Updated
Updated · Kotaku · Jun 26
Bungie Delays Destiny 2 Patch After Sony Cuts Nearly 300 Developers
Updated
Updated · Kotaku · Jun 26

Bungie Delays Destiny 2 Patch After Sony Cuts Nearly 300 Developers

3 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Jun 26

Summary

  • Bungie postponed next Tuesday’s Destiny 2 patch and this week’s TWID after layoffs hit developers who had been working on the hotfix.
  • A Bungie representative said the delay is temporary, adding that a handful of fixes in the patch came from impacted team members and the update will ship when possible.
  • The patch was expected to address remaining balance problems and bugs after Destiny 2’s final major update earlier in June, but Bungie gave no new release timeline.
  • Nearly 300 Bungie developers were affected in Sony’s latest cuts, which also reached some Marathon and Sony Interactive Entertainment support staff, leaving fans uncertain how much post-launch support remains.
  • The delay underscores a broader retrenchment: Bungie had still been promising Destiny 2 expansions at the start of 2026 before Sony shifted to cost-cutting after Marathon failed to deliver an immediate sales boost.

Insights

With its live team gone, is this truly the end for Destiny 2's decade-long saga?
Did Sony's $3.6 billion 'rescue' of Bungie ultimately seal the studio's fate?