Bungie’s Community Leader Brian Jarrard has informed OXM today that the studio has felt reinvigorated since its split from former parent company, Microsoft. This come as no surprise as I’ve often heard from third-party operations how difficult it is to work with Microsoft in preparing a product for launch, though those comments are often tied to accessories and not gaming titles.

Since leaving Microsoft a couple of years ago, Bungie has signed a 10-year publishing agreement with Activision. Whether or not Bungie will need another reinvigorating process after that 10 year cycle is another story, but it’s highly probable if Activison asks them to release the same title once a year for the next ten.

“For the most part, day to day development within Bungie hasn’t changed since the studio divested from Microsoft,” he said.

“If anything, the return to our independent roots has reinvigorated the team and been a renewed source of inspiration as we continue pushing towards world domination.”

It’s great to see that Bungie has a renewed source of inspiration and hopefully that leads to a great new IP that the team is currently developing. Regardless of whether or not they go multiplatform with it, Bungie has been a great developer in the past and we expect them to continue that level of quality in the future.