Bungie Bungie has certainly gone through some changes recently. Whether or not it wanted to be seen as such, their strong support of gaming on Apple systems with titles like "Marathon" made them the icon for Mac gaming. However, despite the support they received from Mac gamers, they suffered horribly from the rampant Apple pirating scene.
With "Halo", Bungie found themselves on very shaky ground as the extraordinarily ambitious game was taking longer than they had expected was stretching their finances. Around this time the Xbox was announced and Bungie was approached by Microsoft. Bungie was offered not only the recourses to complete their game but to become the flagship developer of the new system. The rest is history.
Other than the "Marathon" series and "Halo", Bungie has developed the largely successful "Myth" series and "Oni".
Halo 3: ODST's tale focuses on the legendary ODSTs or "Orbital Drop Shock Troopers" as they drop into the ruined city of New Mombasa, looking for clues behind the Covenant's catastrophic attack on the city.