Joe Blackburn: Last News

Bungie has acknowledged that it “missed the mark” with parts of last month’s Lightfall expansion for Destiny 2.In a blog, published last night (April 5), Bungie praised Lightfall for beating the studio’s sales expectations and bringing in the most concurrent players the game had seen “in years”.However, game director Joe Blackburn acknowledged that with the expansion’s launch, Bungie “didn’t provide the full clarity we originally planned for when we set out creating Lightfall”.The expansion’s Steam reviews currently sit at a ‘Mostly Negative’ rating, as players have reported experiencing technical issues, a disappointing story, and limited content.“It’s clear we missed the mark on some of our goals and needed to make updates based on constructive feedback,” said Bungie in its recent blog.As a result, Bungie has listed a number of areas that it plans to revisit.

Bungie for Destiny 2, Joe Blackburn, has taken to Twitter to detail the team’s approach to keeping PvP fresh.Destiny 2’s PvP mode, called Crucible in-game, has seemingly been on the back burner for the Destiny 2 team, but Blackburn has outlined some details to ensure that Crucible players aren’t feeling out of the loop.“The ultimate goal here is consistency.

Bungie has confirmed that Destiny 2‘s next expansion, The Witch Queen, will be delayed until 2022.The news came as part of an update from assistant game director Joe Blackburn, who confirmed that the expansion will be pushed back in part due to the changes in development in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Blackburn also suggested they wanted the game to reach the “bar of quality” that the team strive for with Destiny 2, and as such they will not be releasing The Witch Queen expansion in 2021.Whilst talking about the delay, Blackburn mentioned that Bungie is in the processes of upgrading the “systemic foundation” of Destiny 2.According to the post, this means that 2021 will see the team changing its approach to the way Destiny 2