Bungie
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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 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 and Myth. An offshoot studio, Bungie West, produced Oni, published in 2001 and owned by Take-Two Interactive, which held a 19.9% own
Key facts
- Company.name
- Bungie, Inc.
- Company.logo
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- Company.logo_caption
- Logo used since 2009
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.industry
- Video games
- Company.founded
- in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Company.hq_location_city
- Bellevue, Washington
- Company.hq_location_country
- U.S.
- Company.products
- List of Bungie video games
- Company.num_employees
- 850
- Company.num_employees_year
- 2024
- Network service provider.child
- yes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 826
- Official website
- www.bungie.com
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- Commons category
- Bungie
- inception
- 1991-05-00
- social media followers
- 660000
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Background and founding (1990–1993)
- ''Marathon'', ''Myth'' and ''Oni'' (1994–2001)
- ''Halo'' and Microsoft acquisition (2001–2007)
- Buyout and ''Destiny'' (2007–2022)
- Acquisition by Sony Interactive Entertainment (2022–present)
- Bungie.net
- Culture
- Games developed
- Legal issues
- AimJunkies lawsuit
- Plagiarism lawsuit
- Unlicensed art use
- Related companies
- References
- External links
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 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 and Myth. An offshoot studio, Bungie West, produced 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 launch title for Microsoft's Xbox console. Halo became the Xbox's "killer app", selling millions of copies and spawning the Halo franchise. On October 5, 2007, Bungie announced that it had split from Microsoft and become a privately held independent company, Bungie LLC, while Microsoft retained ownership of the Halo franchise intellectual property. It signed a ten-year publishing deal with Activision in April 2010. Its first project under this deal was the 2014 first-person shooter, Destiny, which was followed by Destiny 2 in 2017. In January 2019, Bungie announced it was ending the partnership, and would take over publishing for Destiny.