The month of January had greater than its fair proportion of newsworthy surprises, however the finish of the month actually threw some sizable curveballs our means. In the gaming house, everybody was shocked to be taught that Bungie, the unique builders of Halo and presently engaged on the Destiny franchise, had been purchased by Sony for a silly sum of money.

In the midst of hypothesis and concern about each Bungie and the state of the trade, an funding name from Sony shed some mild on what the writer of fantastically rendered Dad Games and Spider-Man titles noticed within the Seattle studio. Put bluntly, a part of the enchantment for Sony not less than is in increasing Bungie’s IP past the realm of video games, one thing the studio itself has been quietly constructing in direction of by hiring individuals who’ve labored with Nickelodeon and CBS, together with Derick Tsai.

Tsai’s inclusion is necessary, as he’s presently the Head of Development for Destiny’s transmedia efforts, and beforehand directed animated brief movies over at Riot Games, which just lately launched the smash hit collection Arcane. Connect the dots and you’ll see that Bungie needs Destiny to department out, which hasn’t actually gotten an opportunity to occur but. When it was nonetheless with Activision, Destiny acquired some comedian books, and there have been some enjoyable live action commercials. But no actual try has been made to try to seize the potential of Bungie’s world, whilst just about any online game may very well be up for adaptation at a second’s discover.

Even with out official affirmation in the mean time, it’s clear that Bungie needs to have one thing to do with animation, whether or not that’s an precise TV collection or movie, or simply trailers for future expansions Lightfall and The Final Shape. Either means, it looks like the best time for such a factor to occur; Destiny 2 has discovered its narrative stride since adopting the seasonal storytelling format with 2018’s Forsaken, and Witch Queen has had a robust buildup forward of its February 22 launch. The collection has come a good distance since its esoteric method to worldbuilding for the primary recreation, with every location and growth having its personal pretty distinct tone and magnificence from the remaining. Since Destiny 2 first launched, it’s been prepared to get rather a lot weirder and deeper with its story, and it’d be thrilling to see extra slices of the science fantasy universe past what the participant is allowed to discover within the restricted capability of Destiny’s framework as a co-operative shooter.

On its personal, the information could be fascinating, however what makes such a factor really thrilling is Sony serving to make Bungie’s desires a actuality. Its reside motion works could be everywhere, however animation-sensible, Sony’s had a strong observe document through the years: outdoors of Spider-Verse and The Mitchells v. the Machines, there’s been the wildly profitable Hotel Transylvania movies and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Even if a few of its motion pictures are sort of stinkers, Sony’s animation groups are not less than attempting and experimenting inside the medium on a regular basis.

Whatever Destiny’s animated experiment finally ends up turning into, it’ll virtually actually be price listening to. As is, players are primed to obtain a deluge of variations and new spins on video video games they both love or have some consciousness of, and the items are in place for Bungie’s shooter-MMO to convey one thing totally different, if not enjoyable, to the dialog. But it’s equally as attainable that the studio’s ambition exceeds its attain, one thing we received’t know till this takes its ultimate form.

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