As Destiny 2's player count continues to tank, Bungie announces that the next major update is delayed until June and getting a new name

As Destiny 2’s player count continues to tank, Bungie announces that the next major update is delayed until June and getting a new name | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Third Person Shooter I wish I wasn’t missing out on new quests in Arc Raiders just because I’m not willing to grind the old ones every two months FPS Marathon will run an open Server Slam that’ll lead right into launch Third Person Shooter Marvel Rivals’ latest balance update continues to fan the flames of a broken meta: ‘Today’s patch notes have made me lose all hope’ RPG Diablo 4’s age of reworks might finally be over with its next expansion as it plans to deliver major features players have wanted for years Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders roadmap: All upcoming content and updates RPG Todd Howard says there’s no Starfield 2.0 coming: The next big update is for people who already love Starfield, and if you don’t, ‘I don’t think this is going to change that’ FPS The internet is not convinced it should care about another PvP hero shooter, drops a collective eye-roll that plunges the big Game Awards final reveal into a YouTube dislikes hole FPS Overwatch 2 drops the 2 and goes back to being Overwatch as Blizzard launches its biggest update ever next week: ‘We want to gain players’ confidence, we want them to have trust in the game’ FPS Marathon: Everything we know about Bungie’s sci-fi extraction shooter Action MindsEye was one of the most catastrophic game launches of 2025 but the studio refuses to quit: Its ‘most significant post-launch update’ is now live and an expansion is coming later this year Movies & TV Amazon’s Fallout website is counting down to something, and fans are hoping the long-awaited Fallout 3 remaster (or maybe even New Vegas) is finally on the way Action The Deus Ex remaster that everyone thinks looks awful is delayed, there’s no new release date, and preorders are being refunded MMO They survived the MMO massacre of 2025, but 2026 is going to be a tense year for WoW and FF14: And for completely different reasons Third Person Shooter Some Arc Raiders players are angry over the $5 million Expedition goal, but I think they’re missing the point Survival & Crafting ‘There is a world beyond Embervale’: Enshrouded dev diary paves the way to 1.0 in fall of 2026, says ‘development will continue for years to come’ PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Games FPS Destiny 2 As Destiny 2’s player count continues to tank, Bungie announces that the next major update is delayed until June and getting a new name News By Andy Chalk published 18 February 2026 The delay comes as no surprise, but the length is unexpected. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Bungie) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter PC Gamer Get the PC Gamer Newsletter Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Every Friday GamesRadar+ Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you’re going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter With less than two weeks until the planned launch of the next major Destiny 2 update, Shadow and Order, it seemed a little odd that no one outside of Bungie had seen or heard a single thing about it. That silence, coupled with the update’s proximity to Marathon—set to launch just two days later—led some fans to expect that a delay was inevitable. Sure enough, it’s happened: Bungie has finally confirmed that Shadow and Order has been pushed back to June 9, and for some reason it’s being renamed, too.”This update is being changed and expanded to include sizable quality-of-life updates and as a result, will also be renamed. This update will now launch on June 9, 2026,” Bungie wrote on Bluesky. “We will provide exact details closer to release covering previously announced Weapon Tier Upgrading, but also additions like expanding Tiered Gear to all Raid and Dungeon activities, Pantheon 2.0, Tier 5 stats for Exotic Armors, and more.”Quite why a name change is merited isn’t clear, given that the update presumably adds to Renegades, the Star Wars-themed update, which was released in December. That means players are now staring down a substantial content drought, although Bungie has promised some smaller tweaks in the meantime. Related articles Destiny 2 director doesn’t want it to ‘be a dead live game’, as the ailing shooter stares down the barrel of fan outrage: ‘We want to keep building Destiny’ The first thing Bungie asked LucasFilm about its Star Wars-themed Destiny 2 expansion was: ‘What is th