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==History== Certain Affinity's creation was announced in December 2006. The studio was formed by ex [[Bungie Studios|Bungie]] employee Max Hoberman. In addition to staff from Bungie it also includes ex-members of companies such as [[Microsoft]], [[Red Storm]], [[Origin (software)|Origin]], [[Electronic Arts]], [[Digital Anvil]] and [[NCSoft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.certainaffinity.com/about.htm|title=Certain Affinity about page}}</ref> The studio's first work was in creating two additional multiplayer levels for the popular [[Xbox]] game [[Halo 2]]. These maps, called Tombstone and Desolation (which are called the Halo 2 Blastacular Map Pack) are the last Halo 2 maps ever to be released and also they are remakes of levels that were in the original Halo game called Hang 'Em High and Derelict respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=certainaffinitymaps|title=Certain affinity Maps revealed}}</ref> They were released for Halo 2 over the Xbox Live service on April 17, 2007. These maps weren't released for [[Halo 2 Vista]], but were replaced with two new maps exclusive to Halo 2 vista [[District]] and [[Uplift]]. Certain Affinity worked closely with members of [[Bungie Studios]] and [[Microsoft Game Studios]] during the development of these two maps. Certain Affinity has also been working on another project since November 2006, which is an unannounced original IP game in the action/RPG genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=certainaffinityinterview|title=Mapmakers to the Stars}}</ref> The title of this game, the platform it will be for, and when it will be released have not yet been announced. However, Certain Affinity has said in a recent interview that it has "spoken with most of the major publishers and there’s serious interest, so our goal is to continue self-funding the company until we’re ready to sign a publishing deal and move everyone full time onto this project." Certain Affinity's first original game was ''[[Age of Booty]]'', a downloadable [[real-time strategy]] game released on [[Steam (distribution platform)]], [[Xbox Live Arcade]] and [[PlayStation Network]]. The title was published by [[Capcom]] on October 15, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Certain Affinity Making Pimps at Sea, Sorta|work=[[Shacknews]]|author=Chris Faylor|date=2008-03-04|url=http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/51613|accessdate=2008-03-05}}</ref><ref>[http://www.certainaffinity.com/news.htm Age of Booty Release Date]</ref> Certain Affinity also created [[Call of Duty: World at War]] multiplayer maps for the retail release as well as maps for the recent 2nd downloadable map pack. The company has finished working with [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] on the [[Xbox 360]] version of ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''.<ref>[http://www.certainaffinity.com/news.htm Cat Outta The Bag]</ref> In 2009 the company announced the completion of [[Halo Waypoint]] developed in conjunction with [[343 Industries]].
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