In a recent interview, award winning composer Martin O’Donnell, who’s worked on Myst and the Halo series, said that Bungie wants to gain more notoriety as an independent studio, not just as ‘The Halo people.’ The biggest challenge will be creating new games, based on new IP, without alienating their current fans.
O’Donnell also went on to say that he wants to make sure that Bungie is recognized as a whole, and that he doesn’t want one or two people to become ‘rock stars’ in the industry. O’Donnell points to Blizzard and Valve as examples of companies that constantly turn out quality content without needing stardom for any one specific person (a la Epic Games).
The conversation brings up an interesting question, can Bungie be successful with something other than Halo? Nothing is known about the new IP that Bungie is working on for Activition (even though beta invites have already been sent out), so we can only speculate how similar it may be to Halo. Bungie had been successful prior to Halo, with the first two games of the Myth series, but that was in the late 1990s.
Can Bungie be successful with a game that isn’t Halo? What do you think the new IP they’re developing for Activision is? Can Bungie reach the level of Blizzard or Valve? Let us know your answer to all these questions in the comments or on Twitter.
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Source: Industry Gamers
