For fans, the announcement may not have come as a complete surprise, but it was still met with shock and sadness.
“It’s been my entire adult life,” said Destiny YouTuber Datto in an emotional video update , externalafter the news was released.
“I’m just kind of at a loss for words… 99% of my friends have come from this experience… It’s only been this. It’s been nothing else.”
“Thanks for the thousands of hours of fun,” wrote another, external under Bungie’s post.
The studio said, external while its “love for Destiny 2 has not changed” following the release of the expansion The Final Shape in 2024, it had “reached the time for our shared worlds, and Destiny, to live beyond Destiny 2”.
The studio did not confirm whether it would produce a sequel, only adding: “Once we have more news to share on Destiny, you’ll be the first to know.”
Bungie, which also created the popular Halo series and was acquired by Sony in 2022 in a deal worth $3.6bn (£2.7bn), said work “incubating our next games” would now begin.
It is expected to continue working on Marathon, which launched in March to strong early sales but has since struggled, external to retain players on the online PC platform Steam.
“From the deepest part of our hearts, thank you, and we’ll see you in the stars,” the team signed off, before listing the content fans can expect from the final update, Monument of Triumph.
