Bungie secure $100m from NetEase for new game

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by tomvek » Sat Jun 02, 2018 1:50 pm

Bungie has received over $100m as part of an investment from a Chinese publisher to build a new game.

The Destiny developer received the investment from NetEase, which operates Blizzard games such as World of Warcraft, StarCraft 2 and Overwatch in mainland China. NetEase now has a minority stake in Bungie and a seat on its board of directors, but insisted the developer will continue to operate independently.

"Today, we're excited to announce that we've entered into a new partnership with NetEase to help us explore new directions," reads Bungie's statement.

"With their industry expertise, they'll empower us to build new worlds and invite players, new and old, to join us there. They'll help us support separate teams inside Bungie to bring our newest ambitions to life."

NetEase said Bungie "will begin the creation of new worlds" under chief creative officer and Bungie founder Jason Jones.

The deal does sound at least in part about bringing new Bungie games to the Chinese market, as well as a bid to self-publish new titles after a number of years working exclusively with Activision for Destiny.

"It's not that we don't have new ideas, things we want to do and concepts we'd like to test out," Bungie boss Pete Parsons told Eurogamer sister site GamesIndustry.biz.

"But ultimately, we want to be a global game and entertainment company. We want to be able to build games that are inspiring people from around the world, and this partnership in part will allow us to do that, to begin that incubation and development process in a real way."

As you'd expect, the revelation Bungie is working on a new video game has raised a few eyebrows within Destiny's playerbase. The announcement comes at a time when the pressure is very much on Bungie to rekindle interest in Destiny 2 (with a reveal for the anticipated big September expansion due next week).

Perhaps preempting this concern, Bungie's statement moved to reassure Destiny fans that it has not left them behind.

"If you're a player of Destiny, this news won't impact the hobby you've come to know," Bungie said.

"Destiny is an experience that will grow for many years to come. We'll continue to work with our partners at Activision to foster this global community and turn new players from all over the world into Guardians. Our commitment to that world is not diminished by this announcement.

"We have exciting plans for the future of the Destiny franchise, and you'll learn more about the next steps we'll take together in the weeks to come."

What this means for the future of Destiny remains to be seen. Bungie's original deal with Activision (revealed via a contract published in 2012 as part of the lawsuit between Activision and Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vince Zampella) was for the studio to develop Destiny games and their expansions over the course of a decade. The first game launched in September 2014, which means we're not even four years into this supposed decade of Destiny. Will Destiny - and Bungie - soldier through to the end? Will there be a Destiny 3?

As for Bungie's new game, it sounds like a reveal is a way off. "For now, we're grateful for the opportunity to welcome NetEase to the family," Bungie said. "We have a bold vision to explore with them, but that is all a conversation for another time."

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018 ... r-new-game

Interesting to see that they also own a small stake in Bungie.

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by NickSCFC » Sat Jun 02, 2018 2:02 pm

If it's a Chinese publisher I imagine it'll be a LOL/DOTA style game.

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by Mafro » Sat Jun 02, 2018 2:32 pm

NickSCFC wrote:If it's a Chinese publisher I imagine it'll be a LOL/DOTA style game.

Destiny 2 is already a LOL game in a lot of ways tbf.

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by Peter Crisp » Sat Jun 02, 2018 2:42 pm

Lets go back in time and flood the market with WW2 FPS games.

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by NickSCFC » Sat Jun 02, 2018 5:23 pm

Peter Crisp wrote:Lets go back in time and flood the market with WW2 FPS games.


Well COD and BF already are, I'm glad to see them come back after their prominence in the 6th gen then almost non existence in the 7th.

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PostRe: Bungie secure $100m from NetEase for new game
by KjGarly » Sat Jun 02, 2018 5:35 pm

China no.1!

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by Tafdolphin » Sat Jun 02, 2018 6:42 pm

So strange to have seen Bungie go from the studio that first teased Halo by sending mystery emails to a superfan, to one accepting $100 million from faceless Chinese net companies.

Not in a good way.

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by Peter Crisp » Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:15 pm

Tafdolphin wrote:So strange to have seen Bungie go from the studio that first teased Halo by sending mystery emails to a superfan, to one accepting $100 million from faceless Chinese net companies.

Not in a good way.


Yep, this just fells like it'l be the equivalent of one of those big budget movie with loads of money spent but ends up being just terrible.
It's money looking for an idea rather than having an awesome idea and then getting funding.

For some reason it just doesn't inspire confidence in me.

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by Peter Crisp » Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:22 am


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by Mafro » Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:50 am

They've got two years left on their ten year deal with Activision so it'll be interesting to see what happens after that.

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Apparently the are going to self publish their games.

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by Tafdolphin » Sun Jun 03, 2018 9:57 am

Mafro wrote:They've got two years left on their ten year deal with Activision so it'll be interesting to see what happens after that.

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PostRe: Bungie secure $100m from NetEase for new game
by Peter Crisp » Sun Jun 03, 2018 2:33 pm

So there could be only 2 more years of Destiny in theory?
I'm sure they'll continue and make number 3 but I thought the contract would easily see them well into Destiny 3 and maybe even 4. I wonder if they have extension clauses or other hidden stuff.

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by Mafro » Sun Jun 03, 2018 4:00 pm

Peter Crisp wrote:So there could be only 2 more years of Destiny in theory?
I'm sure they'll continue and make number 3 but I thought the contract would easily see them well into Destiny 3 and maybe even 4. I wonder if they have extension clauses or other hidden stuff.

They could potentially just self publish Destiny 3 I guess.

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by Peter Crisp » Sun Jun 03, 2018 5:30 pm

Mafro wrote:
Peter Crisp wrote:So there could be only 2 more years of Destiny in theory?
I'm sure they'll continue and make number 3 but I thought the contract would easily see them well into Destiny 3 and maybe even 4. I wonder if they have extension clauses or other hidden stuff.

They could potentially just self publish Destiny 3 I guess.


The overall story of the game is nowhere near finished.
I would hope they at least give players some kind of ending.

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by Winckle » Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:29 am

Mafro wrote:
Peter Crisp wrote:So there could be only 2 more years of Destiny in theory?
I'm sure they'll continue and make number 3 but I thought the contract would easily see them well into Destiny 3 and maybe even 4. I wonder if they have extension clauses or other hidden stuff.

They could potentially just self publish Destiny 3 I guess.

Given how poorly it's doing, that could be quite risky.

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by Mafro » Mon Jun 04, 2018 1:05 pm

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Mafro wrote:
Peter Crisp wrote:So there could be only 2 more years of Destiny in theory?
I'm sure they'll continue and make number 3 but I thought the contract would easily see them well into Destiny 3 and maybe even 4. I wonder if they have extension clauses or other hidden stuff.

They could potentially just self publish Destiny 3 I guess.

Given how poorly it's doing, that could be quite risky.

Can't imagine they'd have anywhere near the amount of marketing budget Activision have available for starters. Ideal scenario for me would be for Bungie to just cut their losses and sell the rights to Activision and get Blizzard on it since it's pretty obvious Bungie are way in over their head and don't have the time, tools or experience to make the kind of game they originally wanted.

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