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Players of Bungie’s Destiny franchise are no doubt well aware that the long-awaited finale to its epic Light and Darkness Saga arrives in a little over a month. But with dwindling player numbers and an uncertain future, a potential Destiny 3 may be the only hope the series has left. I’ve previously written about how the franchise’s rigid, increasingly stale content structure slowly drove me away from the games over the course of a decade.

The Destiny franchise has been one of the most successful live-service game series out there for nearly a decade. In some ways, it represents both the best and worst of what that model can bring to the table. It has had many ups and downs and its winds are wildly unpredictable at times. Through all of that, it has maintained one of the most loyal player bases in gaming.

The Call of Duty franchise has been a pillar of the gaming landscape for many years, and in that time both gaming as a whole and the franchise itself have seen a wide array of milestone moments. Today marks the anniversary of one of those moments, being the third anniversary of one of the franchise’s biggest content shifts to date.