Bungie are busy right this moment with the launch of Destiny 2‘s free-to-play edition and the new expansion, Shadowkeep, but it’s not all Destiny spherical Washington manner. The gang who additionally made Halo and Marathon have stated they plan to have one thing new-new and non-Destiny out by 2025. I believed that sounded at the very least 17 years away however I’m now instructed 2025 is in precisely 5 years and EXCUSE ME? Did the tensies simply not occur? Did we go straight from noughties to nineteen? Anyway. New-new Bungie game. Mysterious. Unknown. By 2025. Which might be tomorrow for all I do know. Maybe the brand new game’s out now. Is it any good? Help me out.
“Our vision ultimately through 2025 is to become one of the world’s best entertainment companies,” CEO Pete Parsons told the Ian Games Network. That’s an empty phrase alright however one with a plan behind it.
On high of “transforming Destiny,” which has a multi-year plan of its own beginning right this moment, they need one thing else. Parsons instructed Ian that “by 2025 we have a pretty specific path to make sure we transform Destiny and that we have other franchises within the marketplace” and that “We need to build our publishing group, but part of our vision is also to become a multi-franchise entertainment company.”
Multi-franchise. Gotcha. I hear you. Bungie haven’t labored on Halo in years, bear in mind; Microsoft personal it and their 343 Studios crew have been in cost since Halo 4.
Bungie have spoken earlier than about wanting extra on the go, most notably in 2018 after saying an funding from Chinese publishers NetEase. Now now we have some form of timeline.
I’m game. I didn’t actually know Bungie as a result of their games have largely been on consoles I didn’t have or got here to PC in ports my laptop couldn’t run, however I fell onerous for Destiny 2. Big sci-fi landscapes and spectacle paired with satisfying shooty-shoots? Yeah gwan.
Destiny’s subsequent load of sci-fi spectacle is coming with a return to the moon in Shadowkeep, which launches right this moment at 6pm. They’re additionally making base Destiny 2 free-to-play right this moment, providing the unique game, its first two expansions, and a few locations and modes from later add-ons to all without spending a dime. Further expansions will nonetheless price money, as will the Season Passes spanning the hole between expansions. The game’s additionally shifting from Battle.internet to Steam. Big day.
