Bungie has \u201cno plans\u201d to ditch Destiny 2 after \u2018Lightfall\u2019 expansion BungieDestiny 2 will live on \u2014 Bungie has confirmed they\u2019re in it for the long haul when it comes to their epic space franchise, with plans to release more expansions after 2023 offering \u201cLightfall\u201d already being inked in their long-term strategy. A possible \u201cDestiny 3\u201d has loomed for some time now. Back when Bungie was still being led by Activision Blizzard \u2014 pre-2019 split, that is \u2014 a trilogy sequel seemed all but confirmed. The iconic Call of Duty publishers have always leaned into annual releases, and Destiny appeared to be all set for the same game plan. Basically, \u201cDestiny 3\u201d was a foregone conclusion for Bungie\u2019s space franchise, whether fans liked it or not. Now, Bungie states, those plans have been binned, permanently. We already knew that a Destiny 2 sequel had been shelved, but many loyal Guardians were still quietly expecting some shift to a third major title in the next few years, pending a big Bungie announcement. Bungie\u2019s new stance, it seems, is to emphatically quash those expectations; design director Jacob Benton has poured cold water over any suggestions Destiny 3 \u2014 or any title like it \u2014 is in the works at the Washington studio. There are \u201cno plans,\u201d he said, to leave the \u2018Destiny 2\u2019 title behind. Benton admitted in a recent 4gamer.net interview (translated from Japanese) that the Destiny 2 development team had \u201clearned a lot in the last few years\u201d about the direction of their live franchise beyond its announced expansions. Bungie have “”no plans”” to make Destiny 3 before at least 2026. New stories & expansions \u2013 including a planned “”Lightfall”” sequel \u2013 will all be released in #Destiny2 (via https:\/\/t.co\/h5TIEDUnLn) pic.twitter.com\/5N7bVpQjut \u2014 Destiny 2 News (@DeltaINTEL) March 31, 2021 \u201cI am very much looking forward to the future,\u201d the design director said. \u201cYou can rest assured, we have no plans to stop making great content for Destiny 2.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s the right direction to bring [the series] to Destiny 3. \u201cPlayers are also spending time, effort, and their emotions on Destiny 2, their Guardians, and the story. We don\u2019t want to lose their experience by resetting [the franchise]. We will continue to develop Destiny 2.\u201d The plan, he said, is to add \u201canother chapter that depicts the storyline after Lightfall (called \u2018The End of Light\u2019 in the interview)\u201d. This secret new expansion, which is already being worked on, will also be released in the current title. Expect the unnamed \u2018secret\u2019 expansion to be released in 2024. \u201cThe Witch Queen\u201d has already been delayed until 2022, and Lightfall is penned in for 2023. At this stage, this Dexerto writer is onboard with Bungie\u2019s plans too. I\u2019m certainly happy to stick to my guns that \u201cThe Witch Queen\u201d expansion will be a pivotal moment for the Destiny franchise, but the devs seem to have the next half-decade of storylines and content planned out at this stage; something we\u2019ve rarely seen in the series before, if ever. Most importantly, however, Bungie has finally begun delivering on their post-Activision promises, especially in Season of the Chosen. Guardians across the Destiny 2 community have given the latest season the green light \u2014 a rare occurrence for the fandom \u2014 in part due to its live storytelling. If Bungie can keep that up into The Witch Queen, and beyond, there\u2019s no reason to force a \u201cDestiny 3 reset\u201d for the franchise any time soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bungie has \u201cno plans\u201d to ditch Destiny 2 after \u2018Lightfall\u2019 expansion BungieDestiny 2 will live on \u2014 Bungie has confirmed they\u2019re in it for the long haul when it comes to their epic space franchise, with plans to release more expansions after 2023 offering \u201cLightfall\u201d already being inked in their long-term strategy. A possible \u201cDestiny […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}