Bungie has patented controls for mobile games, which has further spurred reports of a Destiny mobile spin-off.
The game station (opens in a new tab) reports that Bungie filed six new patent applications earlier this year in March, which have now been published online. All six patents refer to virtual controllers or commands you can use on a touchscreen or mobile device.
One of the patents specifically mentions Destiny 2 alongside the patented technology of a virtual controller. This, arguably more than any of the five new patent filings, suggests that Bungie intends to use this new technology with Destiny 2 rather than a new game in development.
These new mobile control patents are immediately reminiscent of a report from earlier this year claiming that Bungie was working on a mobile FPS game. This report claimed that Bungie has partnered with Chinese gaming company NetEase to develop this new mobile project.
Later in the same report, it was claimed that instead of bringing Destiny 2 to mobile devices, the studio was collaborating with NetEase to develop an all-new Destiny game specifically for mobile devices.
The title is said to have been in development for over two years, but a few months away from the report, we have yet to hear anything official from either developer.
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