While leaks have been a normal occurrence forDestiny 2since before the game’s release in 2014, the most recent leaks about the game’s upcoming season may force Bungie to reevaluate how it interacts with the game’s community going forward. There are already several leaks about the game’s upcoming season, Season of the Deep, floating around social media, hinting at what players may see following the conclusion ofSeason of Defiance. It is the potential source of these leaks, though, which has proven enough for Bungie to address them head-on and warn about potential repercussions involving the community summits the studio holds regularly.Bungie held the first community summit back in 2018, inviting many of the most notable content creators in theDestiny 2community to the studio’s headquarters in an effort to gauge interest in the game and what areas the studio could improve. The summit followed a lackluster launch window where, despite a successful release in September 2017, player interest quickly waned due to criticism of an overly-simplified gameplay loop and disappointing endgame. Community summits have since become the norm, with Bungie bringing in community members at least once a year to touch on upcoming plans forDestiny 2and areas the community feels the studio should focus on.RELATED:Bungie is Now Banning Destiny 2 Players Using Some Third-Party PeripheralsHowever, Bungie warned it may need to reconsider these community summits in the future if leaks similar to the recentSeason of the Deepleaks continue in the future. The studio addressed these leaks on theDestiny 2Team Twitter account, stating the confidential nature of the summits held with community members and content creators. The posts continue, stating the studio plans to review and reinforce current policies surrounding these summits, but further “breaches of trust” may force Bungie to halt the community summits altogether.
Several notable members of theDestiny 2community were quick to respond to the tweets, echoing the studio’s stance on the alleged breach of trust coming out of the latest community summit. The community appears to understand the privilege the summits have been and don’t wish to see Bungie end these, emphasizing community members not to go against the studio’s trust in further summits. While more notable members of theDestiny 2community such as Datto andAztecrosshave not commented on the situation at the time of this writing, it would not be surprising to see them also echo the larger community’s sentiment in an effort to maintain trust with Bungie.
While alleged leaks are nothing new to theDestiny 2community, it can feel as though there are as many, if not more, false leaks as there are accurate leaks. It was especially true in the lead-up to the release ofLightfall, as it seemed new pastebin posts and other alleged leaks were popping up online somewhat regularly, claiming to have information about the upcoming year of content inDestiny 2. Many of these turned out to be fake, instead serving as a community member’s thought on what the year should look like, while most of the accurate leaks made their way online almost by accident, includingLightfall’s key artand early concept art for Strand.
Destiny 2is currently available for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
