Bungie's Rumored Destiny Mobile Game May Focus More on PvP than PvE

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Bungie has been at the forefront of contemporary game development for ages now. Having cemented its worth with the seminal Halo franchise, the studio would eventually go on to produce Destiny, which is now its flagship IP and just so happens to represent one of the most reliable and longest-lasting examples of a successful game-as-a-service title.

It's Bungie's edge in GAAS development with Destiny that put the studio on Sony's radar in the first place, in fact, as PlayStation's umbrella company invested hundreds of millions of dollars into acquiring the studio, which may have funded Bungie's desire to do more with Destiny than ever before. Now, with rumors of a mobile Destiny game circling about, it would seem that a new job listing may have just revealed one key detail about the project's main focus.

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The notion that Bungie may be making a mobile Destiny game is fairly well-established by now, but the company's new job listing for a Senior Concept Artist suggests that the game may primarily be a PvP experience. Said listing is looking for someone to work on a new game set in the world of Destiny, and in the section titled «Nice to Have Skills,» it is mentioned that an ideal hire would have «experience with and love of competitive games.» Taken at face value, this implies that this specific title would be a competitive experience of some sort, but there's a caveat to consider, too.

Namely, after Sony officially acquired Bungie, the Destiny development studio seems to have been bolstered in its desire to bring the franchise to as many devices and formats as possible. While the rumors certainly suggest that there's a Destiny mobile game being made, it's not