New Info On ‘Destiny 2’ Alarm Bells, Marathon’s Role And ‘Destiny Infinity’ Pitch

InnovationGamingNew Info On ‘Destiny 2’ Alarm Bells, Marathon’s Role And ‘Destiny Infinity’ PitchByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorMay 28, 2026, 09:02am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Destiny 2BungieWe are now one week past the news that Bungie was ceasing development on Destiny 2 after a large June 9 update, and there are a lot of big feelings on the internet about how that has gone down. Not to add to the emotion, but I have new information about all of this, spanning from when things really started to go wrong with Destiny 2, what role Marathon has here and pitches for ultimately rejected concepts about how to continue things forward.From my sources, here’s a breakdown of what I’ve learned,There began to be discussions and scenarios planned after Edge of Fate in terms of where Destiny 2 could or should go from there, because that expansion underperformed expectations.Those discussions got way more serious when Renegades did even worse and didn’t change sales or retention trajectory.The scenarios discussed were about what the future of Destiny 2 would look like, if it were sticking with the new two expansions, two updates model or something else. The decision to actually kill the game was not made after Edge of Fate or something that far back. It was earlier this year, as previously reported.Destiny 2BungieOne idea was scrapping the two-expansion model and going back to one big expansion again and renaming the game “Destiny Infinity.” The goal there was a kind of relaunch as opposed to doing a true Destiny 3 to kickstart momentum.Destiny 3 was considered, as ever, but things didn’t swing that way. My sources have no belief it is coming at the moment.With all the options on the table, the main problem was that any and all of...