http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,734575_7|84552||0_0_,00.html
"Preorders guarantee that the game will reap at least $80 million on day one, far more than The Incredibles is likely to earn its first day indeed, far more than any motion picture in history has made in a single day."
"The new game which cost upward of
$20 million to create retails for about $50."
"Flying under the radar comes naturally to the game's writer-director, who
once pursued a career in the CIA. Joe Staten, 34, is the philosophical ringleader of Bungie Studios, a 60-odd-person cadre of shy coders who toil in a Microsoft cubicle farm in Redmond, Wash."
"Despite a leaked version of Halo 2 that hit the Internet in mid-October, Toys ''R'' Us is expecting Harry Potter-esque lines when it opens its Times Square store at 12 a.m. to start selling the game on Nov. 9; 6,500 other stores across the country are joining in the midnight madness."
"Even as the game was getting its final polish, lawyers forced Staten to change the name of an alien antagonist, arguing that it carried Muslim overtones. Staten objected. Nonetheless, some of the voice actors (who include Michelle Rodriguez, Ron Perlman, and Miguel Ferrer) were called back to rerecord dialogue only weeks before the final version was delivered."
"To that end, he's busy at work on several projects, including
the possible resurrection of Phoenix, a non-sci-fi project that Bungie spent two years on before putting it aside to finish Halo 2. But right now he's more concerned about getting back into the regular rhythms of life like sleeping in his own bed."
JAAAAA, PHOENIX!
Bitte Bungie, Bitte Bitte macht Phoenix als nächstes oder Shadowrun, am besten gleich beides
