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==2006== | ==2006== | ||
*Bungie tells a website that a Nintendo DS port of ''Halo 2'' would be announced at E3 2006. This is unrelated to the ''Halo DS'' prototype, which was unsuccessfully pitched by a smaller company to Bungie.<ref name="bwu">'''[http://nikon.bungie.org/bwu/index.html?item=66|Bungie Weekly Update 03-31-06]'''</ref> | |||
*Bungie tells a website that a Nintendo DS port of ''Halo 2'' would be announced at E3 2006. This is unrelated to the ''Halo DS'' prototype, which was unsuccessfully pitched by a smaller company to Bungie.<ref name="bwu">'''[ | *Bungie exposes the supposed ''Flood on a Plane'' upcoming film as a realistic April Fools' gag, explaining that people shouldn't buy it as real.{{Ref/Reuse|bwu}} | ||
*Bungie exposes the supposed ''Flood on a Plane'' upcoming film as a realistic April Fools' gag, explaining that people shouldn't buy it as real. | |||
==2007== | ==2007== | ||
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==2009== | ==2009== | ||
*Bungie announces the creation of the "Bungie Ultimate Ninja Gaming League Extreme", or "'''B.U.N.G.L.E'''", a Halo 3 professional gaming league that will overtake MLG.<ref>[http:// | *Bungie announces the creation of the "Bungie Ultimate Ninja Gaming League Extreme", or "'''B.U.N.G.L.E'''", a Halo 3 professional gaming league that will overtake MLG.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BUNGLEPR '''Bungie.net''': ''Introducing B.U.N.G.L.E'']</ref> | ||
*Bungie states that the famous Halo fansite, [[halo.bungie.org]], is shutting down.{{Citation needed}} | *Bungie states that the famous Halo fansite, [[halo.bungie.org]], is shutting down.{{Citation needed}} | ||
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*Bungie releases a new ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[ViDoc]], "[[Halo: Reach ViDoc: Zugzwang Evolved|Zugzwang Evolved]]", explaining how traditional first-person-shooter multiplayer will be replaced with competitive chess.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4XFBLPVHDo Zugzwang Evolved Vidoc]</ref> | *Bungie releases a new ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[ViDoc]], "[[Halo: Reach ViDoc: Zugzwang Evolved|Zugzwang Evolved]]", explaining how traditional first-person-shooter multiplayer will be replaced with competitive chess.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4XFBLPVHDo Zugzwang Evolved Vidoc]</ref> | ||
*One day before April Fool's Day, Bungie posts on Twitter about a Halo announcement the next day and include a picture of a Spartan. The next day, it proves to be an IGN.com parody trailer to a "new" Bollywood movie about Halo. | *One day before April Fool's Day, Bungie posts on Twitter about a Halo announcement the next day and include a picture of a Spartan. The next day, it proves to be an IGN.com parody trailer to a "new" Bollywood movie about Halo. | ||
*Bungie tells a website that ''Halo: Reach'' will be released for the Sony | *Bungie tells a website that ''Halo: Reach'' will be released for the Sony PlayStation 3, a competing console to the [[Xbox 360]], which ''Reach'' was actually exclusive too. They went as far as to say they'd split their ''Reach'' development since the beginning, one team for the Xbox 360 and one for the PS3. The PS3 version would be $10 cheaper, and would come out a week earlier than the Xbox 360 version.{{Citation needed}} | ||
==2011== | ==2011== | ||
*Bungie announces PimpsVille, a Facebook game based on their long-running faux "Pimps at Sea" franchise.<ref>[http:// | *Bungie announces PimpsVille, a Facebook game based on their long-running faux "Pimps at Sea" franchise.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=31120 '''Bungie.net''', ''Welcome to PimpsVille'' (April 1, 2011)]</ref> | ||
*Bungie announces the "Halo: Reach Player Improvernator", which claims to be able to "magically" make a player better. Typing in one's gamertag will allow them to press a button that will begin rising up their stats, complete with congratulatory messages at being made better.<ref>[http://halocharts.com/improve.php Halo Charts.com, ''Halo: Reach Player Improvernator'', Site Update April 1, 2011]</ref> | *Bungie announces the "Halo: Reach Player Improvernator", which claims to be able to "magically" make a player better. Typing in one's gamertag will allow them to press a button that will begin rising up their stats, complete with congratulatory messages at being made better.<ref>[http://halocharts.com/improve.php Halo Charts.com, ''Halo: Reach Player Improvernator'', Site Update April 1, 2011]</ref> | ||
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