‘Destiny 2’ Reveals Its Last Update Will Be Its Best In Years

InnovationGaming‘Destiny 2’ Reveals Its Last Update Will Be Its Best In YearsByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorMay 29, 2026, 09:15am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Destiny 2BungieDestiny 2 players continue to mourn the upcoming closure of the game's live service, which will see no more updates after its June 9 additions. Now, after revealing the contents of that final update, it’s become a bittersweet moment for fans, as it just sounds so damn good.There are more pieces of the puzzle yet to be shared, but in an enormous article, Bungie laid out much of the content coming with the update, which I believe is 1) part of what was meant to come before the closure announcement after no updates to the game in six months, 2) some things pulled forward from the now-defunct expansion Shattered Cycle and 3) some teams working on additional ending content, aware of the coming shutdown.Here’s a summary of the biggest ticket items coming, and you can read the entire 100,000-word piece here if you like.The Destination map will return as the central screen for Destiny 2. While The Portal still technically exists, it is being sidelined in the game's new layout.Each pre-Edge of Fate destination (which would appear to be the EDZ, Cosmodrome, the Moon, Nessus, Europa, Neomuna, The Pale Heart, The Dreaming City and Savathun’s Throne World), will get classic loot with updated perks/tiers and special origin traits.Examples given were the Cosmodrome, which has the Rasputin-based Seventh Seraph CQC-12 shotgun, Nessus, which has the Vex-styled Pluperfect auto rifle and Europa, which has its former destination weapon, High Albedo, turned into the only kinetic rocket sidearm.Destiny 2BungieThe world loot pool is also being updated and will cont...