On December 10th, Bungie announced that they will be putting an end to their partnership with Activision and will take over the publishing rights for Destiny. It has been 10 years since Bungie split from Microsoft and partnered with Activision in 2010. According to the official announcement made on Bungie's website, the transition process for Bungie's acquiring the publishing rights to Destiny is already ongoing and past the early stages. Bungie plans to publish the franchise on their own after the transition process is finished. However, the Battle.Net service for the PC version of Destiny 2 won't be ended right away due to the transition. They also said that both Bungie and Activision will be ‘committed to making the handoff as seamless as possible'.