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==Closing and relocation==
==Closing and relocation==
On June 19, 2000, it was announced that Bungie had been sold to Microsoft. As the majority of the work on Oni for Windows and Mac came to a close in the fall of 2000, some Bungie West personnel began moving to [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018002238/http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003928945_bungie06.html Bungie's new location], Microsoft's Millennium office complex in Redmond, Washington, while some employees went to other studios or formed their own. In 2005, Bungie moved out of the Redmond offices into a building in Kirkland, a suburb between Seattle and Redmond.
On June 19, 2000, it was announced that Bungie had been sold to Microsoft. As the majority of the work on Oni for Windows and Mac came to a close in the fall of 2000, some Bungie West personnel began moving to [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018002238/http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003928945_bungie06.html Bungie's new location], Microsoft's Millennium office complex in Redmond, Washington, while some employees went to other studios or formed their own. In 2005, Bungie moved out of the Redmond offices [https://web.archive.org/web/20050324160959/http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/202048 into a building in Kirkland], a suburb between Seattle and Redmond.


In 2007, Bungie separated from Microsoft and expanded their Kirkland office. Then in 2010 they moved to neighboring Bellevue, just south of Kirkland, and later expanded into Seattle. Very few of the men and women behind Oni still work at Bungie; the list of their names is found at the end of the [[Oni]] article.
In 2007, Bungie [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018002238/https://www.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2003928945_bungie06.html separated from Microsoft] and expanded their Kirkland office. Then in 2010 they [https://web.archive.org/web/20100801201152/https://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_073010 moved to neighboring Bellevue], just south of Kirkland. Further growth in the studio led to [https://www.geekwire.com/2021/bungie-inks-lease-two-floors-downtown-seattle-tower-room-300-employees/ opening a second office] in Seattle in 2021. Very few of the men and women behind Oni still work at Bungie; the list of their names is found at the end of the [[Oni]] article.


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