Jason Jones sensationally quits Bungie.

In a move that will wreak havoc at Bungie, founder Jason Jones has announced he has quit Bungie and will no longer be working on any projects, including the forth coming Destiny, a game he has been credited as being the creative force behind.

Jones said in a very terse press statement:

"My time with Bungie has come to an end. As I look back on my career, I've made some good games but at this stage of my life I've had a gutsful of being the chief Overlord at Bungie, and I need to find some new air to breathe. Farewell, and see you beyond the stars"

The internet has been rife with skuttlebut this morning with some Bungie forums suggesting Jones had cracked under the pressure of making Destiny, a game which possibly had the highest expectations for any game in recent history.

Some telling details have emerged on twitter about this issue. Marty O'Donnell, a long time Bungie stalwart tweeted "Sorry I stole your lunch Jason" while Frank O'Connor from rival studio, 343 Industries tweeted, "good luck with your re-invention of Tetris"

No other Bungie employees have made any public comment at this stage.

Destiny is expected to be released on 1 April 2014.

For clarity, this was an April Fool's joke. Joe Staten leaving was not.

Steve Jobs and Halo

The announcement of Steve Jobs resigning as iCEO of Apple has had every man and his dog offering their two cents worth - and Hard News writer Russell Brown republished his commentary on the 1999 Mac Expo which was where Halo was famously announced during Steve Job's address.

Here's the slice:

"Jason Jones of Bungie Software, demonstrates his company's new multiplayer game, Halo, which ships first on the Mac next year. It looks incredible.

Ahhhhh, says the crowd …"

I sure it's not lost on Russell how big that Jason Jones introduction of Halo actually was.....