Activision currently has aDestiny-sized hole in its line-up of games, with Bungie going independent and taking its franchise with it. But whileActivision was comfortable with Bungie’s departure, it apparently isn’t content to let theDestiny’s audience escape. A new rumor claims that Activision is working with a third-party partner to “fill the gap thatDestinyonce filled.” That studio and what exactly kind of game they’re developing remains a mystery, however.
TheGamingRevolution YouTube channel, which has provided accurateCall of Duty-related leaksin the past, cites an anonymous source for this Activision information. According to the source, Activision currently has 10 games in development under its purvey. This includes projects across all of its partnered or internal studios. Three of those projects areCall of Dutygames, as would be expected given the three-year development rotation between Sledgehammer, Treyarch, and Infinity Ward.
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The remaining six games in development are likely a mix of licensed titles, follow-ups to past games, and sequels. For example, in the past five years Activision has published games in theTransformers,SpongeBob,Tony Hawk, andTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesfranchises. It has also remastered and re-releasedCrash BandicootandSpyrocollections. And then there’sSkylanders, which may or may not be coming back. Games likeSekiro: Shadows Die Twiceare a rarity, but then again Activision’s most recent years have been atypical.
Which makes the idea of a newDestiny-like from one of Activision’s studios all the more a mystery. The most likely studios to take up such a project would be one of the threeCall of Dutystudios. But if they’re all working onCall of Duty, then that takes them out of the equation. It’s hard to imagine another studio taking up such a project, unless thisDestiny-likeisn’t really much likeDestinyat all. None of Activision’s other partner studios have much experience with multiplayer, let alone on such a massive scale. Perhaps aCall of Dutystudio is now working on this new project, with a different studio working onCall of Duty.
It bears repeating that this rumor is unreliable. An anonymous source stemming from an unreliable outlet just can’t be trusted outright. However, the outlet does have a track record of accurate rumors regardingCall of Duty, so the rumor is at least worth considering. There’s, perhaps, a newDestiny-like in development atActivision. It seems unlikely, however, that even if it exists will it be announced anytime soon. And given that, there’s always the possibility it could get shelved before it’s even announced. In summary, this is an interesting possibility, but perhaps a bit too early to get excited about.
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