After the separation of Bungie and Activision was announced, a major analysis firm expects Destiny 3 to be released in 2020. The company also provides its own assessments regarding the “divorce” and the performance of Destiny 2.

What happened? After Bungie announced it would end the partnership with publisher Activision, fans are wondering what will happen to the Destiny series. As Community Manager DeeJ recently stated on Twitter, the previous plans for 2019 will be adhered to.

But what comes next? The market research and analysis company Cowen & Company is already providing investors with an initial assessment.

What the company says about the future of Destiny: Shortly after the separation became known, Cowen & Company wrote a report for investors. It states, among other things, that Bungie will release a third part of Destiny – specifically in 2020 and despite the separation.

How realistic is this assessment? This assessment sounds plausible and aligns with the assumptions and theories held by many fans.

A Redditor, AnonTheNine, claimed that Bungie is already working on Destiny 3 and even revealed some alleged details. It is said that Destiny 3 is intended to cater more to hardcore fans.

After the separation, Bungie could implement this idea more easily without pressure from Activision and realize its own vision of the franchise in a new game.

The leaker is considered trustworthy in the community and is highly regarded. He is responsible for numerous leaks about Destiny 2, all of which have proven accurate so far.

What also speaks for a Destiny 3 in 2020 is the previous release schedule. Destiny 1 was released in 2014, followed by major expansions in 2015 and 2016. Destiny 2 came out in 2017 and also received a major expansion in 2018 with Forsaken.

What comes in the fall of 2019 is still unknown, but a second major expansion is likely. In this context, Destiny 3 in 2020 also sounds quite logical and understandable.

What Cowen & Company says about the separation: The analysis company also provided additional assessments regarding the “divorce” of Bungie and Activision.

Originally, a new Destiny game was supposed to be released every 2 years. This plan could not be adhered to and was changed to a new game every 3 years. This may have contributed to the ever-growing differences regarding the franchise’s direction. However, other factors also played a role.

Even if Destiny 2 may have been economically successful in terms of individual unit sales, it has not brought in the revenues that Activision had hoped for in the long term. In an earnings call, Bungie was even reprimanded by Activision for this.

Bungie’s attempts to appeal to a broader player base with a casual-oriented franchise have failed. Forsaken received positive reviews, but it apparently wasn’t good enough to bring back a sufficient number of lapsed players.

Cowen & Company believes that Activision is now distancing itself from Bungie to strengthen its own franchises like Call of Duty, even if it will lead to financial losses in the short term.

The loss of Destiny will ultimately hurt the publisher. Activision Blizzard is expected to lower its profit expectations.

The focus on its own franchises is ultimately more worthwhile than continuing to pour resources into a struggling brand like Destiny.

In conclusion, Cowen & Company stated that this separation is the best thing for the Destiny franchise. Having two chefs in one kitchen has negatively impacted development and been responsible for some low points.

Destiny was a worthwhile attempt by Activision to build another franchise pillar that, however, did not go as planned. This underscores how difficult it is to develop and operate a successful live service.

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Bungie has announced that it will end its partnership with the publisher Activision and will continue to develop Destiny 2 on its own. What implications does this “divorce” have for the immediate future of the game? The studio has now commented on this.

What happened? On January 10, 2019, Bungie unexpectedly announced that it would part ways with its longtime partner Activision after eight years of cooperation. The creators of Destiny 2 will take over full rights to the franchise and continue the Destiny brand on their own.

This is how fans are reacting: The vast majority of fans have received the news with great joy. Social media, forums, and discussion platforms like Reddit are full of congratulations and celebrating fans. However, this development also leaves many question marks.

Many are wondering how Destiny will continue – in 2019 and beyond. After all, Bungie had already concrete plans for Destiny 2 through September 2019 and had presented them in detail based on a roadmap at the end of 2018. What impact will the separation from the publisher have on these plans? Will they potentially be discarded?

This is what Bungie says about its plans for 2019: Now Bungie has spoken on this matter. Community Lead DeeJ has reassured fans on Twitter and announced that the proposed roadmap will remain in place.

He posted a picture of the roadmap and said literally: “Today is a big news day for Bungie. Our plans for Destiny remain unchanged. All these updates are still on the schedule.”

The existing plans will therefore be adhered to. However, how Destiny 2 will continue beyond this roadmap is unknown.

Whether there will be another major expansion, another year with the new Season Pass model, or perhaps the next Destiny title remains to be seen. The studio has not commented on this yet.

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At Destiny 2, Bungie has announced the end of their partnership with publisher Activision Blizzard. They are currently in the process of taking over the rights to the “Destiny” brand from Activision.

This is the announcement: Bungie thanks Activision Blizzard for 8 years of collaboration. However, in the future they will independently continue the “Destiny” brand.

The transition process is now underway, but still in its early stages. Both Bungie and Activision are willing to make this handover as smooth as possible.

Bungie will now publish Destiny independently, while Activision will focus more on their own brands in the future.

This is how Bungie justifies it: Bungie reveals very little in the statement. They only say that in 2010, at the beginning of the partnership, the gaming landscape was different.

At that time, they wanted to have a partner they could trust as an “independent studio” bringing a new experience. They had a vision for Destiny that they believed in, but to launch such a big game, they needed the support of an established partner.

With Activision, they built something remarkable. But now they seem ready to move on independently.

This is how it will continue: Bungie says they learned and listened with Forsaken and have started to understand what players expect from a “great Destiny experience”.

Bungie assures players: More is on the way. They believe in the limitless possibilities and potential of Destiny. New adventures and new worlds filled with mysteries, adventures, and hope lie ahead of them.

Supposedly, Bungie employees popped champagne corks

What rumors say about the separation: According to the site Kotaku, the decision was reportedly announced at a “team meeting” at Bungie. The meeting took place almost concurrently with the announcement of the news.

There were reportedly “champagne corks” popping and employees cheered. Kotaku cites an anonymous person who was said to be at the meeting.

It is said that there had been long-standing tensions between Activision and Bungie. Activision insisted on an annual release of new content: Either a new Destiny game or a full expansion should be released every autumn.

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Destiny 2 remains on Battle.net on PC

What will happen with Battle.net? On PC, Destiny 2 runs only through the Battle.net launcher from Activision Blizzard.

Blizzard’s customer support has already tweeted that Destiny 2 will continue to run through Battle.net.

This is the backstory:

• In November, there was a small reprimand for Destiny 2 in Activision Blizzard’s financial report: The numbers were not as strong as hoped. It was said that Destiny 2 remained below expectations with Forsaken.
• One of the game directors of Destiny, Luke Smith, then stated that Bungie is very proud of Forsaken and not disappointed. Smith emphasized the focus on “core gamers.” At the launch of Destiny 2, the game was criticized for being too catered to “casual players.”
• Furthermore, in June 2018 it became known that Bungie had entered into a partnership with the Chinese company NetEase. They are presumably developing a new “non-Destiny” game together.
• Recently, there have been many reports that Activision Blizzard has implemented austerity measures. Additionally, executives have left the company.

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In Destiny 2, the fourth weapon exotic from the Black Armory has been discovered: the fusion rifle Jötunn. And the weapon is already causing significant disruption in the Crucible. Here’s how to get the new exotic fusion rifle.

The Black Armory will bring 5 new exotic weapons. After the sources for Le Monarque, Anarchy, and Izanagi’s Burden have already been found, the Jötunn is now the fourth exotic weapon discovered from the Black Armory.

And it’s quite powerful in PvP.

Here’s how to get the Jötunn in Destiny 2

Where can you find the new weapon exotic? The weapon was discovered by the first Guardians after the fourth forge of the Black Armory, Bergusia, opened its doors.

 This new exotic weapon apparently drops just like the bow Le Monarque when you complete a powerful weapon frame from Ada-1 in the forge. 

However, while Le Monarque can drop from any forge upon completing a powerful weapon frame, all confirmed drops of the Jötunn have occurred in the Bergusia forge. 

You should complete your powerful weapon frames in the new Bergusia forge to have a chance at the Jötunn. That seems to be the only source at the moment.

If the weapon does drop in other forges, we will update this accordingly.

How the Jötunn is currently shaking up PvP

What is the Jötunn anyway? It is an exotic fusion rifle with solar damage. The Jötunn is used in the energy weapon slot. 

This is what makes the Jötunn unique: The intrinsic perk of the Jötunn is Charged Shot. Holding down the trigger charges an arrow shot that explodes and ignites on impact.

Thanks to the perk “volatile launch”, the explosion radius of a normal shot increases significantly – at a cost of handling speed and projectile speed.

The fireball projectiles of the Jötunn also track their targets.

What can the Jötunn do in practice? Currently, not much is known about its PvE qualities. But in the Crucible, this new weapon is currently causing a lot of chaos. 

Even though it is an energy weapon and not a heavy weapon, the arrow shot of the Jötunn kills with a direct hit – no matter where you hit the opponent.

The distance to the enemy apparently also does not matter. Even an arrow shot across the entire map is fatal.

Thanks to the tracking, almost every shot hits. Once you fire the weapon, you can basically turn away and already focus on the next target – unless the target notices the shot in time and tries to dodge the fireball projectile. But even that rarely works.

If several opponents are close enough together, you can take out entire groups with a single shot from the Jötunn.

This is what it looks like when you are in PvP with the Jötunn: How (overly) powerful the weapon is in the Crucible is demonstrated by exceptional player Gigz in a video on Twitter.

So if you’re lucky enough to get the weapon soon or already own it, definitely take it for a spin in the Crucible.

In this video by Nexxoss Gaming, you will find a compact guide to the Jötunn:

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