Bungie is reportedly working on a new Destiny game for mobile in partnership with Chinese tech and gaming giant NetEase.
The Game Post claims to have seen “an unannounced FPS mobile game” co-developed with Bungie, featured on the LinkedIn profile of a NetEase Games artist.
And citing a source allegedly familiar with NetEase’s development plans, the site claims the studio has been working on a new Destiny game for over two years.
It is also suggested that the game is a new title rather than a mobile version of Destiny 2.
Destiny 2 ViDoc: Light in the Darkness
Destiny 2 ViDoc: Light in the Darkness
NetEase invested $100 million to become a minority shareholder in Bungie in 2018. See the article : 6 Ways to Save on Video Games. At the time, the Destiny studio said the deal would help it “explore new directions” and “build new worlds.”
Bungie CEO Pete Parsons also told GamesIndustry.biz that the deal signaled Bungie’s ambition to become a global games and entertainment company.
“We want to be able to build games that inspire people from all over the world, and this partnership will, in part, allow us to do that, to start that incubation and development process in a real way,” he said.
Sony announced in January that it plans to acquire Bungie in a $3.6 billion deal.
In May, Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said the company’s planned acquisition of Bungie was motivated in part by a desire for PlayStation to become more of a multiplatform company.
“We believe it will be a catalyst to improve our live game services capabilities,” he said. “Our acquisition of Bungie also represents a major step forward towards becoming more multiplatform.”
In addition to ongoing work on Destiny 2, Bungie previously announced plans to bring at least one new IP to market before 2025.
