How Destiny BARELY Made It 10 Years

The release of Destiny’s Final Shape expansion will mark the end of the franchise’s Light and Darkness saga, as well as a decade of Destiny.

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The game’s ten year plan is often something touted by both its developers and its players as Destiny’s ultimate goal. However, what those ten years look like now is drastically different from what developer Bungie first envisioned. Let’s take a look at the original design for the franchise, and document how that plan quickly unraveled.

Timestamps:
01:06 - Before Destiny
02:25 - The original 10 year plan
02:54 - The original story
04:05 - Destiny
04:56 - Diablo III team save the day
06:15 - The Taken King
07:35 - What was next?
08:42 - Rise of Iron
09:14 - Destiny 2
12:14 - Forsaken
13:19 - Seasons
13:45 - The Activision break up
14:22 - Shadowkeep and New Light
15:40 - COVID
16:10 - The final plan
16:33 - Beyond Light
18:15 - The Witch Queen
18:50 - Lightfall
19:30 - Episode
20:10 - The Final Shape

Sources:
https://kotaku.com/the-messy-true-story-behind-the-making-of-destiny-1737556731
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/activision-split-with-bungie-because-destiny-was-not-meeting-financial-expectations
https://medium.com/super-jump/destinys-complicated-development-d5b94dcabca2