Rumour: Bungie's Next Title Detailed by Activision Lawsuit

[Sonic 296]

So this "leaked" legal document could have spilled the beans on the Bungie next game to be published by Activision. Some interesting contract stipulations as well, such as the GameRankings.com one.

 

Rumour: Bungie's Next Title Detailed by Activision Lawsuit

 

The LA Times has detailed court documents from the ongoing dispute between Activision and the founders of Infinity Ward that detail a series of new games in development at Halo creators Bungie.

 

The documents, which are heavy on legal language, were broken down by NeoGAF poster V_Ben:

• Massively multiplayer style, sci-fantasy action shooter series codenamed Destiny with expansion packs codenamed Comet
  
• Four games releasing in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019
  
• Four expansion packs releasing in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020
  
• The main games will be retail
  
• There will be other DLC, subscriptions, microtransactions, and value added services
  
• The first game will be an Xbox 360 and "Xbox 720" timed exclusive
  
• Activision and Bungie are considering a PS3 version of the first game in 2014
  
• The second game is targeted for 360, 720, PS4, and Windows PC, though the contract notes that some of those SKUs may be dropped if they decide they are not worthwhile or not technically feasible
  
• Activision can terminate the contract without penalty if Destiny doesn't sell at least 5 million units in the first six months, or for any reason they please after the second expansion pack releases
  
• Bungie is also working on a Marathon game, but there are numerous restrictions imposed by Activision on Bungie regarding how many people can work on it and when
  
• The game is targeting a rating of Teen/PEGI 16, but Bungie is not contractually held to hit this mark
  
• Bungie will receive a $2.5 million bonus if Destiny achieves a GameRankings.com rating of 90 or higher on Xbox 360 as measured 30 days after release
  

Before these legal documents were filed, what Bungie was working on next was unknown. Until an announcement, however, even solid-looking information like this must be considered a rumour.

 

You find the full document at these links....

http://documents.lat...ision-contract/

http://s3.documentcl...on-contract.pdf

[PurpleGaga27 40]

I highly doubt it will be a new Halo series, but that series was switched to a different developer. This game (unannounced) could be a new name for the series, and definitely not COD.

[Sonic 296]

Of course its not Halo. Microsoft own Halo, not Bungie. And just because it mentions Activision this is nothing to do with CoD either.

 

This is about Bungie's publishing contract with Activision for a new game(s).

[Luk3us 63]

I like the nice little time table they've set up there, new game every two years, and an 'expansion' every year in between.

 

Sounds like a COD rip to me, and I'm sick of playing clones of games.

[BigJoe 4]

The only thing that caught my eye in that list was the mention of the new Marathon game.