In response to the “leak” showing Destiny’s plans for the next 2 years, Bungie has unofficially acknowledged it, with a big grin and a nod to the cult film Memento.
Shortly after New Year, a photo from an alleged Bungie presentation made the rounds. The pixelated image was actually from October, but only then became known to a wider audience. It showed all the nice secret plans for what Destiny has in store for 2015 and the first months of 2016.
From a marketing perspective, a nightmare: Once everything is known, how can you keep fans engaged with little info bites over months? And the photo seemed to reveal everything already: In March, the next bite of content with the ‘House of Wolves’, about the size of the DLC ‘The Darkness Awaits.’
In September, a big expansion “Comet: Plague of Darkness,” which would turn Destiny into sort of Destiny 1.5. With a new base level, new box, and plenty of new gameplay content.
After that, two smaller DLC bites again.
This all came just over the holidays, when Bungie employees were with their families and relaxing. Now it’s back to “business as usual” and they are acknowledging the alleged leak and commenting on it. And this is being done by the employee responsible for keeping fans entertained with the aforementioned little info bites for months.
The comment is therefore not official (in the Weekly Update there was not a peep), but unofficial. The community and marketing strategist at Bungie, Eric Osborne, who was also the source of the last Weekly Update, posted the following on Twitter:
— Eric Osborne (@UrkMcGurk) January 13, 2015
A movie quote says no more than a thousand words
Seen in a Polaroid is the leak photo in connection with the film “Memento” (2000). On the back of the photo, it says “Don’t trust this image.” In Memento, a man without memory tries to remember using Polaroid photos and deceives himself with these images.
The message from Osborne is clear: What is seen in the image should not be taken at face value. Whether the photo was ever accurate, whether plans have changed since then, what is happening, Osborne does not reveal.
Bungie confirms planned expansion of the size of Comet
A specific response in the discussion about the Twitter pic came after all. “Can we expect an expansion about the size of Comet?” a fan wanted to know.
Osborne’s answer this time did not need a pop culture reference; it was quite clear: Yup.
@WilderMercy @Bungie Yup.
— Eric Osborne (@UrkMcGurk) January 13, 2015
