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Bungie Reverses Course and Pledges to Restore Vaulted Destiny 2 Content

The studio says returning campaigns, destinations and raids is a long technical effort and frames the move as the first step in rebuilding player trust.

Overview

  • Bungie announced on Monday that it will begin work to unvault Destiny 2 campaigns, destinations and raids and make the restored content available to all players.
  • Studio leaders Poria Torkan and Josh Deane framed the decision as a trust‑rebuilding effort and apologized for choices that drove players away.
  • Bungie warned unvaulting is not a simple file restore and requires updating lighting, encounters, combatant AI and other systems changed since Beyond Light, so delivery will take months.
  • The studio said Marathon “did not reach as many players as we had hoped” and will be reworked into a deeper survival experience with broader PvE, PvP and PvPvE options.
  • The pledge reverses June plans to end Destiny 2 development after Monument of Triumph and follows layoffs this year, and Bungie cautioned legal or compatibility limits may keep some legacy assets from returning.