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Bungie officially confirmed on Monday that Destiny 2: The Final Shape<\/em><\/a> is delayed until June 4th, 2024. Reports of a delay to the expansion emerged last month<\/a> after Bungie started making layoffs at the studio amid a drop in Destiny 2<\/em> players after the poorly received Lightfall<\/em> release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Bungie reportedly laid off<\/a> around 8 percent of Bungie employees, affecting roles in community management, engineering, social media, QA, and more. Now, the Halo <\/em>creator is taking its time to get things right with The Final Shape<\/em> after negative reviews and player sentiment from the Lightfall <\/em>expansion. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Final Shape <\/em>is an ambitious expansion that\u2019s meant to conclude Destiny<\/em>\u2019s light and darkness saga. Bungie has shown very little about the expansion so far, teasing that Destiny 2<\/em> players will enter \u201cthe Traveler,\u201d a mysterious entity in the universe of\u00a0Destiny\u00a0<\/em>that hangs motionless in the sky as a source of light for\u00a0Destiny\u00a0<\/em>players. The Final Shape<\/em> will include the Pale Heart, Destiny<\/em>\u2019s first linear destination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe Final Shape is the culmination of the first ten years of Destiny storytelling and, for Guardians everywhere, countless hours spent together,\u201d the development team wrote in a blog post<\/a>. \u201cWe want to honor that journey, so we\u2019re taking the time we need to deliver an even bigger and bolder vision, one that we hope will be remembered and treasured for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The team said that Season of the Wish, which launches on Tuesday, will run until the release of The Final Shape<\/em>. \u201cWhile the majority of content and narrative for Season of the Wish will run from late November to February as originally planned, the team is adding new content available for all players to jump into until the launch of The Final Shape<\/em>,\u201d the team wrote. In April, Bungie will launch a new content update called Into the Light <\/em>that will \u201cprepare players for their Guardian\u2019s journey into the Traveler.\u201d Bungie is now planning to share new gameplay of The Final Shape<\/em> expansion in April.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n