Bungie formally confirmed on Monday that Destiny 2: The Final Shape is delayed till June 4th, 2024. Studies of a delay to the enlargement emerged last month after Bungie began making layoffs on the studio amid a drop in Future 2 gamers after the poorly acquired Lightfall launch.
Bungie reportedly laid off round 8 % of Bungie staff, affecting roles in group administration, engineering, social media, QA, and extra. Now, the Halo creator is taking its time to get issues proper with The Remaining Form after unfavourable critiques and participant sentiment from the Lightfall enlargement.
The Remaining Form is an bold enlargement that’s meant to conclude Future’s mild and darkness saga. Bungie has proven little or no in regards to the enlargement to this point, teasing that Future 2 gamers will enter “the Traveler,” a mysterious entity within the universe of Future that hangs immobile within the sky as a supply of sunshine for Future gamers. The Remaining Form will embrace the Pale Coronary heart, Future’s first linear vacation spot.
“The Remaining Form is the end result of the primary ten years of Future storytelling and, for Guardians in all places, numerous hours spent collectively,” the event staff wrote in a blog post. “We need to honor that journey, so we’re taking the time we have to ship a good greater and bolder imaginative and prescient, one which we hope can be remembered and treasured for years to come back.”
The staff mentioned that Season of the Want, which launches on Tuesday, will run till the discharge of The Remaining Form. “Whereas nearly all of content material and narrative for Season of the Want will run from late November to February as initially deliberate, the staff is including new content material accessible for all gamers to leap into till the launch of The Remaining Form,” the staff wrote. In April, Bungie will launch a brand new content material replace referred to as Into the Gentle that may “put together gamers for his or her Guardian’s journey into the Traveler.” Bungie is now planning to share new gameplay of The Remaining Form enlargement in April.