Bungie handing over Halo community services to 343 in March

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As of March 31, 2012, Bungie will no longer host any Halo services on Bungie.net. Current Halo data will be transferred to 343 and, at that time, "all live Halo data will be managed by 343 Industries, and Bungie will no longer be able to update game stats and player service records, to host new user generated content, or to operate the Bungie Pro service." Using a peculiar bit of language, Bungie notes that "any replacement functionality" will be hosted by Halo Waypoint on halo.xbox.com.

Notice that Bungie doesn't mention whether or not such functionality will be replaced, though it seems unlikely that Microsoft would allow Halo's community features to disappear. They are, after all, a hallmark of the franchise. Because really, what's the point of playing Halo if you can't show off how awesome you are (or, as the image above illustrates, how funny it looks as your Spartan's limp corpse sails through the air).

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/01/bungie-handing-over-halo-community-services-to-343-in-march/#comments

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Zjc30Posted:

Damn! I wish bungie was here to stay!!!! I'm going to miss you bungie. :,/

Moka_AkashiyaPosted:

343 is pretty much Bungie, the reason why they made a new company is that because Bungie had a contract not to make another Halo with Master Chief as the main character or with a number after Halo. That is why they made Halo: Reach, because so that it would be the latest Halo and also their last. Because when you see the people who work at 343 they are pretty much all of the same people from Bungie. I don't just have hopes in 343 for Halo 4 to be the best but I know they can do it.

The-DoctorPosted:

Per Audacia ad Astra

Bungie. You were the best of the best. You made Halo the greatest there is or can ever be. And we will never let Micro$oft ruin our memory of you.

Ave Atque Vale.

TTG_LUFCPosted:

It will be a sad day.

-Admonitory-Posted:

bungie

CircuitPosted:

343 Helped Bungie create some of the halos.
Hopefully 343 can bring back some old things like the BR

uspPosted:

its bungie

CodisbetterthenBF3Posted:

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

DvarPosted:

Bungie