I wouldn't worry guys.
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We chose to partner with Activision on our next IP because of their global reach, multi-platform experience and marketing expertise.

We are still Bungie, still independent, and now we are free to bring our stories to an ever bigger audience.
They're still independent so they'll be making their own decisions hopefully. They won't be pulled into any of the madness that IW was, and I doubt Activision wants that kind of bad PR to happen again.