Arbitrator orders Bungie to give fired music chief Marty O'Donnell his stock back (exclusive)

A court arbitrator has ruled that Bungie has to return founders’ stock to the fired employee who created the music for Halo and the upcoming Destiny video game series.

The arbitrator (not the Arbiter) said in a preliminary injunction that Bungie erred when it stripped music and audio chief Marty O’Donnell of his founders’ shares in the game studio, which has become extremely valuable because of the success of its Halo, which has generated billions of dollars and sold more than 50 million copies, and the excitement around its upcoming Destiny online shooter game. The litigation between O’Donnell and Bungie offered a rare glimpse inside the high-stakes world of one of the best known game development studios on the planet.