Bungie pitched "Destiny Infinity" to save the franchise — Sony said no

Bungie had a plan to keep Destiny alive, and Sony rejected it. According to Forbes insider Paul Tassi, the studio pitched a rebranding of Destiny 2 as Destiny Infinity — a lighter, cheaper alternative to building a full sequel — but Sony's leadership turned it down. With Destiny 2's final content update arriving June 9, 2026, and no Destiny 3 in sight, the series is effectively on life support.

The pitch

The Destiny Infinity plan was straightforward: drop the "2," rename the game, and shift back to one major expansion per year instead of two. The idea was to refresh the franchise's image and rebuild momentum after the disappointing performance of the Edge of Fate and Renegades add-ons, without the enormous cost of starting from scratch.

That cost is the crux of the problem. Jason Schreier previously reported that a full Destiny 3 would run at least $500 million before a single dollar of marketing — and take five to six years to develop. Sony, which acquired Bungie in 2022 for $3.6 billion, has already written off $765 million in impairment charges on that deal. Against that backdrop, even the smaller Destiny Infinity investment wasn't approved.

No sequel, no petition fix

Tassi is clear that Destiny 3 is not in development and won't be. A community petition calling for the sequel has cleared 290,000 signatures — more than Marathon's peak player count — but insiders say it won't move the needle. Sony's decision appears final.

After June 9, Destiny 2's servers will stay online but receive no new content. The game enters a kind of permanent maintenance mode.

Bungie's next bet

All of Bungie's focus is now on Marathon, its extraction shooter, which kicked off Season 2 on June 2. A free access week running June 2–9 is aimed at pulling in new players — particularly console players who have largely ignored the game so far. Whether Marathon can generate the kind of loyalty Destiny once had remains the open question. For now, one of gaming's most dedicated communities is left waiting for an answer that probably isn't coming.