Destiny 2, a planned sequel to the MMO shooter Destiny, is allegedly said to have been delayed.
The US site Kotaku released a disclosure report on the origin story of Destiny a few months ago. They cited several anonymous sources that were said to be within the game’s environment. The result was an interesting and quite coherent story, which Bungie remained silent about.
Apparently, there is still close contact with these sources. Because once again there is a supposed revelation, which Kotaku reports exclusively. They again refer to anonymous sources and insiders.
Update from 11.02.2016: Destiny 2 announced for 2017, expansion coming in 2016, next PvE update in spring.
Allegedly, Bungie’s leadership decided to delay the big September expansion known as “Destiny 2” . This decision was only made by the “Higher Ups” last week. It hadn’t even reached all Destiny employees yet.
They allegedly told the live team responsible for events and ongoing operations to focus on content, on DLCs for 2016. The live team is supposed to fill the gap created by the delayed expansion Destiny 2. However, the team is not sufficiently staffed for this.
The spicy part is: Activision has not yet announced Destiny 2 or any equivalent. Officially, nothing is known about it. Fans and journalists expected a Destiny 2 in September, because it emerged from a contract that became public during a legal dispute. It is assumed that a large expansion is hidden behind Destiny 2 in the style of “Taken King.”
Plans constantly in flux
According to Kotaku’s sources, the development of Destiny is constantly in flux. Therefore, Bungie cannot reveal anything about the future at the moment, as much as fans might want. Time and again, Bungie has discarded plans.
Bungie’s leadership does not want to announce anything, nor give hints about something they are not absolutely sure they can deliver.
The future is simply not yet set, plans change constantly, feedback is being integrated, and they want to give no suggestions.
These two ideas could be implemented
According to further information from Kotaku, there are plans to bring the section “Pyramidion” to Destiny, which is an area on Mars with a new strike and raid.
Allegedly, they removed the activity “Dares of the Nine” from “Taken King”, a type of custom game as known from Halo. Players had to complete certain tasks in dynamic scenarios.
But whether something like this will come as a bridge or something else is unknown. Those are just speculations. Kotaku knows nothing concrete about the future of Destiny and how it will proceed.
Reports about something we will only learn about in summer
Mein MMO thinks: We should take all of this with caution. This is the type of story that currently tells players what they suspect and want to hear. Why doesn’t Bungie tell us anything? It doesn’t make sense; there must be a reason for it. Something is not right here. With Kotaku’s story, they explain what players suspect and feel.
However: A Destiny 2 would have been announced at the earliest at E3. That is still a long way off. It will take place from June 14 to June 16, 2016. Whether there are really problems with Destiny 2 (or with a fall expansion), as reported by Kotaku, we will probably only find out in 5 months, should Bungie really remain silent at the fair or announce something “small”.
The reports now show, in any case, that fans urgently want “concrete statements” about the future of Destiny. Because the Guardians invest many hours into the game and want to finally know how it will continue, if there is still more to come.
Such an article that makes a lot of noise, like the one from Kotaku, might provoke an official statement. In recent months, developers have repeatedly tried to reassure players: Everything is fine. A lot is still coming. They will talk about it soon.
It seems that these reassurances currently aren’t satisfactory for many anymore.
