The future is not looking so bright for Destiny 2, as some leaks allege that Bungie is scaling back yearly content in a major way. The game will supposedly move from the current three-Episodes-a-year format to two six-month seasons, with smaller DLCs replacing the major expansions players are used to.
This report comes in the wake of Bungie’s recent layoffs and partial Sony consolidation. While the Destiny community is no stranger to a seasonal content model, it has typically been presented in four seasons spaced out annually. Of course, The Final Shape expansion traded those four seasons for three longer Episodes, the first of which has been received with mixed results due to time gating and a lack of content. If the leak is correct, then it sounds like players are going to have a lot more time on their hands between major beats.
Notable insider Jeff Grubb shared what he knew about Destiny 2‘s future following the layoffs at Bungie on Giant Bomb’s Game Mess Mornings show. Grubb noted that players should expect Destiny content to scale back, saying, “When it comes to Destiny 2, the expectation, I believe internally, is that the future content will be lighter, smaller, to take less time than what The Final Shape did, require fewer people. So, there will be expansions and updates, but they will be… not a shell of their former selves but they’ll definitely have that vibe about them.”
Grubb elaborated on how expansion content was allegedly being viewed internally at Bungie, saying: “Those expansions for Destiny 2? Expansion, they’re not even using the term internally anymore. They’re calling them ‘content packs.’ So, that should put it in perspective like what you should expect from Destiny 2 going forward.”
While the initial report sounded bleak, The Game Post covered an alleged leak from a previously-proved reliable source that may add additional context to what Destiny 2‘s future might look like. The leak maintains that, following the three Episodes already revealed, Destiny 2 would see its content delivery restructure again; moving to two seasons annually, each lasting six months.
The leaker went into additional detail, noting that a DLC would appear around the same time as each season and that, aside from the battle pass, seasons would become free. The leak also laid out how these changes would translate to gameplay, claiming that each season, players would “[p]lay base-level activities to earn seasonal gear,” and then that gear would then be used in a “Rally Event.” These Rally Events would happen twice each season and feature new PvE and PvP activities. All the while, the leaker alleges that narrative would take a back seat, with story missions disappearing in favor of one introductory mission setting the scene for the given season.
While this information does come from notable sources, it should still be taken with a grain of salt, as Bungie hasn’t publicly announced any of the information from the aforementioned reports. Still, if the reports turn out to be wholly accurate, it paints a bleak picture for Destiny 2‘s future.
