Bobby Kotick is at it again. The outspoken CEO of Activision Blizzard has gone on record as saying that Halo developer Bungie—who just so happened to sign a 10-year deal with Activision—is the only high-quality indie developer around.

“Bungie are a very unusual company,” Kotick said during a talk at the America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications, and Entertainment conference (via CVG). “They’re probably the last remaining high-quality independent developer… that has sort of has institutional skills and capabilities. And they’re a real company.”

And while Bungie is certainly good at what it does—as our review of Halo: Reach can attest—the list of other skilled indie developers is very long, including the likes of 2D Boy, 5th Cell, Capy Games, Gearbox, Level 5, Q-Games, Sucker Punch, Twisted Pixel, Valve and countless others.

It’s an especially curious remark considering Activision recently attempted to court indie developers with a contest featuring a grand prize of $500,000. Then again, saying things that enrages gamers is sort of what Kotick does best.

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