Destiny 2: The Final Shape Delayed Amid Bungie Layoffs

Diablo 4 is supposedly getting an endgame event that’s so challenging, it’s practically unbeatable.

Bungie has sent out a new press release claiming that Destiny 2’s final DLC, The Final Shape, is still releasing on February 2024.

I’ve been around the Destiny 2 block long enough to have experienced that the vast majority of past seasons don’t get any marketing, or a revealed name, until the hour that it comes out. I’m pleasantly surprised to see Destiny 2 Season of the Wish get marketing, but I’m still in the dark about the status of The Final Shape.

X (formerly Twitter) is in a frenzy regarding the future of Bungie’s live service looter-shooter, and all the buzz has left players wondering, «Will there be a Destiny 3?»

Days after Bungie's recent round of layoffs, the company hopes Destiny 2's upcoming Final Shape expansion will be a potential savior for the shared-world shooter. 

After layoffs, rumors of Destiny 2’s yearly revenue targets falling by 45 percent and pre-orders for The Final Shape tracking below expectations, Bungie has issued a statement. Called “Our Path Forward,” it said, “This has been one of the most difficult weeks in our studio’s history, as we’ve parted ways with people we respect and admire.

Destiny 2 studio Bungie has addressed a few pressing concerns around Lightfall and the upcoming Final Shape expansion following layoffs at the company.

More than six years on from launch, Destiny 2 seems to have hit an all-time low. Recent reports have suggested that the game has seen a sharp decline in engagement and popularity since the launch of its Lightfall expansion, with the game’s underperformance having contributed to layoffs at Bungie that have reportedly seen about 100 employees losing their jobs.

Bungie has been hit with layoffs, with the studio reportedly having cut around 100 jobs, accounting for nearly 8% of its total workforce. Now, new reports have shed further light on the layoffs, revealing that, as it turns out, the underperformance of Destiny 2 is primarily responsible for the cuts.

Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape and the Marathon reboot have both reportedly been delayed amid lay-offs at developer Bungie.

Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier is reporting that the conclusion of Destiny 2’s Light and Darkness saga, The Final Shape, has been delayed and will now launch in June 2024. The expansion was set to launch on February 27th on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC so if the rumours are true, Bungie are going to have to find  up to three months of additional content to keep the players happy.

Destiny 2 maker Bungie is among the latest video game studios to be hit with layoffs. First reported by Bloomberg, the downsizing is part of a wide restructuring across Sony Interactive Entertainment, with no official numbers available yet. Based on social media posts from affected workers, the communications, social media, and publishing departments at the studio were hit the hardest. Sony acquired Bungie in January 2022 in a $3.6 billion (about Rs. 29,973 crore) deal, enabling them to function independently and push forward the former's plans for more live-service games. The studio is also delaying its upcoming titles — a Destiny 2 expansion called The Final Shape and a reboot of Marathon, Bungie's first-person shooter title from 1994.