Bungie Will Restore Vaulted Destiny 2 Content and Rework Marathon
In a surprise reversal, the studio says campaigns, destinations and raids will return, while Marathon becomes a deeper survival game.
Bungie announced on September 21 that it will bring previously vaulted Destiny 2 content back and make substantial changes to Marathon, in an update from studio head Poria Torkan and Marathon head of product Josh Deane, according to Game Informer.
What is coming back. Bungie says it will restore vaulted campaigns, destinations and raid encounters. The studio cautioned that restoration is not a simple switch: content needs updates to lighting, combat encounters and other systems to work in the current version of the game.
The tone. The leadership message was unusually direct. It said: “Over the last few years, we lost sight of that, and there have been real consequences.” On the vaulting decision itself, it said: “We cannot change the decision we made, but we can acknowledge its impact and do the work to make it right.” In an accompanying video reported by other outlets, Torkan said: “We chased visions without enough focus on what players loved and that’s on us. We own that.”
Marathon. The extraction shooter will evolve into what Bungie calls “a deeper survival experience.” The studio said it will strengthen combat and world design and competitive tension, and support cooperative PvE, competitive PvP and PvPvE modes. Bungie said the game “did not reach as many players as we had hoped.”
The context. Game Informer’s timeline states that active development on Destiny 2 stopped in May 2026, and that Bungie laid off most of the Destiny 2 development team in June. The new plan reverses course on the idea that Destiny 2 was finished.
What’s next. Bungie describes vaulting content as “the first step to lay the foundation for how we reforge into new stories and games.” Game Informer notes that whether this refers to a Destiny 3 remains unconfirmed, and we are not treating it as confirmed either. Bungie has not, in the coverage we reviewed, given dates for when the restored content will arrive.
Why it matters. Vaulting was one of the most contentious decisions in the live-service era, and this is a rare public walk-back from a major studio. Whether it wins back lapsed players will depend on how quickly the old campaigns and raids actually return, and in what shape.