Written by @TroyStains in a wildly short time period. I called him about the idea, sent a few references, timings we needed to align for the cine, and a sense of lyrics we could use to fit theme… 2 days later he had a rough demo that was 80% this. Talented friends rule.
the better and arguably funnier version of this.
would not be possible without @RizoaOfficial. Thank you again for wanting to dub this. you literally made this 100x better.
Its still so shocking to me how quickly it all just blew up
It wasnt but a little more than a month ago that we were right about to hear about the update and shattered cycle and the future
And then in what felt like a blink the game is done, no D3, and half the company is gone
Damn man if only there was a wildly popular live service game that has somehow withstood the lowest lows a game can have while still being a platinum seller on steam for nearly a decade and retaining millions of fans around the world with a world-class dev team
Several of us in QA were still reproing the Seraphs shield and DSC elevator crashes on different consoles/framerates late into Weds night, with a goal of verifying the fix on our dev kits Thursday. Little did we know we wouldn’t get to verify it as we were all swept up in the layoffs. 🥺
It was an honor/bittersweet to close out D2 as MoT QA lead of the Immortal title triumphs and vendors.
Our MATT (most amazing test team) naturally ran thru almost 180 triumphs and all MoT vendor items/the character rendezvous/the cinematics triggering/the grass changing - one even tried to speed run it - you know who you are 😀
I wouldn’t trade them for the world and I’m so damn proud of us. We really wanted you all to feel the passion we put into making the triumph journey feel bug free and rewarding.
Hope that came thru.
If you played these activities thru D2 and liked them/did not hit TOO many bugs, we are glad 😌
And I say WE because it is always a team effort:
- Renegades golden path
- Edge of Fate Invitation intro mission and abilities (MB/relocator/translator)
- Final Shape lost sectors/secrets/combo testing of Dual Destiny exotic class items
- Lightfall full campaign and post game run thrus
- S19 Seraphs Shield exotic mission
- S18 Ketchrash 6 man activity
I guess I can rest now for a bit knowing the end of this journey is here and a new path awaits so many of us.
Thanks to all of you at bungie who worked with me in any way.
And thanks as always to the players - you made this game really feel alive.
Once a guardian, always a guardian ❤️❤️❤️
🚨 Alison Luhrs, Destiny 2’s Narrative Director, is still working at Bungie following this week’s layoffs.
Her LinkedIn has been updated with a new Narrative Director role at Bungie.
>Goes 1 for 12 with failed live service games
>Mass layoffs and studio closures
>Lights billions on fire
>Stops development on Destiny 2
PlayStation:
"So Far, Together" - the last piece of Destiny music ever made.
Composed by Brendon Williams (@BrendonComposer), who previously did Riven's theme, Edge of Fate, and most Renegades music.
(via @Breshi123)
If I was a Rival Company to SONY, I'd make a New Studio and hire everyone laid off at Bungie.
You'd have teams from Raid and Dungeon, Cinematics, Sandbox, etc. Who made some of the best gaming content ever.
Just make sure Leadership isn't fucking idiots and sky's the limit lol
Sen. Warren: "What's the annual wage growth right now? It's just a facts question."
Phelan: "I do not have that in front of me right now."
Warren: "It's 3.4%. So let's put this one together. Is 4.2% higher than 3.4%?"
Phelan: "I will repeat what I said, which is real wage growth in this administration is positive."
Sen. Warren: "Right now families are falling behind...You have now made clear what your position is, and that is you can't even do the basic facts...You can't bring yourself as the person who sits there and says, 'I want to be the head of the Council of Economic Advisors,' and you can't even say, 'Yeah, inflation is running higher than wages right now'...I think this person has disqualified himself in five minutes."
If you're making jokes or completely lacking any emotion towards the people who got laid off today, the game dying, or any of that.
You're actually a weird cunt, and I hope you stub your toe at every inconvenience xo