Global InformationBungie information
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | May 1991 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Headquarters | Bellevue, Washington , U.S.[1] |
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| Products | List of Bungie video games |
Number of employees | 1,100[2] (2023) |
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| ASN | 394073 |
| Website | bungie.net |
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.[3][4]
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.[5][6] Their first project was the 2014 first-person shooter, Destiny,[7] which was followed by Destiny 2 in 2017. In January 2019, Bungie announced it was ending this partnership, and would take over publishing for Destiny.[8][9]
Sony Interactive Entertainment completed its acquisition of Bungie in July 2022, with Bungie remaining a multi-platform studio and publisher.[10][11][12]
Among Bungie's side projects is Bungie.net, the company's website, which includes company information, forums, and statistics-tracking and integration with many of its games. Bungie.net serves as the platform from which Bungie sells company-related merchandise out of the Bungie Store and runs other projects, including Bungie Aerospace, a charitable organization called The Bungie Foundation, a podcast, and online publications about game topics.
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- ^ "Bungie signs 10-year Activision deal". gamesindustry.biz. April 29, 2010. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ "Bungie signs exclusive 10-year Activision deal on "next big action game universe" [Update]". VG247. April 29, 2010. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ "Bungie Activision Contract". Los Angeles Times. May 21, 2012. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ^ "Destiny to Be Self-Published by Bungie After Split from Activision". Game Rant. January 10, 2019. Archived from the original on July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- ^ "Bungie splits with Activision, acquires rights to Destiny". Polygon. January 10, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- ^ "Sony completes $3.6 billion deal to buy Bungie". Engadget. July 15, 2022. Archived from the original on July 16, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ "Sony closes deal to acquire Bungie". Destructoid. July 15, 2022. Archived from the original on July 16, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ "PlayStation's Acquisition of Bungie is Now Complete". Game Rant. July 15, 2022. Archived from the original on July 16, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.