Destiny

Summary
Destiny is a trademark registered by a Bungie affiliate and is confirmed to be the operating code name of Bungie's next project. It is unknown as of yet whether the final launch title will be or include the word "Destiny." Destiny will be a series of at least four massively multiplayer online (MMO) sci-fantasy action shooter titles, with the first game scheduled to be launched exclusively for the XBox 360 and XBox 720 in the fall of 2013. The following titles (and possibly the first title at a later date) will be cross-platform console releases for PC, as well as the next-generation XBox and Playstation consoles.

Destiny is unconnected with Bungie's mobile app partnership venture Bungie Aerospace.

The Destiny trademark was registered on July 20, 2009 by Podophobia Entertainment, a privately held company thought to be a Bungie affiliate (the company's registration documents with the state of Washington name Harold Ryan and Marty O'Donnell as its owners). The Destiny trademark has since been assigned to Bungie, thus solidifying the theories that Podophobia is a Bungie affiliate and that Destiny is the title of Bungie's next project.

The name "Destiny" was additionally used by an ex-Bungie contractor when leaking information to Kotaku, stating that it was a game that would blend together first-person shooter, MMO and sci-fi elements. This leaked information was reported by numerous media outlets, and been given more credibility now that the name is a registered trademark. Bungie has not commented either way on these claims.

The Destiny logo's trademark description refers to it as the logo for "computer game software downloadable from a global computer network," and was recently extended by Bungie in March 2011. Further Destiny trademark information is available here.

On May 21st 2012, a judge in the Los Angeles Superior Court ordered that Bungie's contract with Activision (direct link to contract in PDF format), previously sealed during discovery in the Activision v. West and Zampanella case, be unsealed. The contract was published in its entirety by the LA Times, and confirmed a number of pieces of information which were previously only speculated:
 * "Destiny" is the operating code name for Bungie's next project
 * Destiny will consist of a series of four MMO-style "sci-fantasy action shooter" titles, released every other year beginning in Fall 2013
 * Expansion pack-style downloadable content (DLC), codenamed "Comet," will be released every other year beginning in 2014
 * Destiny will feature a number of DLCs, microtransactions, and value-added paid services
 * Destiny is targeting a "Teen" rating from the ESRB in the United States and a PEGI16 rating in Europe
 * Activision, as previously confirmed, retains the exclusive right to publish all Destiny titles. However, Bungie retains ownership of the Destiny intellectual property regardless of its relationship with Activision
 * Bungie will receive $2.5 million per year from 2010 through 2013 to develop Destiny
 * Bungie will receive between 20 and 35% of cumulative operating income for Destiny, depending on the total amount of income
 * Bungie is eligible for a number of performance- and sales-based bonuses

Additional Information

 * Confirmed Announcements by Bungie and/or Activision
 * Confirmed Statements in Interviews
 * Confirmed Registered Trademarks and Copyrights
 * Numerous employees were seen wearing shirts with the Destiny symbol on them during the 2011 Penny Arcade Expo. NeoGAF shirt image
 * Bungie's "O Brave New World" ViDoc contained several subtle references to the Destiny trademark/logo, most noticeably at the very end of the ViDoc. Notably, sharp-eyed fans spotted a sign hanging in the background of a shot of Bungie's studios, unmistakeably containing both the Destiny logo and the word "DESTINY."