Bungie Reportedly Ramping Up Development on Destiny Mobile Title; Job Listings Reveal

Bungie has reportedly ramped up hiring for Destiny mobile game, a first-person shooter game that has been in development for more than two years. Leaker and data miner Sarge just shared on Twitter that Bungie is hiring internal testers, graphical engineers and other key positions for Destiny. The update also mentioned that this game would be a standalone title and not related to Destiny 2 which has also been in the works. 

In 2022, Bungie filed six patent applications related to virtual controllers, similar to those featured in several popular mobile games, with emulated buttons and control sticks. The publication of the patents had fueled further speculation about a mobile version of Destiny being in development. The Game Post had revealed that Bungie is working in partnership with Chinese tech and gaming giant NetEase which invested $100 million to become a minority shareholder in Bungie in 2018. 

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Destiny's Upcoming Mobile Game Not Related To Destiny 2
 

NetEase also helped Blizzard develop Diablo Immortal which has been criticised by gamers for several reasons, including pricing. But the company has other highly successful titles as well.
 

Destiny was released worldwide in 2014, for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One consoles and was actually Bungie's first new console franchise since the Halo series. Set in a mythological science fiction world, the game features a shared-world environment with role-playing elements. Activities in Destiny are divided among player versus environment (PvE) and player versus player (PvP) categories. 

In related news, the Senior narrative designer at Bungie revealed the last voice line recorded for Commander Zavala by Lance Reddick, a fan favourite who passed away in March this year. According to Robert Brooks, those were the final lines he recorded with Lance Reddick. But they were not Zavala's final words since the character will have lines in the upcoming seasons and The Final Shape.