Apple picker Very interesting news about a big comeback is spreading around the web. The creators of the legendary trilogy Marathon, Myth or the famous Halo series are planning something big for iOS. That's right, it's a living legend, game developer Bungie Studios, founded in 1991 by Alex Seropian. Bungie Studios has grown from a one-person studio to a large, successful development company making billions in profits.
Marathon
The year is 2794 (1991 AD) and the UESC Marathon spacecraft is orbiting the planet Tau Ceti IV. But the peaceful universe is crossed by the hordes of the Pfhor slave race, and the human colony suddenly has its only hope in the security service, of which you are a member.
Marathon is a 1st person sci-fi shooter for Mac. It brought a lot of innovative elements to the gaming world, such as dual weapons, voice chat in multiplayer, physics model editor, and the like. The second part of Marathon: Durandal was the first game that Bungie released on Windows in addition to the Mac version. Well, only fans who had a Macintosh at home could play the completion of the Marathon: Infinity trilogy.
Who didn't have the honor of running Bungie's famous Marathon can test their fitness on the original trilogy, which is currently available free.
Apple vs. Microsoft
In 1999, at Macworld, Steve Jobs himself presented a large game project of the promising Bungie Studios. Despite all the successes, the studio had significant financial problems and has been looking for a buyer for a long time. Phil Schiller, senior vice president of product marketing, consulted with Jobs about a possible buyout, but Steve said no. Already a week later, after more research, he decided to buy Bungie. Schiller immediately phoned with a prepared offer, but received sad information on the other end of the phone.
Bungie Studios had just signed an acquisition and, as the saying goes: "First come, first serve," Bungie became part of the Microsoft Game Division in 2000.
Jobs was allegedly angered by this information, because the Mac lost its prominent developer, where it could be said that Bungie Studios was the court game studio of the Mac platform.
Fans, participants in the acquisition and analysts all over the world asked what if questions, but today we already know how it turned out. We also know that Bungie has become independent again after a fairly successful collaboration with MS. This is also why a big comeback is expected on the Apple platform, especially on the very successful iOS. Whether the paths of Bungie and Apple will cross is highly probable, but let us be surprised.
Speculations about Bungie's plans are not shocking, as iOS is a very large market that sooner or later will lure all the big developers. Well, in this case, it's more about returning to your native platform. Which gives this administration significant weight.
Will it be Crimson?
Considerations of what title it will be, whether they will go the route of a remake of a famous classic, or try a new concept in new waters, are discussed in many discussion forums. They all mention the mysterious name Crimson. This is the name of a distinctive red color, which does not tell us anything specific. It should be about the MMO (massive multiplayer online) genre, which is also not new on iOS, but there are never enough quality titles from experienced developers.
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Sources: www.9to5mac.com a www.macrumors.com
Halo will never come out on iOS, it's more of a Microsoft game than Bungie and he just decides, that's why I have an Xbox 360. The Marathon maybe, but if it's already free on PC, I doubt it.