Destiny 2developer Bungie has broken its silence afterlaying off around 100 staff membersearlier this week. The studio posted ablog updatethat acknowledged the move and teased a major change in plans forDestiny 2‘s next big DLC,The Final Shape.
On Monday, October 30, Bungie laid off a sizable chunk of its staff in departments including community, QA, audio, and more. According to areport from IGN, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons citedDestiny 2‘s declining performance in 2023 as a cause. A report fromBloombergnoted that Bungie’s upcoming projects were internally delayed as part of the move, withThe Final Shapequietly moving to June 2024.
Bungie’s blog post didn’t outright confirm that news, but it did heavily tease it. It acknowledges fans’ disappointment with the game’s last year of content, including itsLightfallDLC, and notes that it wants to exceed expectations withThe Final Shape.
“To us the path forward is clear: We need to makeThe Final Shapean unforgettable Destiny experience,” the post, attributed to theDestiny 2dev team, writes. “We want to build something that will be regarded alongside the best games we’ve ever made — a fitting culmination that honors the journey we’ve been on together for the past ten years.Forsaken,The Witch Queen,andThe Taken King— these are the standard bearers we aim to live up to.”
The post doesn’t exactly clarify what that grand statement means for the DLC’s release date. The post notes that it’ll detailDestiny 2‘s next season in the coming weeks and then focus on sharing Bungie’s “bigger, bolder, and brighter vision” forThe Final Shape.
Bungie will have a lot of upset fans to win over when that reveal happens. SomeDestiny 2players have begunrefunding theirFinal Shapepre-ordersin response to the layoffs and controversial reports about how they were carried out.
