Subj : Destiny 2 game director Joe Blackburn announces departure from Bu
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Jan 31 2024 12:15:05

Destiny 2 game director Joe Blackburn announces departure from Bungie, will 
'pass the torch' to designer Tyson Green

Date:
Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:13:05 +0000

Description:
Destiny 2 game director Joe Blackburn has announced he will be leaving Bungie 
next month.

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 Destiny 2 game director Joe Blackburn has announced he will be leaving 
Bungie next month. 

In a thread posted on January 30 to Twitter (now known as X), Blackburn 
shared that next month, at the start of major testing for the upcoming 
Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape , he will be stepping away from the role. 

"Next month, The Final Shape will be hitting one of its most critical 
internal milestones: a ritual we call the End-to-End playtest," Blackburn 
wrote, adding that it's been a "ritual" since Forsaken. He noted that he's 
already been able to play "100s of hours" of The Final Shape, and that what 
the team has created has "quickly become of the things I'm most proud to have 
worked on throughout my career." 

He continued: "This ritual [playtest] will be especially meaningful to me 
personally, as it will also serve as a moment to pass the torch of Destiny 2 
game director to the next era of leadership as I head on a new adventure 
outside the walls of Bungie." 

Blackburn then stated that Tyson Green, a long-time designer on Destiny 2 , 
will takeover the position of game director when the playtest begins next 
month. He said: "If youve followed Bungie for any length of time, you've 
heard his name. From Halo PvP to the creation of Exotic weapons in D1 [ 
Destiny ], Tyson has been a critical part of Bungie's legacy since Myth 2 ." 

 The Final Shape is scheduled to release on June 4, 2024, and Blackburn says 
that he has "some time before I pass the torch," but players should expect 
him to be playing the game alongside them in the future. 

In other news, Bungie just announced a brand-new Destiny 2 and Mass Effect 
collaboration eventset for February 13 which will feature Mass Effect 
-inspired cosmetics and in-game skins for players to purchase, along with a 
free Alliance Requisitions Bundle. 

 Here's our list of the best FPS games if you're looking for something new to 
play, as well as our picks for the best multiplayer games .



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