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   Halo (series)

   When the developer was bought by Microsoft in 2001, the game was rapidly finished and became an Xbox launch title and platform exclusive. ... On June 19, 2000, Microsoft acquired Bungie Studios and Halo: Combat Evolved became a launch title for the Xbox video game console.
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   Rare (company)

   Rare then became in 1995 a second-party developer for the Nintendo gaming platforms. In 2002, Rare was acquired by Microsoft.
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   Microsoft

   At the end of 1997, Microsoft acquired Hotmail, the most popular webmail service, which it rebranded as "MSN Hotmail". ... Developer Tools
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   Bungie

   In 2000, Bungie was acquired by Microsoft, and their current project Halo: Combat Evolved was turned into a first-person shooter and launch title for Microsoft's new Xbox game console. ... Bungie's success gave rise to a large third-party developer community as well as a short-lived newsletter published through BBS.
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   OpenDoc

   Initial work was published on the WWDC CDs, as well as a number of follow-up versions on later developer CDs. ... Other sources noted that Microsoft hired away three ClarisWorks developers who were responsible for OpenDoc integration into ClarisWorks.
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   History of video game consoles (sixth generation)

   Many game publishing companies with a long established history merged with their competitors: Microsoft bought second-party developer Rareware in 2002; Squaresoft merged with Enix to form Square Enix in 2003 and then later bought Taito; Sega merged with Sammy to form Sega Sammy Holdings in 2004; Konami bought a majority share of Hudson Soft; Namco merged with Bandai to form Namco Bandai Holdings in 2006.
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   Altamira

   Altamira Software, a computer software developer acquired by Microsoft in 1994
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   Microsoft Game Studios

   During May 2006 Microsoft also acquired Massive Inc, an in-game advertising company to provide additional revenues from their gaming platforms such as PCs and the Xbox 360. ... For those games not developed under the Microsoft name, the developer is noted after the game's release date.
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   Microsoft Certified Professional

   Exam 70-562: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development ... Professional Developer: Web Developer, Visual Studio 2005
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    List of acquisitions by Microsoft

    The majority of the companies acquired by Microsoft are based in the United States. ... ↑ "Microsoft Acquires Leading Developer of Meta-Directory Products".

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