Hey everyone. We’ll keep it short and simple. The Final Shape needs more time to become exactly what we want it to be, so we’re moving its release date to June 4, 2024.

The Final Shape is the culmination of the first ten years of Destiny storytelling and, for Guardians everywhere, countless hours spent together. 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.

Naturally, this change brings up questions about our upcoming release calendar. Season of the Wish begins tomorrow and will extend until the launch of The Final Shape in June. While the majority of content and narrative for Season of the Wish will run from late November to February as originally planned, the team is adding new content available for all players to jump into until the launch of The Final Shape.

In February, this will include new weekly progression-based quests called Wishes, and the launch of Moments of Triumph with unique rewards. Next, we’re moving Guardian Games up to March with a refreshed focus on class vs. class competition. Then, beginning in April, we’re delivering a two-month content update available to everyone called Destiny 2: Into the Light, which will prepare players for their Guardian’s journey into the Traveler. All of this is in addition to the ongoing efforts from our PvP Strike Team, including three new PvP maps dropping in May.

We know you’re eager to get your hands on The Final Shape. In that sense, delays aren’t fun. For our part, we are excited to have the extra time needed to bring our vision for The Final Shape to life for all of you. We’re looking forward to sharing much more in April, including all-new gameplay, to showcase the significant content additions currently in development.

Thanks for reading and for being on this journey with us.

  • Destiny 2 Dev Team

Also a 7 min video update from Game Director Joe Blackburn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSJDyAIOk2c

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      7 months ago

      Yeah, I can understand an MMO changing over time, some parts changing or getting removed, but not if you specifically paid for those parts.

      I hope they restore all the content and make it easy for new comers to follow the story, or just launch Destiny 3 with a clean(er) state.

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        7 months ago

        Pretty sure Destiny 3 isn’t in the cards. Their next game is “Matter”, whenever that is.

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          7 months ago

          Yeah. I love the gunplay of Destiny, just couldn’t understand much about what’s going around or care about any of that.