Microsoft Buys Vivendi Games?

[The Former DMiller]

Seriously, if Vivendi was bought by MS and Blizzard didn't make any more Mac games I would be incredibly pissed off. Looks like I going to go into my rant despite myself. Bungie was an awesome supporter of Macs. They started out producing games soley for Macs. Pathways Into Darkness was their first popular game and it was Mac-only (for a while at least, not sure if it ever made it to the PC.) The Marathon series, though, really put them in the limelight. The first Marathon game started Mac-only but it became so popular that they ported it to the PC. The Marathon trilogy sold great for Bungie and eventually forced them to make their games for PCs as well as Macs, which I didn't have a problem with since they made their games for the Mac first, or they made hybrid CDs. When Halo was first revealed it was shown running on Macs at one of the Mac World Expos. Then MS bought them out, and there is no chance I will see another Bungie game on the Mac. One thing that really pissed me off when I played through Halo was that I could tell how MS influenced them to rush the game. Bungie had never been a company that would rush a game. They were almost as bad as Rare in the fact that they strived to perfect their games. The first Myth RTS game was in development for years and it turned out to be one of the few games that I enjoyed so much that I played it online. When playing Halo I could tell that some of the later levels were rushed through. It just didn't have the same polish of past Bungie games, and I really hate MS for doing that to them. Sure the game sold great, and is a good game, but I cannot get myself to enjoy it because of the high level I used to hold Bungie to.

Blizzard has been a great supporter of the Mac as well. Although they took a while to bring Starcraft to the Mac, they generally release hybrid CDs that allow their games to be played on PCs and Macs. Blizzard games, the Civilization games, the Sim games, and Master of Orion III when it comes out are the only games I consider getting for my computer. There are a lot of others out there that look interesting, but I generally don't have enough time to devote to both console and PC gaming. If Vivendi gets bought out, there will almost be no reasons left for me to pursue computer gaming. I seriously hope this doesn't happen, as it just makes me not like Microsoft even more.