Three months after announcing the final update for Destiny 2, Bungie has confirmed that the studio isn’t finished with the hit online shooter following backlash from players.
In June, Destiny 2 developers Bungie announced the “final” update for the free-to-play sci-fi game. “While our love for Destiny 2 has not changed, it has become clear that after ‘The Final Shape’, we have reached the time for our shared worlds,” said a statement, with Bungie talking about a “new beginning” for the studio. The announcement was met with anger from fans who’d be playing Destiny for more than a decade. Meanwhile Bungie’s other game, Marathon, has struggled with player numbers.
Last night (September 21) Bungie boss Poria Torkan and Marathon’s general manager Josh Deane shared an in-depth update on the future of the company. “We want to talk candidly about where Bungie is, where Destiny and Marathon need to go, and how we intend to earn back your trust,” the blog post started.
They went on to say the studio had “lost sight” of the importance of the player communities that have formed around the games and that Bungie would not be where it is today without Destiny. “When we announced that ‘Monuments Of Triumph’ would be the final content update to Destiny 2, you responded in force. Your voices mattered, and the way you showed up made a real impact. You reminded everyone how much this world, its history, and its future still mean to you,” they explained.
“Destiny is foundational to Bungie’s future. We have more stories to tell, new worlds to build, but we have to do it right and give our teams the time they need to do justice to this amazing universe. All of this is to say, we are not done with Destiny.” To begin with, Bungie will be re-releasing old limited-time events, raids and campaigns that are no longer available to play. There’s no time scale on this, but they have warned it will take time. More updates will be shared in the coming months.
Elsewhere in the blog, Bungie shared an update on Marathon. “The game launched to strong critical reception. At the same time, it did not reach as many players as we had hoped. We also know that the game needs to evolve. So, we’re going to anchor on what makes Marathon special but evolve it beyond the genre constraints we placed on it. We’re going to expand Marathon to a deeper survival experience, that gives players more ways to take on this dangerous alien world.” No further details about how they hope to achieve this were shared.
The blog ends with Bungie asking players to hold the game developers accountable. “Thank you for continuing to challenge us, and for caring so deeply about the worlds we create.”
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