Bungie Breaks Up with Activision, Keeping Rights to Destiny

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Destiny developer Bungie has announced that their publishing partnership with Activision has come to an end. Bungie has retained the right to publish Destiny going forward. None of Destiny’s current DLC plans have changed.

The announcement comes via a blog post on Bungie’s website, alongside a joint statement from the two companies. The statement from Activision and Bungie is as follows-

“Today, we’re announcing plans for Bungie to assume full publishing rights and responsibilities for the Destiny franchise. Going forward, Bungie will own and develop the franchise, and Activision will increase its focus on owned IP and other projects. Activision and Bungie are committed to a seamless transition for the Destiny franchise and will continue to work closely together during the transition on behalf of the community of Destiny players around the world.”


As for the future of Destiny, Bungie talks about what they have learned from the most recent expansion, Destiny 2 Forsaken. The current roadmap of DLC is still on schedule and should not be affected by this transition. Bungie also said they are looking forward to “surprising our community with some exciting announcements about what lies beyond,” potentially referencing a sequel or expansion to Destiny 2 Forsaken. It is also unclear how this may impact PlayStation exclusive content for Destiny going forward.

Back in June 2018, Bungie announced plans to partner with Chinese service provider NetEase. This was outside of their partnership with Activision for Destiny at the time. It is unclear if this new separation will impact the NetEase partnership at all.

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Two_FacedPosted:

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LebronIs6 Do not release another Destiny


Agreed. They shouldn't have even released Destiny 2. It should have just been a Year 3 DLC/overhaul called "The Red War".

Which I know is essentially what Destiny 2 is, I just feel like if they would have dropped the "2", and called it Destiny: The Red War and didn't advertise it as a second game, players would have been a lot less dissatisfied/angry.


I could not agree more. The "2" I barely played and felt like I was tricked and ripped off. I pre-ordered it and should have returned it after I played the beta. I was a huge fan of "trials of Osiris" in destiny. I feel like they completely ruined it in "2". I mean they changed some of the classes so much that it's like a new character, really dumb move in my opinion.

RedactedPosted:

Oof was this a good idea or nah

MikePosted:

wonder how this will change stuff in destiny

KnoticPosted:

LebronIs6 Do not release another Destiny


Agreed. They shouldn't have even released Destiny 2. It should have just been a Year 3 DLC/overhaul called "The Red War".

Which I know is essentially what Destiny 2 is, I just feel like if they would have dropped the "2", and called it Destiny: The Red War and didn't advertise it as a second game, players would have been a lot less dissatisfied/angry.

SR20DETPosted:

I really hope Bungie are able to make a game that feels as good as Halo once did, but however if they can't It means that no blame can be pushed to Activison anymore, only time will tell if Bungie still has the ability to make a game that doesn't always fall on DLC to farther a story that didn't have an ending (good ending) to begin with.

LebronIs6Posted:

Do not release another Destiny

BrigandPosted:

Hopefully Destiny will be better without ties with Activision. Feel like Bungie can do a better job without them.

TTGPosted:

This is great news! Hopefully they can get back to there roots.

EternityPosted:

This is great news. Destiny 1 ran into a rough launch due to creative strains from Activision. Hopefully this will let them wrap up the franchise the way they want to!

MazePosted:

I hope this is good for bungie in the long run!


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