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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 71269" data-attributes="member: 1"><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2024/05/23/destiny2thumb-1716471330076.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Bungie has announced the end of content updates for live service shooter <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/destiny-2" target="_blank">Destiny 2</a>, nearly nine years after launch.The studio behind Halo, which recently released extraction shooter Marathon, said it will release the final content update for Destiny 2 on June 9, 2026. Destiny 2 will remain playable despite active development ending.Bungie issued the following statement on social media today:Destiny 2 support ends following recent committments from both Bungie and its parent company, Sony, on the future of Marathon. There is no mention of a future Destiny video game being in development, nor Marathon itself. Clearly, Bungie wants to keep the conversation on the final updates for Destiny 2 itself.Bungie's struggles are well-documented, and <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-reports-765-million-impairment-loss-due-to-underperformance-of-marathon-developer-bungie" target="_blank">Sony recently reported a $765 million impairment loss</a> due to underperformance of the studio during its last financial year. The PlayStation owner bought Bungie in early 2022 in a deal valued at $3.6 billion. However, the studio has struggled financially since then, with Destiny 2 failing to do the business and its new game, Marathon, having a hard time breaking out. As a result, Sony has admitted the acquisition has yet to pay off.During the financial year ending March 31, 2026, Sony’s Game & Network Services Segment, of which PlayStation is a part, suffered a 120.1 billion yen (approx. $765 million) impairment loss against Bungie’s assets. Sony had already reported a 31.5 billion yen (approx. $204.2 million) impairment charge as a result of Destiny 2’s underperformance during the second quarter of its fiscal year. It then reported another 88.6 billion yen (approx. $565 million) impairment charge on top of that for the fourth quarter.Hardcore extraction shooter Marathon launched early March, within the last fiscal year and, crucially, within the quarter in which Sony reported the additional 88.6 billion yen impairment charge against Bungie. Marathon reportedly had a budget of more than $250 million, and, according to analysts, has failed to meet sales expectations.During an investor-focused Q&A, Sony chief financial officer Lin Tao indicated the company will stick with Marathon in a bid to grow its user base. "In our studio business, earnings from Bungie’s title portfolio did not reach our expectations, so we downwardly revised our business plan and impaired the full amount of the fixed assets related to Bungie except for goodwill," Tao said."Player reception to Marathon is strong, with the game receiving a Metacritic score of 82 and more than 90% of the player reviews on Steam being positive. Engagement metrics such as retention also remain at a high level. Going forward, we aim to improve the performance of the game by working to retain highly engaged core users through the introduction of additional content, further improvements in the gameplay experience and expansion of the user base."Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.<a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-walks-away-from-destiny-2-final-content-update-coming-in-june" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

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