Following the round of layoffs that just recently struck Bungie, it had actually been reported that Destiny 2’s following large growth, The Final Shape, had actually been inside postponed to the summertime. Bungie has actually currently verified that to be the instance.
Originally slated to introduce on February 27, The Final Shape currently releases on June 4. In a blog post, Bungie mentions that the growth “needs more time to become exactly what we want it to be”.
“The Final Shape is the culmination of the first ten years of Destiny storytelling and, for Guardians everywhere, countless hours spent together,” Bungie composes in the message. “We want to honor that journey, so we’re taking the time we need to deliver an even bigger and bolder vision, one that we hope will be remembered and treasured for years to come.”
The hold-up has actually triggered some adjustments to the material roadmap. Destiny 2’s Season of the Wish starts tomorrow and runs up until The Final Shape launches. Guardian Games has actually been bumped approximately March, with Bungie specifying it will certainly have a “refreshed focus on class vs. class competition.” Three brand-new PvP maps are slated to show up in May.
Lastly, the workshop introduced Destiny 2: Into the Light, a two-month material upgrade that shows up in April. The message doesn’t supply much information apart from specifying it will certainly “prepare players for their Guardian’s journey into the Traveler.”
Destiny 2: The Final Shape was disclosed in August and is billed as the final thought of Destiny’s key story that started when the very first game released in 2014. About a month earlier, the group given up over 100 staff members, supposedly as a result of lowered Destiny 2 gamer interaction and underwhelming pre-orders for The Final Shape as gamer belief got to a lowest level.
Bloomberg at first reported on the reported hold-up of The Final Shape while additionally specifying that Bungie’s upcoming removal shooter Marathon had actually been pressed to 2025. Marthon’s hold-up has actually not been formally verified by Bungie (neither did it have a launch home window to start with), yet today’s verification of The Final Shape’s hold-up absolutely includes weight to Bloomberg‘s record.
