Bungie is facing a Destiny 2 patch delay and cannot guarantee when reported bugs and performance issues will be fixed. The news comes days after layoffs hit “most” of the team still working on the game.
The studio behind Destiny 2 and Marathon confirmed the cuts last week. It said the long-running shooter “fell short of expectations these past several years,” even as it wound down active development last month. Marathon, Bungie‘s new extraction shooter, has drawn strong reviews but has not matched Destiny 2’s commercial staying power. A portion of that team was also affected by the layoffs.
Destiny 2 patch delay leaves players waiting
Despite the end of active development, Destiny 2 saw a surge in players last month. Those players have kept reporting bugs and performance problems since. The smaller team still assigned to the game is now scrambling to keep up an update cadence similar to before the layoffs.
Shortly after the layoffs became public, Bungie posted on Twitter that a patch originally scheduled to go live this week would be delayed. “We will provide more information when we can,” the studio said.
The response on Reddit was skeptical. The top comment on the thread read: “I have a rather unfortunate suspicion that this will be one of those ‘delays’ that last forever.”
Bungie says the fixes are still coming
The official Destiny 2 Team account on Reddit followed up. It asked fans for patience, noting that some of the developers who worked on the delayed patch were among those let go.
“Not a forever delay. We will get this out when possible. Handful of fixes in this delayed patch were from impacted team members,” the account wrote. “When this ships, please show love to the team, past and present,” it added.
In a separate Reddit thread about PC performance problems, the same account asked players for “videos or examples” of specific issues. It stopped short of promising a fix. “While we can’t promise a fix, we’ll see what we can do,” the account said.
What the layoffs mean for Destiny 2’s future
The cuts mark one of the roughest stretches for Bungie in 2026, a year that has already brought widespread layoffs and studio closures across the games industry. Destiny 2 is no longer in active development, and Marathon is still working to build the audience Bungie needs from it.
The remaining Destiny staff must now work through a bug backlog with fewer people than before. The Destiny 2 patch delay is likely the first of several as the smaller team finds its footing.
Bungie has not given a new date for the delayed patch or the fixes it contains. Players are left watching Reddit for updates instead, from a team the studio itself says is still adjusting to who remains. How quickly Bungie clears that backlog may say more about Destiny 2’s remaining lifespan than any single patch note.