A Destiny mobile game is reportedly in development over at NetEase under the name Destiny Rising, and it could be announced soon.

This rumor originally came from Twitter user Kurakasis, who said that Destiny Rising hasn't been canceled despite developer Bungie's recent layoffs. Giant Bomb's Jeff Grubb has corroborated this rumor over on Threads, saying that the game will reportedly have Hero characters instead of having players create their own characters. However, it seemingly will still retain the same kind of feeling of playing Destiny on console or PC, but just on mobile.

Last month, Bloomberg reported that in early 2022 when Sony purchased Bungie, the developer went ahead and hired new employees to work on several incubation projects, including mobile versions of Destiny. It's possible that Destiny Rising is one of those. However, a Destiny spin-off, codenamed Payback, was reportedly canceled. Internally, Bungie referred to it as "the next Destiny" instead of "Destiny 3."

When 17% of Bungie employees were let go from the recent restructuring, Destiny veterans including executive creative director Luke Smith and vice president Mark Noseworthy also departed. However, it was later clarified that they reportedly left on their own accord instead of as a result of the layoffs.

Mobile versions of popular games have become increasingly popular. For example, Tencent reportedly has a mobile version of Elden Ring currently in development. The company also acquired the rights to publish a mobile version of Blue Protocol before the game's shutdown announcement.

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