Bill Lavoy Returns to Destiny 2 After 2 Years for Final Update

1 articles · Updated · Shacknews · Jun 20

Bill Lavoy said he returned to Destiny 2 for its “final update” after roughly 2 years away, framing the comeback as a way to witness the game’s perceived ending.
Layoffs, frustration over Bungie’s handling of the franchise, and the lack of a foreseeable Destiny 3 had kept him from playing since shortly after The Final Shape.
A few hours back, he described being disoriented by new weapons, armor and Tower changes, but said nostalgia—not optimization—drove the experience as old gear and music revived memories.
That return also shifted his tone from anger to gratitude, with Lavoy saying Destiny now feels finite after years as an open-ended live-service world.
The piece presents the update less as a gameplay review than as a personal farewell to a long-running game he considers one of live service’s best.