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Destiny 2 News

2025

May 6

• Bungie has revealed Destiny 2's content roadmap for the coming year, starting with the highly anticipated Edge of Fate expansion launching July 15. Recent announcements detailed the expansion alongside future plans.

Read more: Destiny 2 Unveils Year of Prophecy Roadmap (Game Rant)

• Bungie confirms two paid expansions for Destiny 2 this year, including a Star Wars-themed release. This shift from the annual expansion model introduces two mid-sized expansions per year as part of a new multi-year storyline beginning in July.

Read more: Destiny 2 Announces Dual Expansions Including Star Wars Crossover (Eurogamer)

May 5

• A copyright lawsuit against Bungie moves forward after the court rejected the studio's dismissal attempt due to unavailable vaulted content. Writer Matthew Kelsey Martineau claims similarities between Destiny 2's Red Legion and his pre-existing creative work.

The ruling underscores legal challenges in live-service games where removed content affects evidence. Bungie maintains the cited elements differ significantly from Martineau's writings.

Read more: Destiny 2 Copyright Case Advances Over Vaulted Content (VGC)

• Bungie will showcase details about The Edge of Fate expansion during a May 6 livestream, offering insights into Year 8 following The Final Shape.

Read more: Major Destiny 2 Reveal Scheduled for May 6 (Game Rant)

April 4

• A judge denied Bungie's request to dismiss a copyright lawsuit, refusing to consider YouTube lore videos as evidence for vaulted Destiny 2 content. Sci-fi author Matthew Kelsey Martineau alleges concept similarities between his work and the Red War campaign.

The decision highlights evidentiary complications when live-service games remove substantial story content over time.

Read more: Court Rejects Bungie's YouTube Defense for Vaulted Destiny Content (PC Gamer)

April 18

• Bungie officially announced The Edge of Fate as Destiny 2's next expansion during its April 17 TWID post, with a full reveal set for May 6, 2025.

Read more: Bungie Confirms Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate (Official Destiny 2 Website)

March 11

• Destiny 2 players encountered an unfinished version of Rite of the Nine dungeon mode, accidentally released early with Act 2. The prematurely launched mode lacked critical features and contained placeholder assets.

Bungie has not addressed why the clearly incomplete content became accessible to players ahead of its intended Act 3 release.

Read more: Unfinished Destiny 2 Dungeon Mode Goes Live Early (Forbes)

February 24

• Following the Heresy update, a bug allows all classes to use previously class-exclusive Exotic Glaives. Bungie confirmed it won't fix this unintended change, making cross-class weapon access permanent.

Read more: Destiny 2 Embraces Unintended Cross-Class Weapon Access (VGC)

2024

October 15

• NetEase Games officially announced Destiny: Rising, a free-to-play mobile RPG set in an alternate Destiny timeline featuring post-Collapse Earth. Developed in partnership with Bungie, the game aims to bring core Destiny experiences to mobile platforms.

Read more: NetEase Reveals Destiny Mobile Spin-off (Game8)

September 16

• Bungie pledged to compensate artist Tofu Rabbit after unauthorized use of her artwork on the NERF LMTD Ace of Spades Blaster. The studio confirmed working with licensing partner Hasbro to resolve the issue.

Read more: Bungie Addresses Unauthorized Art Use in Destiny Merch (Game8)

August 16

• A Destiny 2 update malfunction caused numerous player names to reset to "Guardian" followed by random numbers. Bungie attributes this to an error in its automated name moderation system.

Read more: Destiny 2 Username Glitch Affects Players (Game8)