Bungie is preparing "a new secret world in parallel with Destiny" which ꦓis planned to launch in 2025. 

Speaking with Japanese site (spotted by on Twitter), de🐬sign director Jacob Benton commented on Bungie's heavily teased, non-Destiny plans. His response is written in Japanese, but two translation tools and my own limited Japa♏nese agree that it amounts to: "I can't tell you much more at this time, but our team is working on a new secret world in parallel with Destiny, and we're firmly focused on the year 2025." 

This isn't the first time Bungie's discussed a new IP, nor is it the first time that the year 2025 has come up. In September 2019, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bungie CEO Pete Parsons mentioned plans to "make sure we transform Destiny and that we have other franchises within the marketplace" by 2025. This was on the heels of the studio's split from Activision, and just before the launch of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Destiny 2: Shadowkeep. 

The studio has also discussed its new IP by way of job applications. Last year, several listings for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:an incubation project at Bungie discussed "something comedic with lighthearted and whimsical characters," and outlined an RPG experience with "consumable items, weapons, damage, and perks" as well as a gear system touching on "quest, weapon,🍰 armor, and equipment economy, progression, and rewards." If you think that sounds a bit like Destiny 2, you'd be right. It does seem that Bungie's working on another multiplayer RPG of some k꧃ind. 

Many positions related to this IP have since been filled, but many of these descriptors are still used in the studio's job 💝openings. A relatively fresh listing for an also asks "to help Bungie create their next enduring game IP," so this clearly won't be a small project. 

The year 2025 has also become more significant given Bungie's updated roadmap for Destiny 2. Previously, last November's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Destiny 2: Beyond Light was positioned as the first of three expansions which would carry the game through 2023. However, with The Witch Queen, the second expansion in that trilogy, now delayed to early 2022 and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a fourth expansion coming in 2024 af☂ter Ligh𓄧tfall, Destiny 2's future has been extended. 

This updated four-expansion roadmap will finish the "Light and Darkness" story arc of Destiny 2 through 2025, but it won't be the end of the game itself. Benton stressed this in his chat with 4gamer, affirming that Bungie has plans beyond the game's current story arc and that it isn't looking to reset things with what would be Destiny 3. This lines up with previous comments from vice-president Mark Noseworthy, who acknowledged that starting over in Destiny 2 w🀅as a big pain point for players and developers alike. 

To sum everything upꦆ, Destiny 2 isn't going anywhere for a long time, but Bungie will expand its footprint as an independent developer and publisher in the years ahead, and it's planning to kickstart that process with a new IP seemingly planned for 2025. Of course, with the current state of the world and the unpredictable nature of game development, any release date give𝓀n today is just an estimate at best, so don't be surprised if this incubation project slips to 2026 or beyond. 

Speaking of Bungie's growth: it recently filed 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a trademark for Bungiecon.