In this article at GameCrashers.net, BurningStickMan reveals the inconsistencies between the official Eric Nylund / Bungie collaborative Halo novel "Halo: The Fall of Reach" and the newly released Halo Reach.
Marathon was slated to launch on Sept. 23, 2025 across Xbox, PC, and PlayStation, but Bungie will share the new release date in the fall.
If they were absolutely certain about the quality of Marathon, then they had not delayed it just now.
So they've basically just confirmed what everyone, well, a lot of people saw: Marathon is not ready yet, still no soul to be seen.
Ex- employees Hope Studio Gets "Consolidated Into Sony"
Former Bungie employees speak out in a new report, blaming greed and leadership for the studio’s troubles, and say full Sony consolidation is the best way forward.
Interesting article, even with some actual names of the people voicing their thoughts.
I think that we've had enough similiar situations at other studios and publishers already, hell even completely different businesses, to know that OF COURSE it's always about hostile environments at work and the search for rather effortless profits than causing excitment with great ideas.
All deflecting statements, wether from managements or other people in charge, have always, literally always been untruthful. Always.
And it's so silly.
Nothing of this crap causes a nuclear war.
But all the people in charge act like everything is top secret f'n CIA like intel, trying everything to not stand up for their mistakes.
I mean it's pathetic, it really is. In the brand scheme of it all it's truly pathetic.
Bungie was indie, so they depended on in game monetization. Sony makes money from other sources: music, movies, psn, ps hardware...
...so devs are hoping by full Sony consolidation they will cut down the monetization part, and make things easier for them...
...but keep in mind, Sony bought them because of their monetization and live service model and design, so much so they tried to make every Sony IP into a live service spinoff.
So I don't see much change in anything, for us consumers, if Sony takes full control.
Marathon has always been teetered on the edge of future failure, but now that seems set in stone after recent events.
If I was running Sony why would I not try to have bungie reboot Killzone and have it as their Halo. Honestly I don't know how Sony could justify that 3.6 billion purchase price. Insomniac games at 256 million has been their greatest acquisition in Playstation history for what they have already delivered and what's the pipeline
It does look like ass shit.
Would pulling the plug now make any difference or is Bungie thoroughly cooked regardless?
Those are quite noteworthy issues. Hopefully Bungie can get the official story stamped out. It's tough not to find continuity issues when it comes to blockbusters in their repective mediums (Star Wars, Trek, etc.). There's definatly some questions to be raised if you look at the checklist.
Halo: Reach has some canon issues that need to be addressed, but this article has many more.
I think it has these issues just because of the fact that it's a video game. A game that spanned one single day would be awkward to work out.
propaganda, thats how you explain, you fight a war you lie. everything is true or none of it, its up to you to decide.
Quit a lot got explained in the journal like your not transporting cortana but a copy of her with the forerunner data core.