsoft acquired Bungie and turned ''Halo'' into a launch game for its first video game console, the Xbox. ''Halo'' was a critical and commercial success and is often pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
