Joseph Staten Leaves Bungie

<p>After spending fifteen years with Bungie&comma; creative director Joseph Staten is leaving the company to &&num;8216&semi;tackle new creative challenges&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bungie&period;net&sol;7&lowbar;Its-been-an-honor&sol;en&sol;News&sol;News&quest;aid&equals;11101">In a post made on the Bungie website<&sol;a>&comma; Staten had the following to say regarding his departure&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dear community friends&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>After fifteen great years at Bungie&comma; from the battlefields of Myth to the mysteries of Halo and beyond&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m leaving to tackle new creative challenges&period; While this may come as a surprise&comma; fear not&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s been my pleasure building Destiny these past four years&comma; and after the big reveal this Summer&comma; our hugely talented team is on track for greatness&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ll be cheering all of them&comma; with all of you&comma; when the game launches next year&period; Thank you for your support of me&comma; and your continued support of Bungie&period; We couldn&&num;8217&semi;t have done it without you&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Per Audacia Ad Astra&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><b>Joseph Staten<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&&num;8220&semi;At Bungie&comma; we consider ourselves lucky&period; Every day&comma; we get to do what we love in an amazing place&comma; alongside people we respect and admire&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Bungie in the post&period; &&num;8220&semi;No one embodies that more than Joseph Staten&period; Few have contributed as much to our success&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;