The Future of Dungeons & Destiny (Patreon)

Recently, Bungie cut ~100 members of its staff. Game studios laying off their workers is hardly anything new. If you pay any attention to gaming news, you're probably more or less aware of the layoff cycle that accompanies modern Triple-A game production, as awful as it is. 

But this layoff hits different. When you see senior staff and applauded developers being laid off from a company that tries to not do the usual crummy Triple-A developer things, it's hard to feel anything but scared or angry. Not to mention the grief you feel for those who just lost their jobs, especially at the cusp of the holiday season.

Of course, Bungie put out a response. As individual people, we all have our own opinion on this situation. As Velvet Fang, this is how we see it:

Dungeons & Destiny is a fan project based on the Destiny universe. It's based on the amazing works of art and, quite frankly, stunning level of skill within Bungie's working, creative staff, both past and present. 

But the community behind and around Dungeons & Destiny is so much more. Over the past 5 years, we've watched people form strong, lasting relationships that started out as a simple LFG for some D&Destiny gameplay. Our community encourages each other, helps each other out, and participates in each others' lives well beyond just Destiny, or just D&Destiny. There's even talk of a meetup in 2024, because so many people want to go beyond the screen and finally see their fellow community members in person.

Regardless of what happens next, Velvet Fang will be here for our community. If our community still wants to play Dungeons & Destiny, we will be here to deliver that experience to them. 

Velvet Fang is not affiliated with Bungie. We don't receive any support from Bungie and Bungie doesn't get any money from us. Bungie also hasn't told us to stop making Dungeons & Destiny. We're still following the rules they gave us 5 years ago, and until they or our community tells us to stop, we're not going to.

We do wish the folks of Bungie the best, both the ones still working there and the ones recently laid off (especially them). 

We’re going to keep trying to be the best we can be, and we hope that everyone else tries as well.

—GoodGameKitty