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Paul McCartney writing music for Bungie’s next game
Earlier this year, Sir Paul McCartney revealed that he was composing music for an unnamed developer. After everyone got over the shock of a former Beatle working on a video game, we all kind of put it out of our minds. There were actual games to be played after all.
But over the weekend, McCartney dropped a bomb. The unnamed developer that he’s working with is actually Bungie. That’s right, Bungie, the creators of the Halo series:
“I’m really excited to be working on writing music with @bungie, the studio that made Halo.” – Paul twitter.com/PaulMcCartney/…
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) July 7, 2012
While the game he’s composing went unmentioned, we can assume that it has something to do with Destiny, Bungie’s sci-fi shooter for the Xbox 360, PS3 and next-generation systems. I guess we don’t know that for sure, but something tells me Paul McCartney didn’t just drop by the Bungie offices to hang out.
Bungie’s New Universe is an MMO spanning four games; first title is Xbox 360 exclusive
As the lawsuit between Activision and Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vincent Zampella drags on, the court proceedings have caused several enlightening bits of information to come to light. But none is more interesting than yesterday’s public reveal of the contract between Activision and Bungie.
The contract was requested by West and Zampella to show that the contract they signed with Activision was a lesser deal compared to the decade-long agreement that Bungie was given. I’m not sure why that matters since Bungie was (and is) an independent development studio and Infinity Ward was (and is) owned-and-operated by Activision. But some good came out of its release as the Los Angeles Times obtained a copy of the contract and put it on the Internet for all to see.
You’ll definitely want to read all the highlights relating to Bungie’s New Universe after the break. (more…)
Bungie’s “O Brave New World” documentary reveals New Universe is codenamed Tiger
Bungie has been celebrating their 20th anniversary in style for a few weeks now. From the excellent Bungie Day festivities on July 7 to the “official Halo handover,” the company has signaled over and over again that a new era is about to begin. To cap this celebration, the lads at Bungie have put together “O Brave New World,” a nearly 60-minute documentary detailing the beginnings of Bungie all the way through to their future. Their brave new world, if you will. Featuring interviews from the team, key industry veterans and various video game luminaries, it’s worth a watch even if you hate Halo.
Why would you do that you ask? Well, the doc includes a few hints about Bungie’s next project, which we now know is codenamed Tiger.
Bungie hiring more PS3 developers for their New Universe; could it be Pimps at Sea?
If you were still worried that Bungie’s New Universe wouldn’t be coming to the PS3, don’t be. The developer, who just said goodbye to the Halo series, has posted multiple job openings looking for programmers who are proficient in PS3 development.
Scouring the job listings produced few details about the project, although the phrase “A love of combat on the high seas” appeared several times under the heading “Nice-to-have Skills.” Does this mean Bungie is developing a pirate game? Perhaps one with futuristic pirates? Or is this just another reference to their long-running April Fool’s franchise Pimps at Sea? The world may never know.
Actually, we’ll probably know in the not-too-distant future as Bungie plans to “go dark” and afterwards reveal the first game in their New Universe, published by Activision, very soon. Good thing too as the game will likely be released in 2012.
Bungie’s next game IS NOT an MMO
When Bungie’s David Aldridge revealed that the company was working on an MMO at the Game Developers Conference, it confirmed rumors that have long been swirling around the developer’s New Universe project.
Apparently, he was joking.
Aldridge’s gaffe was compared to a manic Charlie Sheen episode in the latest edition of the Bungie Weekly Update. He thought it would clearly come across as a joke and not like the insane ramblings of a man who’s always looking over his shoulder for Vatican Assassins:
Now, in rehearsal Aldridge was convinced that everybody got the joke. It was all in the delivery, he assured us, and he was certain it was clear that he was playfully riffing off of the recent rumors. Unfortunately, most people can’t figure David out – they can’t process him. And we don’t expect them to. You can’t process David Aldridge with a normal brain. You’d need tiger blood and Adonis DNA.
So Bungie’s New Universe is still a big mystery. Maybe we’ll learn more at E3.
Bungie’s next game will be an MMO
Move over Blizzard, Bungie’s riding into town and they’re bringing a new MMO with them.
During a panel titled “I Shot You First: Networking the Gameplay of Halo: Reach” at the Game Developers Conference, Bungie’s David Aldridge revealed that the company’s next game will be a “massively multiplayer action game.”
The game will be part of Bungie’s New Universe and will be published by Activision sometime in the not-so-near future (Activision execs have stated it won’t be released until 2012 at the earliest). When asked for more details on the project, Aldridge said it’s not “WoW in space.”
Hopefully, we’ll find out more about Bungie’s New Universe (and some kind of release schedule) at E3.
[Source: IGN]
Activision reveals new Family Guy game, X-Men: First Class, “unprecedented” new universe
Activision was very busy during their quarterly financial briefing yesterday. In addition to canceling Guitar Hero 7 and True Crime: Hong Kong, the company revealed a few details about their 2011 (and beyond) schedule.
New Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg did most of talking. He began by reiterating that Call of Duty 8 is on track for a 2011 release and officially announced a free-to-play Call of Duty game for China, which will be released in 2012.
Continuing with the Call of Duty theme, Hirshberg revealed that a new Activision in-house studio, Beachhead, will be creating an “all-new digital platform for the Call of Duty franchise.” The system sounds very similar to Halo Waypoint and promises to “support in-game integration and bring online experiences and console play together.”
Activision also has a slew of licensed games in development for 2011 including three never-before-announced games: Family Guy, X-Men: First Class and Wipeout 2.
A Family Guy game was released by 2K Games to tepid reviews in 2006. X-Men: First Class will likely launch alongside the film in June with the Silicon Knights-developed X-Men: Destiny still on track for a late 2011 release. And for those confused about Wipeout 2, it’s not the futuristic racing franchise, but a second game based on ABC’s obstacle course game show.
Several previously announced 2011 games, including Transformers: Dark of the Moon, a new Spider-Man game, more Cabela’s Hunting titles and a new Bakugan game were also discussed.
Bungie’s New Universe was briefly mentioned, but only to confirm that it won’t launch until 2012 at the earliest.
Finally, Hirshberg announced that Activision will be unveiling “an all-new gaming universes that brings together the worlds of toys, video games and online play.” in two days at the New York Toy Fair. Activision will release the game based on this new universe in the second half of 2011 and calls the franchise an “unprecedented” merging of different media.
Wow. We’ll likely learn more about a lot of these titles at E3.
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Bungie copyrights possible titles for their New Universe
The anonymous Internet detective that ran superannuation may have left his website in the past, but several recent Twitter updates prove his sleuthing skills are still top notch.
He has discovered that Bungie has registered several new copyrights with the US Copyright Office and several domain names to go with them. These copyrights are likely connected to their New Universe and most of them relate to religious mythology in some way. The possible titles/related words include:
Dead Orbit
New Monarchy
Osiris
- No related URL registered.
Seven Seraphs
Bungie signed a ten-year agreement with Activision last year to publish games set in their New Universe. Here’s hoping we learn more about Dead Orbit/Seven Seraphs/New Monarchy/Osiris or whatever it might be called soon.