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A petition for Destiny 3 gains traction as Bungie reveals Destiny 2’s end and shifts focus to Marathon; Forbes reports most Bungie staff didn’t know Destiny 2 support was being dropped until public announcement, with some teams aware; layoffs are expected and no Destiny 3 is currently in production or greenlit, while Sony remains cautious on major live-service commitments.
A petition urging Sony to greenlight Destiny 3 has already surpassed Marathon’s peak opening-week players (roughly 130,000–150,000), underscoring strong fan demand as Bungie reportedly shifts resources toward Marathon amid layoffs, even as Destiny 2’s final update arrives and Destiny 3’s future remains uncertain due to financial considerations.
A Change.org petition for Destiny 3 has drawn over 48,000 signatures as fans share personal stories about how Destiny shaped their friendships and lives, expressing a desire for new adventures, stories, and features. The piece notes fans’ frustration with Bungie’s recent changes (including the shift to Portal and the end of The Final Shape as a perceived ending) and states that Destiny 3 is not currently in development, while commentators point to Sony’s live-service strategy as a factor in the franchise’s direction.
As Destiny 2 heads toward its final June update, some fans retaliate by review-bombing Marathon on Steam, blaming Bungie and Sony for Destiny’s decline; the negative campaign dropped Marathon’s rating from 86% to 77% after roughly 250 reviews in three days, before Marathon supporters countered with hundreds of positive reviews. The piece notes Bungie’s continued investment in Marathon, including a PvE mode next season and ongoing content updates, while Destiny 2’s own missteps leave its future uncertain.
Destiny 2 is ending its live-service updates with The Final Shape’s final content drop on June 9, 2026; Bungie says the game will remain online, but the move follows a Bloomberg report of upcoming layoffs and no active Destiny 3 development. On Steam, over 2,500 players have posted reviews—ranging from nostalgic tributes to a large negative review-bomb campaign as the community reflects on the game’s nine-year run.
A former Destiny 2 narrative designer says a Xivu Arath campaign and a major raid were pitched multiple times for Destiny 3, fueling fan debate after Bloomberg reported Destiny 3 isn’t in development, as Bungie winds down Destiny 2 live-service support and faces layoffs.
Bungie plans a significant round of layoffs as it ends active Destiny 2 development to focus on new projects, led by the Marathon shooter; there’s no immediate Destiny 3 plan and Sony hasn’t approved any new Destiny titles, though staff have pitched ideas. Marathon’s performance contributed to a quarterly loss, and Bungie has been reallocating Destiny staff to Marathon. Fans can expect Destiny 2’s Monument of Triumph update on June 9 and years of server support, but uncertainty remains about Bungie’s Destiny future after Sony’s 2022 acquisition.
Bungie is reportedly planning significant layoffs and has no active Destiny 3 in development; Destiny 2 will receive its final live-service update on June 9, 2026, after which the game will remain playable while Bungie pivots to new projects, notably Marathon, signaling a shift beyond Destiny 2’s era.
Destiny 2 will get its final live-service update in June, ending Bungie’s long-running sci‑fi MMO even though servers will stay online; with no new content on the horizon, players react with sadness and nostalgia, and many speculate about Destiny 3, while fans are urged to revisit the world’s mysteries one last time before its story truly closes.
Bungie will release Destiny 2’s final major update on June 9, after which the game will remain playable. The studio says it’s entering a “new beginning” and will shift focus to a new project, Marathon, with future Destiny news to come, signaling a move away from Destiny while staying in the live-service space.
Bungie unveiled a roadmap for Marathon that suggests the revival will undergo a complete overhaul this year, signaling a major reworking of scope and design beyond incremental updates.
Bungie confirms Marathon Season 2 will test PvE-focused modes alongside a broad set of balance and quality-of-life updates, including Night Marsh, the Sentinel defensive shell, new weapons and gear, higher progression and vault capacities, plus a rotating Duos queue and smarter matchmaking. The season will kick off with an experimental PvE mode with a touch of PvP, followed later by a pure PvE mode, with future plans adding alien zones, mind-warp debuffs, Tau Ceti enemies, new exfil options, and onboarding/contract improvements.
Bungie’s Marathon (2026) director explains Season 2 will introduce PvE and PvP-lite modes to soften the game’s steep learning curve, alongside new content like a Runner Shell, a nighttime Dire Marsh map variant, additional weapons, and progression tweaks; seasons 3–5 are set to deepen onboarding and expand the PV(P)VE extraction loop as the studio weighs long-term longevity amid Sony’s impairment loss.
Bungie outlines a multi-season plan to widen Marathon’s audience by adding PvE-focused modes, PvP-lite options, and improved onboarding and endgame. Season 2 will introduce two experiments—one PvE+light PvP at launch and a later PvE-only crew objective mode—along with a rotating Duos queue, larger vaults, the Night Marsh map, Cradle progression, and a new Sentinel. Looking beyond, Seasons 3–5 will overhaul onboarding on Perimeter, deepen the extraction loop, and eventually integrate PV(P)VE play to keep Marathon evolving through 2027 and beyond.
A Marathon streamer exploited an out-of-bounds bug to clip into Cryo Archive’s final raid room and ambush a team after they defeated the boss, prompting Bungie to patch the issue before Cryo Archive returns, consider sanctions for griefing, and reward the affected players, while teasing a new Ranked Cryo activity for season 1.