Destiny was delayed by a year due to a series of major story revisions, according to court documents originating from composer Marty O’ Donnell’s lawsuit against developer Bungie.
While the shared-world shooter was released in September of last year, the documents (via VentureBeat) state that the game had originally been scheduled to ship in September 2013. However, story changes the previous month resulted in the title being pushed back.
"Although Destiny was planned for release in September 2013, the story was substantially revised beginning August 2013, requiring a new release date of March 2014 and edits to much of the work previously completed," said the documents.
"After a brief vacation/sabbatical in early fall, O’Donnell returned, worked on the story and recorded dialogue, but wrote no additional music. His supervisor and the audio team did not consider him to be fully engaged in the work of Audio Director. For reasons unrelated to O’Donnell’s performance, the release date was again moved, to September 2014."
Destiny was highly criticised for its narrative upon release, although its gameplay was widely praised. The game will receive its third expansion, The Taken King, on September 15. Update 2.00 is due to go live tomorrow.