Bungie leaves Activision and will take over the Destiny franchise

Bungie just announced that it has terminated its contract with Activision. From now on, only Bungie will be responsible for what happens to the Destiny franchise. Bungie and Activision struggled for years, before releasing the first game.

The union between Activision and Destiny eight years ago made their first game together, Destiny, one of the most anticipated releases of the generation. The creators of Halo were developing one of the most ambitious and expensive games of the generation. It was a bestseller and an example of Gaming as a Service despite user complaints about abusive monetization.

It was unclear if Bungie or Activision was to blame for a potential mismanagement of Destiny and those issues were repeated and accentuated in the sequel. For Destiny 2 there was a little less expectation and many thought it was being released very soon.

Now only Bungie responds to what happens to Destiny from now on

Bungie has announced that they have completely cut with Activision and they will be the ones who entirely handle everything related to Destiny. This means that all future DLC, updates, monetizations and sequels to the online shooter will not be accountable to Activision.

Kotaku's Jason Schreier commented that this was expected to happen "for years." They had problems long before the first Destiny came out, such as high crunch and demands for DLC and new releases. Bungie employees cheered at no longer being under the yoke of Activision and finally having a fully owned game.

Bungie hopes that Activision will focus on its own series like Call of Duty, Skylanders, or Crash Bandicoot from now on. The game will continue to be available on Activision Blizzard's battle.net service to the delight of those who already have it on PC.

Source: Bungie