Bungie officially ends its involvement with the Halo universe as the latest update on Bungie.net contained the final message by the studio in relations to the Halo series.
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Halo is yours now. In many ways, it always has been. Its new caretakers will strive, just as we did, to be worthy stewards but you have the package. Hold these characters and stories and worlds to the same unflinching standards you did while we were at the helm, but allow them all to blossom and change and grow in the ways that they must.
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Bungie also confirmed they will be changing and reworking their main website as they complete their shift away from Microsoft and the Halo series to their new relationship with Activision and work on a new series' universe.
Microsoft celebrated their last involvement with Bungie Day by having special discounts on avatars and other items with the money being sent to charity.
Microsoft has been grooming 343 Studios to take over the Halo franchise ever since ODST was announced with the first big project being the remake of Halo 1.
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In addition to the armor unlock, Bungie Day saw the sale of memorabilia and Xbox Live Avatar items, with the proceeds going to charity. On Aug. 2 the studio will fully hand over all administration of Halo to its owner, Microsoft, releasing one last Halo ViDoc entitled "O Brave New Worlds." Then it will begin working on its next project.
"We'll be undergoing a metamorphosis of our own. Very soon Bungie.net will change, culminating with the launch of our next universe at some unknown time in the future," Bungie wrote in its latest weekly update.
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