Today is my first day at Bungie!
I am a new Project Lead for Destiny 2 Expansions, and it honestly feels like a dream. I absolutely cannot wait to work with the team, in a game that I so deeply love, in a company that I’ve spent the last 20 years admiring.
Some bittersweet news!
After an incredible time at Bungie and with The Final Shape out, it’s time for me to take some time off, before I embark on a new adventure - more on that later, but I am excited for a new opportunity to build something from the ground up.
Hey everyone! Want to talk about why The Final Shape raid is going live shortly after release on June 7. We know this is a tight turnaround and wanted to share some context on why we made this decision.
Back in August, we said that finishing the campaign...
Maybe it’s time for some Final Shape dev stories. First one needs to be that a few months ago, when we brought some heavily NDA’d people into the Bungie HQ to experience the full campaign, and we first saw their reactions to the end of Excision, I couldn’t help but tear up…
Some personal news: today was my last day at Xbox and Microsoft.
I have nothing but absolute respect and admiration for every single person I have worked with. Xbox mission is empowering, inspiring and I will dearly miss being part of a team that is changing the gaming industry.
I just sat down with my parents and had a big talk. They asked the dreaded question “So… what do you REALLY do?”. I decided to REALLY answer.
Booted up Destiny. Explained how every single thing goes from an idea to being on the screen. All the disciplines needed. The people.
I want everyone to know and understand how much passion, hard work, time and care went into making all that’s shown in this picture a reality. It’s a lot. It’s revolutionary. The humans behind every piece of it are some of the best in the industry. Proud to be part of Team Xbox.
Here’s the best tip for Excision: in the DPS phase, when the Witness performs its resonance attacks, stop shooting and DODGE
I promise you the time it takes for you to revive + get back on the platform is longer than the time it takes for you to dodge the pair of attacks
Just finished Titanfall 2 campaign - courtesy of it being part of
@XboxGamePass
with EA Play - I now get the praise for it. Very good, highly recommend, about 6 hours to complete
Just a reminder that you can use all your Xbox One controllers with the Xbox Series X (both XB1 and XSX games). This includes the Elite Series 2, SCUF Controllers and all previous ranges 😍
For everyone affected at Bungie, I want to offer my help. Please send me a DM. I’m happy to do referrals, write recommendations and connect folks around ❤️
I just can’t believe that from playing Halo 1/2 split screen on my middle school friends’ OG Xbox, to accidentally getting a 360 and randomly getting Gears 1, to being so happy after a 1 year wait to get my hands on a Xbox One 👇... I helped launch the next gen of Xbox this year
Thinking of how I got turned down by every single game studio I applied to, as well as Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo when I was still living in Portugal.
Being born in the US is such an unspoken privilege to have access to the games industry. And becoming an immigrant is so hard.
When raid day arrives, no matter if you choose to go in for Contest mode in the first 48 hours or wait for Normal mode to unlock, in order to experience the story linearly and as intended, you need to have the campaign completed and finish the quest 'Wild Card'. Prioritize those!
If you’re an Xbox Insider on the Beta ring and have the latest 2102 update, you’ll see one of the latest features and services I worked on at Xbox - account linking!
I think it’s worth a story time, so let’s do it 🧵 ⬇️
I have no words to express how much this means to me. First time my name is in a game’s credits in my career and it’s with
#Gears5
. Gears is the franchise that inspired me to even be in this industry in the first place.
PS: yes that’s me tearing up in the background, shush 🥺
The Final Shape expansion is different: the additional content in the Pale Heart post-campaign and unlocking the raid for everyone is important for getting a cohesive and satisfying story experience. We're looking at you raiders to be the tip of the spear 👀
...would not be the grand finale of the Light and Darkness saga. You will be facing off against the Witness in the raid, and for non-raiders there will be an opportunity for everyone to experience the conclusion sometime after the raid.
It sure feels nice to read the positive comments after working on The Final Shape for so long. I’m so happy seeing people enjoy all the big arcs and the little details.
Thank you all for sticking with us ❤️ there’s more to come
Destiny 2: The Final Shape delivers on much of what this series has promised, bringing exciting new challenges and a satisfying ending to its decade-long story.
Our review:
Thanks to everyone actively preventing leaks from spreading for the sake of our community and us developers ⬇️
We’ve worked so hard on this experience. Just a few more days for you to experience it as intended. Stay safe out there ❤️
Earlier today, a portion of Destiny 2: The Final Shape was accidentally pushed live on PS5's streaming service. There are currently spoilers being shared online. (🧵1/6)
I guess I’ve been doing it for 1 year 🥳
I’m literally living my dream: I love my job, my team, Bungie, Destiny and this community more than I can eloquently put into words. I’ve never felt so creatively fueled and fulfilled. What a special place this is ❤️
Today is my first day at Bungie!
I am a new Project Lead for Destiny 2 Expansions, and it honestly feels like a dream. I absolutely cannot wait to work with the team, in a game that I so deeply love, in a company that I’ve spent the last 20 years admiring.
@joegoroth
I miss you, there’s so much of you in this release, and so many other folks who you don’t get to see online or are no longer at Bungie. Thank you 🫶
This Week in Destiny:
🎤 World First Race winners interview
👊 Grandmaster Excision opens June 18
✨ Echoes begins this week
🟡 Xûr settles down
🔪 Wave Frame Sword highlight
🎭 Cosplay Cosmodrome updates
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For real though: my parents were never keen on me doing all I did to pursue a career in videogames, and it was a point of strain in our relationship for the longest time. I am really happy to see that they are interested in learning more about my world nowadays ❤️
It’s almost time for The Final Shape vidoc & a look behind the scenes - I will never get tired of saying it: for someone who went from being a Destiny fan to leading this expansion, the amount of love and care and pure skill the team puts into this game is inspiring every day
Guardians make their own fate.
Join us for a behind the scenes look at The Final Shape in a two-part ViDoc series - Becoming Legend. Part 1 arrives on May 23 at 9am PDT.
🎥
I’m so incredibly excited to share that this week I joined
@riotgames
as sr producer / product manager on the Around Game team at
@wildrift
🙌
Really happy to be joining Riot, whose work I have admired for so long, to bring League to new players and platforms: mobile & consoles!
…I very quickly looked at
@julianardin
with a “thank you” look and hugged her and thanked her and her team’s for all the incredible work, on Destiny and this expansion. It was the moment where I first truly felt like “we got this”. Magic 💫
Journey into The Pale Heart of the Traveler, where paradise has been twisted into corruption.
Stop the Witness before it's too late.
The Final Shape // June 4, 2024
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A lot of news today on Xbox land, so here’s a summary:
💚 Bethesda Studios acquisition
🎮 Xbox Series X|S pre-orders tomorrow
🥇 Game Pass hit 15M subscribers
📱 New Xbox mobile app in Beta
📤 New Share functionalities
It’s an exciting time to be an Xbox and gaming fan!
Hey everyone, if connection issues have blocked you from playing or enjoying The Final Shape today, we want to apologize. We’re hard at work trying to resolve each of these issues as quickly as possible, and many of the connection issues from this morning have already been fixed.
As part of the 2010 update today, not only are Xbox Profile Themes now available to *everyone*, but we have also released 3 new ones!
Show your excitement for the upcoming launch with the Series X, Series S, and Game Pass themes by rocking these on your profile
#PowerYourDreams
Update: I will be leaving Riot and the next two weeks will be my last 🥺
I have a ton of mixed feelings, because I *am* excited for my future, but today I want to express the sadness I feel for leaving a truly incredible, inspiring company, team and community behind 🧵
Lots of people working very hard to smooth things over, and solving any issues that pop up 🤞 intense day (and week!) but all worth it
Please keep an eye on our official channels for the most recent updates
Our Destiny 2: The Final Shape review is here (linked below):
"The Final Shape is a sentimental love letter to the social and community aspects of gaming... It’s not just the culmination of the expansions and seasons of the last 10 years, but the people we met along the way.
E como não podia deixar de ser, tenho um carinho especial por todos aqueles que falam português, portanto deixo aqui uma mensagem para os nossos amigos de Portugal 🇵🇹 e do Brasil 🇧🇷
Obrigada por toda a paixão pela Xbox 💚
The decision to leave wasn't easy at all, but I'm incredibly proud of what we've achieved during my time with this team ❤️
Being part of Bungie has been an absolute dream come true. Bungie games have inspired me since childhood to become a game developer and were a source of…
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
Hi 👋 I’m Cat and I’m the Destiny 2 Expansions Project Lead! I’ve been at Bungie for 2 years, and working on The Final Shape (it’s almost, almost, ALMOST launch time 🥹)
Announcement time! I have recently joined
@AbsurdVentures
and I am crazy excited to be working on something from the ground up, and partner up with incredible creatives and legendary game makers.
We’re hiring (more roles in the future) so keep an eye out:
okay so
@ephemeraltattoo
allowed me to, after dreaming about it for 15 years, get a tattoo. i have a hard time with commitment, so the semi-permanence is perfect
behold
my first - and it’s
@DestinyTheGame
- tattoo
Day dreaming time ☀️
It’s Xbox Series X launch day, you buy it, you get home, you connect everything, you boot it up... what would make you *really* excited and delighted to see (other than playing awesome games, looking better than ever, faster than ever, ofc)?
Ascend the Witness's monolith and stop The Final Shape.
Watch the best fireteams compete to win the Salvation’s Edge world first raid race, starting at 10am PT on June 7.
🏁