The subsequent Destiny recreation, codenamed Payback, was reportedly canceled some time in the past, and it appears to be like like Sony will likely be supporting Destiny 2 for the close to future.
In response to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, Destiny developer Bungie was reportedly engaged on Payback, which was a spin-off. Nevertheless, the venture was reportedly canceled some time in the past and solely “very early work” was completed on it. Schreier additionally clarified {that a} “Destiny 3” was not canceled as a result of it was by no means in improvement anyway.
Big Bomb’s Jeff Grubb mentioned on Game Mess Mornings that reportedly Bungie referred to Payback as “the following Destiny” and never Destiny 3, however it was indefinitely shelved. “Both method, let’s be clear, a ‘Destiny 3’ or ‘subsequent Destiny’ is simply not the factor that they’re going to be popping out of this trying towards not to mention engaged on in any possible way,” he defined.
Moreover, Bungie is reportedly dedicated to supporting Destiny 2, however future content material updates will likely be considerably smaller in comparison with the massive expansions that the sport has had prior to now like the newest The Closing Form. Reportedly, Bungie refers to them internally as “content material packs” now.
Bungie laid off greater than 200 individuals yesterday, with some remaining workers transitioning to inside positions inside now-parent firm Sony in addition to creating a brand new studio to work on a brand new motion recreation. In response to Grubb, Bungie reportedly nonetheless expects its extraction shooter, Marathon, to nonetheless hit its 2025 launch window.