Bungie Cancels Destiny 2 Expansions After 6-Month Drought, Shifting Game to Maintenance Mode
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Updated · Forbes · May 21
Bungie Cancels Destiny 2 Expansions After 6-Month Drought, Shifting Game to Maintenance Mode
5 articles · Updated · Forbes · May 21
June will bring Destiny 2’s last planned updates—tiered loot, a final Moments of Triumph and Sparrow racing—before Bungie stops making future expansions and effectively moves the game into maintenance mode.
The decision follows a six-month content gap and a broader pull of developers toward Marathon, which the report says left Destiny 2 badly weakened after the end of its Light and Darkness saga.
Marathon’s weak early performance has sharpened fan anger because the extraction shooter is already posting player numbers below Destiny 2’s despite Destiny being in its deepest content drought.
Bungie gave no sign of a Destiny 3, and the report says layoffs and staff reallocation make a sequel unlikely in the near term, leaving only limited quality-of-life updates and reprised content.
Sony has already taken $765 million in impairment losses on Bungie while still valuing it at $2.9 billion, underscoring the wider pressure on a studio now losing one of live-service gaming’s biggest franchises.
With Marathon also failing to meet expectations, did Bungie sacrifice its flagship Destiny franchise for nothing?
After a $765M loss on Bungie, is Sony's entire live-service game strategy now in jeopardy?