When Bungie decided to maintain Destiny 2 for the long run instead of shifting to another sequel, it meant figuring out how to shore up the platform in order to support years of future development and evolution. Announcing Beyond Light as the beginning of a trilogy of yearly expansion releases extending through 2022 (and likely being supported at minimum through fall 2023), Destiny 3 was off the table, but under-the-hood changes needed to be made to the base Destiny 2 platform.
The latest This Week at Bungie blog post dove into some of those nerdy technical aspects, courtesy of Destiny Engineering Director David Aldridge, hinting at the direction Bungie wants to take the game over the next three years. First, to be most clear, this is not a ?new engine,? which is a claim I?ve seen popping up on Twitter from people who don?t understand how game development works. Destiny 2 is not moving to a whole new engine, but rather, one might compare this to getting a tune-up and upgrading a few parts. Fundamentally, it?s still the same engine, but it?s undergoing various enhancements that lay the foundations for things Bungie plans to do in the future.
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