{"id":1955405,"date":"2026-05-26T09:53:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T06:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1955405"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:53:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T06:53:36","slug":"as-an-online-petition-for-destiny-3-gains-traction-reports-suggest-bungie-staff-didnt-know-about-the-end-of-destiny-2-until-the-public-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1955405","title":{"rendered":"As an online petition for Destiny 3 gains traction, reports suggest Bungie staff didn&#8217;t know about the end of Destiny 2 until the public announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/destiny-2\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Destiny 2<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">As an online petition for Destiny 3 gains traction, reports suggest Bungie staff didn&#8217;t know about the end of Destiny 2 until the public announcement<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;Destiny 3 is neither in production nor greenlit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/ss_d230d30da82a7b92c842e7447ee5a8458b866251.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Titan sreenshot from Destiny 2\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"ss_d230d30da82a7b92c842e7447ee5a8458b866251.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Bungie<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-26T09:53:36+00:00\">May 26, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"f7cc7db3-c07a-426c-adf8-6fd3cbbbd20a\" data-name=\"Destiny 2\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Destiny 2\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Destiny 2\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Destiny 2\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Destiny 2\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Destiny 2\" title=\"Follow Destiny 2\"><br \/>\n  Follow Destiny 2<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Last week&#8217;s biggest shocker was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/destiny-2-live-service-layoffs-destiny-3\">the untimely death of Destiny 2<\/a>, which will receive its last content update in early June before going into life support mode. Now, we&#8217;re getting more details about how everything went down at Bungie and have learned fans are organising already to ask for Destiny 3.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/petition-sony-to-develop-destiny-3\">online petition<\/a>, which is at over 218k signatures at the time of writing, is meant to show Sony and Bungie there&#8217;s a huge interest in a follow-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/destiny-2\">Destiny 2<\/a> that could also be a fresh restart for the franchise. &#8220;Sign the petition to show your support for Destiny 3 and help us bring our love for this series to the next level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Destiny 2: Renegades &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WyAMFVYx-Qo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Forbes has shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2026\/05\/23\/more-details-about-the-end-of-destiny-2-from-inside-bungie\/\">a breakdown of what happened<\/a> in the lead-up to the news, using its own sources. Apparently, the decision to drop Destiny 2 and focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marathon-review\">Marathon<\/a> instead &#8211; a game that&#8217;s still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marathon-may-have-sold-roughly-12m-copies-worldwide-with-the-majority-on-steam-rather-than-playstation-according-to-analyst-estimates\">trying to find its footing despite a solid launch<\/a> &#8211; was made earlier this year. That said, work on future Destiny 2 content, such as the Shattered Cycle expansion, continued at Bungie.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was because the vast majority of Bungie did not know about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bittersweet-farewell-destiny-2\">Destiny 2 support being dropped<\/a> right up until it was publicly announced,&#8221; Forbes&#8217; report stated. While &#8220;there were certain teams within Bungie that did know what was coming&#8221;, most of the staff didn&#8217;t. Some internal push happened to get leadership to share the decision with more people, but plans didn&#8217;t change.<\/p>\n<p>As for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-05-21\/bungie-plans-layoffs-after-ending-destiny-2-development\">the reported layoffs<\/a> set to hit the studio, Forbes&#8217; article said the &#8220;exact scope and timing&#8221; are unknown, but they&#8217;re &#8220;significant&#8221; as both Sony and Bungie rally around Marathon&#8217;s future, which includes &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marathon-future-seasons-pve-pvp-lite\">PvE and PvP-lite modes<\/a>&#8220;, among other improvements and content plans.<\/p>\n<p>No decisions have been made yet about what&#8217;s coming next from the studio, but Forbes made sure to underline &#8220;Sony has been wary of committing to&#8221; expensive undertakings like another MMO as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/after-concord-and-a-string-of-delays-and-cancellations-sony-admits-playstations-live-service-strategy-is-not-entirely-going-smoothly\">it pivots away from live-service games<\/a>. That sounds like bad news for anyone hoping to see Destiny 3 in the future, but it&#8217;s likely that buzz around the tentative project won&#8217;t quiet down easily.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Last week&#8217;s biggest shocker was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/destiny-2-live-service-layoffs-destiny-3\">the untimely death of Destiny 2<\/a>, which will receive its last content update in early June before going into life support mode. Now, we&#8217;re getting more details about how everything went down at Bungie and have learned fans are organising already to ask for Destiny 3.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/petition-sony-to-develop-destiny-3\">online petition<\/a>, which is at over 218k signatures at the time of writing, is meant to show Sony and Bungie there&#8217;s a huge interest in a follow-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/destiny-2\">Destiny 2<\/a> that could also be a fresh restart for the franchise. &#8220;Sign the petition to show your support for Destiny 3 and help us bring our love for this series to the next level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Destiny 2: Renegades &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WyAMFVYx-Qo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Forbes has shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2026\/05\/23\/more-details-about-the-end-of-destiny-2-from-inside-bungie\/\">a breakdown of what happened<\/a> in the lead-up to the news, using its own sources. Apparently, the decision to drop Destiny 2 and focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marathon-review\">Marathon<\/a> instead &#8211; a game that&#8217;s still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marathon-may-have-sold-roughly-12m-copies-worldwide-with-the-majority-on-steam-rather-than-playstation-according-to-analyst-estimates\">trying to find its footing despite a solid launch<\/a> &#8211; was made earlier this year. That said, work on future Destiny 2 content, such as the Shattered Cycle expansion, continued at Bungie.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was because the vast majority of Bungie did not know about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bittersweet-farewell-destiny-2\">Destiny 2 support being dropped<\/a> right up until it was publicly announced,&#8221; Forbes&#8217; report stated. While &#8220;there were certain teams within Bungie that did know what was coming&#8221;, most of the staff didn&#8217;t. Some internal push happened to get leadership to share the decision with more people, but plans didn&#8217;t change.<\/p>\n<p>As for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-05-21\/bungie-plans-layoffs-after-ending-destiny-2-development\">the reported layoffs<\/a> set to hit the studio, Forbes&#8217; article said the &#8220;exact scope and timing&#8221; are unknown, but they&#8217;re &#8220;significant&#8221; as both Sony and Bungie rally around Marathon&#8217;s future, which includes &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marathon-future-seasons-pve-pvp-lite\">PvE and PvP-lite modes<\/a>&#8220;, among other improvements and content plans.<\/p>\n<p>No decisions have been made yet about what&#8217;s coming next from the studio, but Forbes made sure to underline &#8220;Sony has been wary of committing to&#8221; expensive undertakings like another MMO as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/after-concord-and-a-string-of-delays-and-cancellations-sony-admits-playstations-live-service-strategy-is-not-entirely-going-smoothly\">it pivots away from live-service games<\/a>. That sounds like bad news for anyone hoping to see Destiny 3 in the future, but it&#8217;s likely that buzz around the tentative project won&#8217;t quiet down easily.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Destiny 2 As an online petition for Destiny 3 gains traction, reports suggest Bungie staff didn&#8217;t know about the end of Destiny 2 until the public announcement &#8220;Destiny 3 is neither in production nor greenlit.&#8221; Image credit: Bungie News by Fran Ruiz Contributor Published on May 26, 2026 Follow Destiny 2 Last week&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-1955405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1955405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1955405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1955405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1955405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}