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Bungie Walks Away From Destiny 2, Final Content Update Coming in June

Bungie has announced the end of content updates for live service shooter Destiny 2, nearly nine years after launch. The studio behind Halo, which recently released extraction shooter Marathon, said it will release the final content update for Destiny 2 on June 9, 2026. Destiny 2 will remain playable despite active development ending. Bungie issued the following statement on social media today: There is no mention of a future Destiny video game being in development, nor Marathon. Clearly, Bungie wants to keep the conversation on the final updates for Destiny 2 itself. But it does suggest Destiny as a franchise has come to an end, marking the end of an era for the genre-defining series. Destiny 1 launched on September 9, 2014 for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. It enjoyed enormous commercial success, but met with a mixed response from critics. As part of a high-profile publishing deal with Call of Duty company Activision, Destiny expansions and updates followed. Destiny 2 launched on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 6, 2017, with a PC version following a month later. Behind the scenes, however, tension between Bungie and Activision emerged, and the tw

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Bungie Walks Away From Destiny 2, Final Content Update Coming in June

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Bungie has announced the end of content updates for live service shooter Destiny 2, nearly nine years after launch. The studio behind Halo, which recently released extraction shooter Marathon, said it will release the…

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