Bungie delays its next big Destiny 2 expansion until November 10, citing pandemic

Bungie has announced that he is delaying his next big Destiny 2 expansion, Beyond the light, as of November 10 due to development difficulties during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The expansion would originally launch on September 22.

“As always, our goal is to make the coolest and most entertaining expansion we can do for our fans. To that end, we are doing our best for the game and moving the release date, “said David” DeeJ “Dague, Bungie Community Manager, in a statement.” The past few months have been challenging and will continue to be so during this pandemic. We have learned to create together in a new way, by having to work separately from each other. Despite these obstacles, we are still committed to the same level of quality that our fans expect. “

Beyond the light was announced earlier this year as the series’ biggest fall expansion (which recently started offering smaller seasonal updates throughout the year and a more substantial content expansion in the fall) as the “first chapter in a new trilogy of expansions. ” Bungie has already set high expectations for Destiny’s future, describing the upcoming years of the franchise: Beyond the light is configured to be followed by The queen witch in 2021 and a third expansion, Lightfall in 2022.

Destiny 2: beyond the light It will be available for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on November 10. Bungie has also announced that Destiny 2 will be available on the next generation of Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 this holiday season, with all current generations Destiny 2 content – including Beyond the light – configured to be available on those consoles too.