Destiny 2 exits active development, final update set for June 9

Bungie is ending development of Destiny 2, and the game's final update will release next month, the developer today announced.

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Destiny 2 will soon be content complete and put into maintenance mode, Bungie today confirmed in a somber news post. The game's final update will go live on June 9, 2026 as a kind of digital send-off from the developer. The studio confirms that Destiny 2 will still remain playable and it hasn't been revealed how exactly the content availability will work.

"As our focus turns towards a new beginning for Bungie, we will begin work incubating our next games. To that end, on June 9, 2026, we will release the final live-service content update for Destiny 2 to begin that new journey as a studio.

"Though active development may be concluding, we will ensure that Destiny 2 remains playable, just as the original Destiny is today. Many changes in this final update will aim to ensure that Destiny 2 is a welcoming place for players to return to."

The news comes after Sony's costly $3.7 billion acquisition of Bungie--a buyout that significantly affected PlayStation's quarterly operating profits. In FY25, the most recent year, Sony reported a $700 million+ impairment charge against Bungie's assets across two out of the four quarters of FY25, tied to the underperformance of Destiny 2 and Bungie's latest game, Marathon.

We had also previously found that Destiny 2's player base had dropped to its lowest-ever point on Steam, indicating the game's health is stagnant.

Meanwhile, Bungie has outlined its plans for Marathon's second season, and Sony seems optimistic on the game's continued evolution across multiple platforms.

Destiny was always Bungie's north star, and it will be interesting to see how the company navigates the incredibly uncertain waters of the current gaming landscape, especially with big competitors like Arc Raiders pulling in multi-million player counts.