Overview
- Bungie announced on Thursday that Destiny 2 will receive one last live-service content update called Monument of Triumph on June 9 and that active development on the game will stop after that release.
- Monument of Triumph will restore the Director as the main navigation hub, add Pantheon 2.0 with rotating boss encounters, overhaul raid and dungeon loot and progression, return Sparrow Racing League as a permanent mode, and introduce sandbox and PvP tweaks.
- Bungie says Destiny 2 will remain playable after June 9 and that the game and its content packs will be bundled into Destiny 2: The Collection with standalone expansions discounted in June.
- Reporting sourced to Bloomberg says Sony and Bungie plan a significant round of layoffs as development winds down and that no Destiny 3 has been greenlit, while some developers are being moved to support Marathon.
- The decision follows Marathon’s March launch and Sony’s recent $765 million impairment on Bungie assets and could leave displaced staff pitching new projects or joining Marathon as the studio refocuses its slate.