Bungie and Activision to Parts Ways

After regular friction and disagreements Bungie and Activison have announced that they will be parting ways after 8 years giving Bungie full control and publishing rights of their baby franchise Destiny.

The companies released a joint statement announcing the development:

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.

Bungie released a post discussing the end of the publishing deal with Activision.

“We have enjoyed a successful eight-year run and would like to thank Activision for their partnership on Destiny. Looking ahead, we’re excited to announce plans for Activision to transfer publishing rights for Destiny to Bungie. With our remarkable Destiny community, we are ready to publish on our own, while Activision will increase their focus on owned IP projects,”

Bungie gave high hopes for the future of Destiny saying

“With Forsaken, we’ve learned, and listened, and leaned in to what we believe our players want from a great Destiny experience. Rest assured there is more of that on the way. We’ll continue to deliver on the existing Destiny roadmap, and we’re looking forward to releasing more seasonal experiences in the coming months, as well as surprising our community with some exciting announcements about what lies beyond.”

As far as Destiny 2 for PC, which is hosted on Activision Blizzard’s Battle.net, there are no apparent plans for that to change anytime soon.

As my personal opinion, this is a good move for Bungie as no one would give love and care like you would to your own baby, so I believe this is nothing but good news for Destiny fans especially given the fact that the two companies are ending their partnership on good terms.

We just have to wait and see what Bungie does with its spearhead now.