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Bungie Studios- the developer of the Halo franchise - has decided to part with Microsoft after 7 years of partnership. Bungie Studios has announced their independence starting yesterday.

The critically acclaimed “Halo 3”, released on Tuesday, Sept. 25^th 2007, is the fastest-selling video game ever, achieving $300 million in global sales its first week,  making it one of the most successful entertainment properties in history.

An excerpt from Bungie.net News Archive:

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Oct. 5, 2007 — Bungie and Microsoft Corp. today announced a plan for Bungie Studios, the developers of Microsoft’s “Halo” franchise, to become a privately held independent company, Bungie, LLC, in which Microsoft will hold a minority equity interest. As part of this transaction, Bungie and Microsoft have forged a deep and long-term development and publishing relationship focused on the continued success of the “Halo” franchise. It is also the intent of both parties to expand their partnership to include new IP created and owned by Bungie.

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I was surprised when I was using the latest Windows Live Messenger after installing the Windows Live Writer for testing purposes. It seemed that I was forced to update my Windows Live Messenger when I installed Windows Live Writer Beta.

After some checking, I’m not sure whether I’m using the Beta version or the Final released version of Windows Live Messenger 8.5.

It’s pretty much the same since I last reviewed the previous Beta 1 version of the Windows Live Messenger 8.5. Check out Windows Live Messenger’s Development blog. It keeps track of all the updates done to the latest version as well as some troubleshooting tips if you can’t get your WLM to work or installed.

Download Links to the Beta and official Final version is at the end of the post.

This was made by Microsoft UK, check out the Windows Live Messenger Features preview.

Screen shots: Desktop View

Now it looks much more prettier then the older one.

Zune also looks nice there.. Wish i had one.. *hint hint*

Hmm.. a question.. Who knows the server version of Vista? (eg: for Win XP is Win Server 2003)