Destiny 2: The Final Shape release date delayed to June 2024

Bungie unveils its roadmap for the next six months

Marco Wutz | Nov 28, 2023

Destiny 2: The Final Shape release date delayed to June 2024 /

Bungie announced that Destiny 2: The Final Shape would be released on June 4, 2024, marking a slight delay for the game’s next expansion, which was initially set for a February release.

“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,” the studio’s statement reads. “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.”

Destiny 2 The Final Shape artwork. — Players will have to wait a little longer for The Final Shape / Bungie

That, of course, leaves a content gap between March and June 2024, for which Bungie has also released a roadmap of sorts. First, the Season of Wish beginning today will be extended until the final DLC is launched. Most of the original content planned for the season is still scheduled to run between December 2023 and February 2024, but some last-minute additions are supposed to keep players busy.

In February 2024, Bungie wants to deliver weekly progression-based quests called Wishes, and the launch of Moments of Triumph with unique rewards. The Guardian Games, a class vs. class event, will be moved to March 2024. In April 2024, a two-month content update called Into the Light will be launched, “which will prepare players for their Guardian’s journey into the Traveler.” In May 2024, players can expect three brand-new PvP maps to drop.

Bungie wants to unveil more about The Final Shape starting in April 2024, “including all-new gameplay, to showcase the significant content additions currently in development.”

Destiny 2 originally launched in 2017 and The Final Shape is supposed to be the climactic end for the ongoing Light and Darkness Saga in the game’s storyline. The game is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.

Published Nov 28, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg