The thing is, that Marathon detail in the Bungie/Activision contract is unfortunately not a new game/reboot of the series. Though I personally don't have a way ...

... it tends not to turn out well That's not even what they said dude, the contract isn't a 'if we sell so many we promise to do this' its a 'Activision won't LET US make anything else unless Destiny sells X amount' I don't think that's ...

There's a section in the Activision Bungie contract (https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/357988/bungie-activision-contract.pdf) which talks explicitly ...

Wasn't there all this stuff about a Marathon reboot happening around a year ago? Bungie signed a new contract with Activision or something? What's the word on that?

Or maybe it was just for Halo games. Anyone? And forgive me if I'm missing something obvious or way late to the proverbial party.

... Destiny is a different game. Destiny is an MMOFPS. Basically, Bungie's contract with Activision allows Bungie to maintain a skeleton crew (5% of their workforce) working on a new ...

... "we will actually own this IP outright" "more interestingly to us...was Activision's experience in the online space" "we're definitely looking at ... It makes sense all around. A publisher wouldn't agree to a 10-year contract if the project weren't geared toward long-term sustainability. While ...