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When Bungie was bought by Microsoft in 2000, they sold [[Myth]] and Oni to [http://www.take2games.com/ Take-Two Interactive] (that was before T2 got a reputation of sitting on franchises such as Max Payne). In the case of Myth, Take-Two had a sequel done by MumboJumbo, and granted NDAs after the source code for all Myths was leaked. As for Oni, Take-Two intended to make an Oni 2 (for PS2) in the wake of Bungie's Oni; the game was [http://sttnw.blogspot.com/2007/10/18-canceled-games-you-never-knew.html canceled] at an early stage of development, possibly because Oni itself sold poorly and didn't gather a sufficient fanbase. | When Bungie was bought by Microsoft in 2000, they sold [[Myth]] and Oni to [http://www.take2games.com/ Take-Two Interactive] (that was before T2 got a reputation of sitting on franchises such as Max Payne). In the case of Myth, Take-Two had a sequel done by MumboJumbo, and granted NDAs after the source code for all Myths was leaked. As for Oni, Take-Two intended to make an Oni 2 (for PS2) in the wake of Bungie's Oni; the game was [http://web.archive.org/web/20071031004452/http://sttnw.blogspot.com/2007/10/18-canceled-games-you-never-knew.html canceled] at an early stage of development, possibly because Oni itself sold poorly and didn't gather a sufficient fanbase. | ||
The acquisition of Bungie by Microsoft also coincided with the dissolution of Bungie West. Some Oni developers went on to work on the Halo series, while others ended up at independent game studios: [http://www.wideload.com/ Wideload] (Seropian), [http://www.giantbite.com/ Giant Bite] (Chu, Evans), [http://www.tyrantstudios.com/ Tyrant Studios] (LeBel), [http://www.certainaffinity.com/ Certain Affinity] (Hoberman). | The acquisition of Bungie by Microsoft also coincided with the dissolution of Bungie West. Some Oni developers went on to work on the Halo series, while others ended up at independent game studios: [http://www.wideload.com/ Wideload] (Seropian), [http://www.giantbite.com/ Giant Bite] (Chu, Evans), [http://www.tyrantstudios.com/ Tyrant Studios] (LeBel), [http://www.certainaffinity.com/ Certain Affinity] (Hoberman). | ||