Bungie reportedly eyeing up “significant” layoffs, no plans for Destiny 3: what happens after Destiny 2’s final update in June?

Overnight, Halo and Destiny developer Bungie announced the end of content updates for live service shooter Destiny 2. Nearly nine years after launch, and after a myriad of content updates and monetisation changes, the developer has called a day on the storied MMOFPS, announcing that the final content drop for the game will land on 9th June, 2026.

The game will, however, remain playable: this isn’t a case of the developer moving away from the game and shuttering it completely, as we’ve seen with titles like Concord, Steel Hunters, and Highguard. Destiny 2 will remain online – and playable – in the same way that the original Destiny remains alive and active with a small community to this very day.

Bungie issued the following statement on social media last night:

For almost 12 years, we have had the joy and honor to explore the Destiny universe with you all. Through all the ups and downs, surprises and triumphs, building Destiny alongside our players has been a monumental privilege. 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, and Destiny, to live beyond Destiny 2.

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.

We’re proud of Destiny 2, the places it took us, and the legacy it has created. Because of you all, our universe is vast, built on years of shared stories, adventures, and victories. From the Cosmodrome to the Pale Heart to the Lawless Frontier, we have forged life-long memories and friendships with you all.

We are incredibly grateful to everyone who made that journey with us.

From the deepest part of our hearts, thank you, and we’ll see you in the stars.

Following the announcement Bloomberg published a new report that claims Bungie is set to suffer “significant” layoffs in the near future, and that a follow-up to Destiny 2 (namely Destiny 3, but you never know how sequel naming conventions work) is not actively in the works.

Per Bloomberg, Bungie reportedly has ideas for other games set in the Destiny universe, and will continue to pitch them, but at the time of writing, no other Destiny game is in active development. The studio’s focus right now is squarely on Marathon, and whilst the launch of the game perhaps hasn’t gone as swimmingly as Bungie would have liked, the studio promises it’s “in it for the long haul”. Let’s see how recent developments affect that, though.

I personally find the news about Destiny 2’s end fairly bittersweet: I have been vocal about my criticisms of Bungie lately, but both Destiny and Destiny 2 were special games: they effectively birthed a genre, and navigated a live service model that laid the foundations for plenty of what we see in gaming today. There was a lot of innovation in both games, marred as it may have been by very public missteps. Some of my best gaming memories have been in the solar system of Destiny, hanging out in the Tower or harassing PvP with my cheesy Warlock. I’ll miss this era, and hope that all the staff affected can move onto something bigger, and – maybe – better, in the future.