Bungie’s Josh Deane details more plans for Destiny 2 unvaulting and future updates, but says supporting Marathon helps “finish the fight.”
It's been one month since Bungie confirmed it would be returning to Destiny 2. After releasing what was dubbed its final update in June, the studio announced in September that plans had changed. It's now in the process of 'unvaulting' the FPS game - restoring all the lost content that was cut away over the years, attempting to streamline the player experience at the cost of its legacy. To talk in more depth about what that actually looks like, when we can expect it, and what else the future might hold, Head of Product Josh Deane joins Principal Communications Manager Dylan 'dmg04' Gafner for a fresh Destiny 2 update.
"We're trying something new today," Gafner says of this conversational format, which he says won't be a weekly series but instead "a general space for us to give updates on our studio." That will include both Destiny 2 and Marathon, as well as potentially more general updates about the goings-on at Bungie. For now, the focus is on the unvaulting process, the community response that spawned it, and how, in Deane's words, the team intends to "rebuild a relationship with you all, not simply announce a future for a cheap win."
Deane calls the months leading up to the Moment of Triumph update "as difficult a time as we've ever experienced." Despite this, he says "it was necessary for that moment to not be a funeral; it had to be a battle cry. Basically, light the beacons and hope Rohan would answer. And you all did. You didn't just rage; you showed up. You shared your stories about your memories in Destiny, what the world meant to you, and made sure to petition how disastrous it would be to walk away from this amazing universe."
"It inspired everyone," Deane recalls. Once the decision was made to try taking those tentative first steps back, the starting point was obvious: "repairing trust and making Destiny 2 'whole.'" This starts with unvaulting, which was initially Bungie's answer to "some real technical challenges," but ultimately "fragmented our experience and broke faith with our community." Deane's hope for what that 'whole' can be goes beyond that, however. "It means restoring Destiny's past, present, and future."
It won't be fast. Destiny 2 unvaulting is currently in pre-production, with Bungie ensuring "the process is working and hitting our quality bar." Deane expects this to run until January or February 2027, at which point he estimates that the full production will then take another full 12 months. "It's a lot of content."
The primary focus is on the "campaigns, strikes, and raids from vaulted expansions," which includes the Red War of Destiny 2's launch, along with Forsaken, Curse of Osiris, and Warmind. Menagerie is also being included here, because it "holds a special place in our hearts (and we've seen years of community requests for a return)." Beyond that, Bungie is investigating "stretch goals" such as free roam destinations, seasonal activities, PvP maps, and weapon updates for raids and raid lairs.
Some additional aspects are being considered, such as an update to the New Light Experience and seasonal hubs, but Deane notes these "could come at a cost for what we want to build for you in the future." What does that mean? "This is the part of the conversation where I need to start talking about intent, even knowing some things are subject to change in success or failure."
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