Bungie Delays Major Destiny 2 Update by Three Months to Focus on 'Quality-of Life Updates'

The adjacent large Destiny 2 update, Shadow and Order, has been delayed by 3 months, until June 2026.

In a bid of messages posted to Bluesky, developer Bungie admitted the enlargement was "undergoing ample revisions," and "will beryllium delayed" from its archetypal March release.

"This update is being changed and expanded to see sizable quality-of-life updates and arsenic a result, volition besides beryllium renamed. This update volition present motorboat connected June 9, 2026," the workplace said. "We volition supply nonstop details person to merchandise covering antecedently announced Weapon Tier Upgrading, but besides additions similar expanding Tiered Gear to each Raid and Dungeon activities, Pantheon 2.0, Tier 5 stats for Exotic Armors, and more."

The workplace is, of course, preoccupied getting Marathon retired of the doorway aft past week's State of Play reaffirmed its March 5 merchandise date. Nonetheless, the hold intimates the workplace whitethorn beryllium struggling to juggle everything connected its plate, peculiarly arsenic it alludes to "sizeable quality-of-life updates."

"Through June, we volition proceed to person regular bug fixes and stableness improvements, continued portal modifiers, Guardian Games (March), and the instrumentality of a much predominant Iron Banner cadence (April)," Bungie added. "In presumption of communications, we volition beryllium focusing connected providing you with updates astir our unrecorded crippled content, assemblage activations, and wide upkeep done the TWID and our Destiny societal channels."

The connection closed connected thanking players for their "continued patience and support," and said there'll beryllium much accusation connected the adjacent large update and aboriginal plans for Destiny 2 "closer to launch."

"Raids and dungeons getting tiers and pantheon 2.0 is great, but volition determination adjacent beryllium anyone near playing by then?" asked 1 subordinate connected the Destiny 2 subreddit. "I inactive log connected each week and play a small bit, but cipher tin contradict that renegades was not meant to past six months."

"Not to beryllium a full downer, but that truly gives maine property of triumph 'final update' benignant vibes of making each the endgame viable," added different fan. "Not to notation this is conscionable a large update successful the end. It isn’t gonna person enlargement level content, but its present releasing close astir erstwhile the adjacent enlargement was expected to, which I presume is besides delayed astatine slightest 3 months. Even with mode much contented successful this update, renegades being the enlargement for 9 months astatine slightest present is precise bad."

"Until June is rough. The colonisation is going to beryllium perfectly dire by then…," 1 subordinate commented, to which idiosyncratic replied: "Dire[?] It's dire close now. Falling disconnected a cliff."

At the clip of penning (when, admittedly, overmuch of the U.S. is asleep), determination are 10,463 players online close present connected Steam. Once Human, eFootball, and single-player Hollow Knight: Silksong each person higher concurrent counts.

It’s undoubtedly a pugnacious clip for Bungie and Destiny 2, with genitor institution Sony precocious saying the workplace has failed to conscionable its income and idiosyncratic engagement expectations. In its latest fiscal report, Sony said it had recorded a 31.5 cardinal yen (approx. $204.2 million) impairment complaint arsenic a effect of Destiny 2’s underperformance. That was important capable to resistance down profits astatine Sony’s Game & Network Services Segment, which includes Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Following the motorboat of The Edge of Fate enlargement successful July, Destiny 2 saw a slump successful subordinate activity, and Bungie's squad is feeling the pressure. "For years now, Destiny has been connected this dependable hardening of the halfway [audience],” crippled manager Tyson Green told IGN backmost successful November. “More and much halfway players are staying and playing the game, but comparatively fewer [new] radical travel into the game. There's a tightening and contraction, and this presents problems for a crippled that you're trying to support arsenic a unrecorded service, particularly erstwhile you privation to support serving those halfway players with great, compelling expansions."

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.