The next chapter for Destiny 2 was announced with Shadowkeep. But what follows afterwards? In a podcast, Luke Smith and Mark Noseworthy talked about the future of the franchise and what the expansion “Season of Dawn” means for players and developers.
What was discussed? In a podcast with Jason Schreier, Luke Smith and Mark Noseworthy spoke about Destiny 2 and the future of the franchise. They stated that they are not done with Destiny 2 yet, but did not elaborate on a Destiny 3.
Rumors about Destiny 3 first surfaced in October 2018. The work on the title was said to have just started then. The alleged information came from the Destiny leaker AnonTheNine.
There were also other rumors about Destiny 3 earlier this year, suggesting that the next game might be released in 2020. However, this timeline now seems unlikely, as according to the interview from the podcast, Bungie itself does not know exactly how Destiny will progress in 2020.
What comes after Shadowkeep? According to Luke Smith, there is so much changing in the fall with Shadowkeep that Bungie wants to wait and evaluate how these changes are received by the players.
In an earlier interview, Smith referred to the expansion as a kind of experiment, to find out what the developers can do with the existing content from Destiny 1.
Smith mentioned that they already know what they want to do with Destiny. They want to add new worlds, for example. But after Shadowkeep, the developers will have a better understanding of the situation.
Mark Noseworthy added that Bungie is trying to prepare for multiple future universes. This burden of uncertainty has been carried by many project leaders, and Bungie is attempting to keep this “poison” away from the team as much as possible. It would negatively affect the employees if they did not know whether an expansion would follow next year and what they are actually working on at the moment.
The Project Lead Scott Taylor has already stated that Bungie believes that nothing should come at the expense of a healthy work culture.
What changes in the fall? In addition to the upcoming expansion “Season of Dawn” Year 1 content from Destiny 2 will also become free-to-play under the name “New Light”.
For Shadowkeep, players do not need to have purchased or played any previous DLCs or the expansion Forsaken. All Guardians, including free-to-play players, will no longer need to purchase all content in the future, but can choose which additional content they are interested in and purchase that specifically.
