Virtual Legality #13 - Realizing Their Destiny: Bungie splits from Activision (Hoeg Law)

Key Points

• Bungie's separation from Activision is significant as it marks the end of a nearly decade-long partnership that began with a contract in 2010, which had been made public due to previous legal proceedings involving Activision.
• The original contract between Bungie and Activision was unusual for its time, granting Bungie extensive creative control and ownership of the Destiny IP, while Activision provided support, funding, and publishing services, but this arrangement may have led to friction over the direction of the Destiny series.
• Activision had the unilateral right to terminate the contract after the release of Destiny's second major expansion, which suggests that the split could have been driven by either party's discretion, potentially due to disagreements, and that the contract likely included a two-year non-compete clause post-termination that would impact the release of future Destiny content.