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Bungie to End Active Destiny 2 Development with June 9 ‘Monument of Triumph’ Update

The final update will lock the game into a static, playable state while putting pressure on Bungie and Sony to decide whether the franchise will continue.

Overview

  • Bungie announced that Monument of Triumph, due June 9, will be Destiny 2’s last live‑service content drop and that active development will stop while servers remain online.
  • Monument of Triumph bundles major reversals and quality‑of‑life changes including the Portal rollback, broad loot and gear tier reworks, restored Director navigation, larger vault and loadout options, and intrinsic anti‑champion weapon fixes.
  • Players have organized a coordinated June 9 login event, chat brigades and a Change.org petition that has topped roughly 340,000 signatures to urge Sony and Bungie to greenlight a Destiny 3.
  • Third‑party trackers show a sharp short‑term rebound in play: Popularity.report logged roughly 348,000 players on May 31 versus about 171,000 on May 20 while Steamcharts showed a recent peak near 28,500 concurrent users.
  • Reporting says Bungie has reallocated staff toward Marathon, Sony took a $565 million impairment tied to Bungie, Bloomberg reports no Destiny 3 has been greenlit, and former staff have publicly blamed leadership decisions for funding shortfalls—factors that could limit the franchise’s near‑term future.