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Late last month, you likely saw a few articles covering a recent Destiny 2 datamine, which showed strings for a subscription option for the game. While the D2 Dataminers Discord server is usually a trusted source for these leaks, the mods of the server have now revealed that the subscription …

Bungie has already made all of its major announcements for next year's Destiny 2 expansion, Lightfall. However, recent datamining shows that there was one potentially huge change to Destiny 2 that was seemingly scrapped – a subscription option.  As reported by The Game Post, the D2 Datamines Discord server discovered …

Riot Games has cemented a position in the competitive shooter world with Valorant, directed by Joe Ziegler. Now, Ziegler will be moving on to a new challenge, leaving Riot behind and joining Bungie.  In an announcement this week, Ziegler revealed that he is now working at Bungie on “new stuff”. …

Recently, Bungie has been handing out lawsuits against cheat sellers and cheat creators, looking to stamp out cheating in Destiny 2. For the most part, Bungie is winning these cases, but it ran into a wall earlier this year when AimJunkies counter-sued the company.  Bungie has previously filed a lawsuit …

We've known for a long time now that Bungie is working on new games outside of Destiny. Previously, the company trademarked a game called ‘Matter' but as it turns out, Bungie has something entirely different in the works – a revival of Marathon, an FPS IP that Bungie established before …

Earlier this year, we began hearing whispers about a Destiny mobile game, which Bungie is apparently working on in collaboration with NetEase, a company you'll all know and love following the launch of Diablo Immortal. Now, new patent filings suggest Bungie is indeed working on bringing Destiny to mobile in …

Recently, Bungie has been handing out lawsuits against cheat sellers and cheat creators, looking to stamp out cheating in Destiny 2. For the most part, Bungie is winning these cases, but it ran into a wall earlier this year when a lawsuit against AimJunkies was dismissed by a judge. Now, …

Back in October 2021, following the shuttering of his own independent studio, Halo co-creator, Marcus Lehto, joined EA to form a brand new studio. Now, under Lehto's leadership, Ridgeline Games (formerly EA Seattle) will now be tasked with developing future single-player Battlefield titles.  Battlefield used to be well known for …

Last night, Bungie held its annual Destiny showcase to properly unveil the upcoming Lightfall expansion. The next major chapter in Destiny will be arriving in February, complete with a new area, new enemies and a whole new subclass. Better yet, Bungie has also announced that it will no longer be …

Recently, Bungie has been handing out lawsuits against cheat sellers and cheat creators, looking to stamp out cheating in Destiny 2. For the most part, Bungie is winning these cases, but it ran into a wall earlier this year when a lawsuit against AimJunkies was dismissed by a judge. Now, …

Prior to Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, various rumours pointed to a new poison/decay subclass being added to the game. That didn't end up happening this expansion, but it looks like Bungie has now confirmed it for Lightfall.  Bungie is currently preparing to reveal the next phase for Destiny 2. …

PvE content has always been the true centrepiece of the Destiny games, but there is still a pretty big PvP audience. There have been plenty of complaints about Destiny 2's PvP over the years, from its map pool and lack of modes to rampant cheating as well as issues finding …

This year has been hugely exciting for Destiny 2. The fantastic campaign in The Witch Queen expansion was just the beginning, with Bungie adding more key moments during seasons. We're still a little while away from the next major expansion, but Bungie will begin revealing Lightfall next month.  Bungie has …

A couple of weeks ago, we learned that Bungie is suing a Destiny YouTuber for violating ToS, sabotaging Bungie's business and harassing employees. Now, Bungie is suing another Destiny content creator, this time for repeated ban evasions and threats towards company staff.  Bungie has filed a lawsuit (via TGP) against …

Sony and Bungie surprised us all earlier this year with a merger announcement. Sony looked to acquire Bungie and its flagship IP, Destiny, in a $3.6 billion deal. Now just a few months later, the deal has officially closed.  As of Friday evening, Bungie is now officially part of the …

Bungie has found great success with their Destiny IP, offering a live service title with excellent first person gameplay and consistent content updates. That being said, Destiny’s PvP has always been lacking, with focus clearly put on the game’s co-op experiences. According to a new job listing however, Bungie might …

Mobile hardware is more powerful than ever, allowing developers to create and release competent and comparable mobile ports of some of the industry’s biggest titles. It seems Bungie is planning to enter the mobile space, as the studio is reportedly working on a Destiny mobile game in collaboration with NetEase. …

Earlier this year, Bungie found itself in hot water with the Destiny content creator community after a number of music channels began getting spammed with DMCA strikes. Bungie swiftly confirmed it was not behind this and worked with YouTube to get things reversed. So who was behind the false bans? …

Over the last few years, Bungie has been tackling Destiny 2  cheats with lawsuits, suing the developers and companies selling cheat tools to players. This week, Bungie actually settled with the people behind a few different cheating sites, with the sellers agreeing to pay $13.5 million USD in damages.  After …

Any major acquisition over a certain value faces regulatory scrutiny, although recent changes at the FTC have empowered the commission over fears that big tech corporations are getting too powerful. Just as Microsoft is facing an in-depth investigation over its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Sony is also facing an …

Bungie has been quite open about the fact that it has a new IP in the works, totally separate from Destiny, with plans to launch in the next few years. Outside of that, not much has been revealed, but there apparently are clues hiding within Destiny 2 right now.  According …

Marty O’Donnell, best known for his work as a composer at Bungie in the days of Halo, and eventually, the early days of Destiny, filed a lawsuit against Microsoft two years ago. O’Donnell and fellow composer, Mike Salvatori, claimed that Microsoft owes the pair royalties dating back 20 years. Now, …

Bungie found itself in the hotseat recently when a wave of copyright takedown requests were sent out against Destiny 2 content creators on YouTube. Bungie quickly admitted that it was just as confused about the situation as the rest of us and now, the studio is suing a number of …

Bungie has spent 20 years creating nothing but first-person shooters, using each new project to refine the overall game-feel further. With the company having crafted a wholly satisfying first-person shooter in the form of Destiny 2, it looks like the company is expanding its horizons and making a third-person game …

Bungie has found itself in a spot of controversy this week, as the studio has revealed that it intends to ban any Destiny 2 player attempting to access the game on Steam Deck. Bungie says the Deck is an ‘unsupported platform', despite the fact that the game can run using …

Destiny 2 is set to enter a new era later tonight with the launch of The Witch Queen expansion, but as with any major online game launch, there are going to be a lot of players trying to play on day-one. With that in mind, Bungie has already forewarned of …

Marty O'Donnell, best known for his work as a composer at Bungie in the days of Halo, and eventually, the early days of Destiny, has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft. O'Donnell and fellow composer, Mike Salvatori, claim that Microsoft owes the pair royalties dating back 20 years.  As reported by …

Many fans were left surprised at the revelation that despite acquiring Bungie for $3.6 Billion, Sony has no intentions of making any of their games exclusive to PlayStation. That being said, Bungie’s IPs will be used by Sony in a different way: Films and TV. During the company’s recent earnings …

Back in August, we learned that Google was hiring new Stadia employees to work on licensing its streaming tech out to game developers and publishers, in lieu of focusing on first-party games and bringing consumers on to Stadia directly. Now, it seems that plan is very much in motion, with Google reportedly being in talks with the likes of Bungie and Capcom.

The video games industry has been a rather volatile place to work in recent years, with studios shutting down, opening up, being acquired and going indie. Following Sony’s recent acquisition of Bungie, the company made clear that they value the talented developers at the studio just as much as the …