Bungie plans to bring vaulted Destiny 2 content back

Bungie says it is returning to Destiny 2 while reshaping Marathon, an effort to regain player trust after a difficult period for the studio. A report on the announcement notes that Monument of Triumph released on June 9 and ended Destiny 2's nine-year content run. Sony later confirmed significant cuts at Bungie, reportedly affecting 292 workers, including most of the Destiny team and some Marathon developers.

Bungie says its first step for Destiny 2 is restoring vaulted campaigns, destinations, and raids for all players. That will not be a simple file recovery: the studio says the returning content needs updates to lighting, encounters, combatants, and other underlying systems so it can meet today's stability and gameplay standards. The announcement does not provide a return date or price, and it names no cast. The report also notes a copyright lawsuit from Matthew Kelsey Martineau, who alleges that Destiny 2's Red Legion was taken from his earlier WordPress writings.

Marathon is getting a broader survival focus

Bungie acknowledges that Marathon did not reach as many players as hoped and says the game needs to evolve beyond the genre limits originally placed on it. The studio plans to deepen its survival experience while strengthening combat, the world, and competitive tension during Marathon's first year. Its stated goal is to support meaningful cooperative PvE, competitive PvP, and PvPvE experiences, giving players more agency in how they engage with the game. New studio head Poria Torkan and Marathon general manager Josh Deane say trust will not be rebuilt through a single blog, video, or release. For players, the useful commitment is therefore straightforward: Bungie says it will restore lost Destiny history and make Marathon's future more flexible, but the schedule remains unstated.