"Bungie is an American video game developer currently based in Washington State. The company was founded in May 1991 by University of Chicago undergraduate students Alex Seropian, who later brought in programmer Jason Jones. Originally based in Chicago, Illinois, the company concentrated primarily on Macintosh games during its early years. On October 5, 2007, Bungie announced that it had split with Microsoft and become a privately held independent company, Bungie LLC. The studio continues producing products for Xbox 360 but is free to develop for other companies and their platforms. The company is currently based in Kirkland, Washington."