Staten will lead development on a new "AAA multi-platform game."

On April 8, 2023, news about Joseph Staten parting ways from Microsoft made its way around the Internet. Staten served as the creative lead on Halo Infinite and was the cinematic director on the first three Halo titles from Bungie. At the time, Staten said that he would have "more info to share soon."

True to his word, Staten's immediate future was revealed today. Taking once more to Twitter,...

He was the head of creative on Halo Infinite and cinematic director for first three games.

It's the end of an era this weekend as Joseph Staten is leaving Microsoft. Staten was the head of creative on Halo Infinite and was also the cinematic director on the first three Halo titles. Microsoft confirmed this news on Friday, April 7, 2023.

Microsoft's statement to the public, via IGN, about Staten's departure did not indicate where he may be headed next. There was also no...

It is said that the late actor passed away from natural causes.

Actor Lance Reddick has passed away at the age of 60. The initial report came from TMZ but was later corroborated by several other media outlets. Police say they found Reddick in his home in Studio City, Los Angeles on Friday morning. The exact cause of death has not been revealed, but authorities are saying that he passed from natural causes.

Reddick has a lot of "best known for" roles under his...

The Destiny developer has also voiced their disappointment with YouTube's lousy customer service.

Bungie has filed a lawsuit against the people responsible for last week's "fraudulent" YouTube takedowns. The studio also very clear voiced their disappointment against YouTube's DMCA process as a part of the lawsuit against 10 John Doe defendants that were accused of issuing takedown notices against numerous Destiny 2 videos, including many that were officially uploaded by Bungie....

Bungie's own Destiny 2 videos were also hit by this string of copyright claims.

This past week, a number of Destiny content creators were struck by copyright claims and takedown requests across various uploads to their YouTube channels. A number of high-profile creators, such as MyNameIsByf, were hit just as hard as smaller creators. In fact, some of Bungie's own Destiny videos were also struck by copyright claims.

What the heck happened?

According to the...

The pair are also seeking an injunction against the upcoming Halo TV series.

A new report by Eurogamer says that the original Halo music composers, Marty O'Donnell and Mike Salvatori, are suing Microsoft over unpaid royalties. Some of these royalties seem to date back roughly 20 years according to the lawsuit.

Lawyers for O'Donnell and Salvatori filed this lawsuit back in June 2020 with a Washington state court. Next week, mediation is scheduled to begin but if no agreement...

The former Bungie composer now owes the studio tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees.

Former Bungie composer Mary O'Donnell has been found in contempt of court after it was found that he was using Destiny music assets. This use of assets from Destiny broke the terms of a 2015 lawsuit between himself and Bungie. As a result of this ruling, O'Donnell now has to pay tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees to Bungie.

According to Eurogamer, O'Donnell had uploaded videos...

Humanity once again needs your help.

Disintegration is an upcoming sci-fi shooter from V1 Interactive and Private Division. The game includes a "riveting" single-player campaign along with three distinct multiplayer modes. The game will be priced at $49.99 for the PC via Steam(!), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The team at V1 Interactive is made up of some industry veterans that worked on games like Halo, Destiny, and SOCOM. They are led by Marcus Lehto, co-creator on Halo...

Oh yeah, spoiler alert for Destiny 2: Forsaken or something. Not that it matters since Bungie themselves straight up shows the serial punster getting blasted in the face by Prince Emo* (*actual name Uldren Sov).
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Oh yeah, spoiler alert for Destiny 2: Forsaken or something. Not that it matters since Bungie themselves straight up shows the serial punster getting...

Just a few hours ago today, Bungie announced that they have entered into a new partnership with NetEase to help them "explore new directions." It seems as though this new partnership will help Bungie to create a new IP after Destiny.
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Just a few hours ago today, Bungie announced that they have entered into a new partnership with NetEase to help them "explore new directions."...

Activision low-key revealed that Destiny 2 is officially the "largest PC launch in Activision history based on units." They also said that it was the second highest grossing console game of 2017 in North America behind, you guessed it, Call of Duty: WWII.

This is all according to Activision-Blizzard's proxy statement (PDF) with a nod to PCGamesN for bringing it to everyone's attention. Some other bits of information pulled from the document show that Activision-Blizzard had a recor...

Activision low-key revealed that Destiny 2 is officially the "largest PC launch in Activision history based on units." They also said...

Just as they promised, Bungie indeed laid out a rather extensive list of changes coming to Destiny 2 as a result of the growing anger from the fan base. Today's just released blog entry talks about updates coming throughout December, January, and into early 2018. You're looking at Masterwork weapons that can add stat tracking, provide random but re-rollable stat bonuses, and more. In addition, there will be better vendor rewards including the ability to directly purchase the items you w...