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only five Oni devs left; Staten actually left several months ago but I misunderstood the news that he is now at MS; O'Donnell has just left
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::(laughs) Oni isn't currently one of those projects we're looking at, but one should never say never.<br> We'd be happy to work with the individuals who made Oni.<ref>[http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/trans/4players_hr_sk_interview.html 4players.de interviews Shane Kim and Harold Ryan (translated)].</ref>
::(laughs) Oni isn't currently one of those projects we're looking at, but one should never say never.<br> We'd be happy to work with the individuals who made Oni.<ref>[http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/trans/4players_hr_sk_interview.html 4players.de interviews Shane Kim and Harold Ryan (translated)].</ref>


One thing is certain: the current Bungie staff has little in common with the Bungie West that produced Oni (there are seven Oni developers<ref>The employees in Oni's credits that [http://halo.bungie.net/inside/teamindex.aspx still work] at Bungie are Butcher, Dunn, the McLees, Marty O'Donnell, Staten and Wu. Only Butcher and Wu actually worked at Bungie West.</ref> still working at Bungie as of March 2014). There is probably little sentimental or monetary incentive for Bungie to produce a sequel.  Furthermore, it was announced in May 2010 that Bungie was developing [[wikipedia:Destiny_(video_game)|a new IP]], to be published by Activision under a ten-year contract.
One thing is certain: the current Bungie staff has little in common with the Bungie West that produced Oni (there are five Oni developers<ref>The employees in Oni's credits that [http://halo.bungie.net/inside/teamindex.aspx still work] at Bungie are Butcher, Dunn, the McLees, and Wu. Only Butcher and Wu actually worked at Bungie West.</ref> still working at Bungie as of April 2014). There is probably little sentimental or monetary incentive for Bungie to produce a sequel.  Furthermore, it was announced in May 2010 that Bungie was developing [[wikipedia:Destiny_(video_game)|a new IP]], to be published by Activision under a ten-year contract.


However, there are fan projects which may or may not become unofficial "Oni 2"s.
However, there are fan projects which may or may not become unofficial "Oni 2"s.