The Ultimate Form, the extremely anticipated Future 2 growth that’s set to finish the sport’s predominant plot and begin a brand new period for the franchise, has been delayed. This announcement comes weeks after layoffs at Bungie and a Bloomberg report about an impending delay.
Bungie introduced the delay on Monday, simply forward of the discharge of the sport’s subsequent season — Season of the Want. The Ultimate Form was initially slated for a Feb. 27, 2024 launch date, and can now launch on June 4, 2024.
The studio revealed a small blog asserting the delay, which additionally spoke to some new content material objects coming to the sport between now and The Ultimate Form. Future 2’s recreation director, Joe Blackburn, additionally posted a video discussing the following seven months of the sport’s life.
First, Blackburn revealed the title for the upcoming dungeon, Warlord’s Smash, which launches on Friday, Dec. 1. There was additionally a quick Crucible replace, the place Blackburn revealed that the paired down Checkmate mode goes to affect the sport’s core PvP id, making a extra strategic Crucible setting sooner or later.
As for brand spanking new content material, as soon as the Season of the Want story content material runs out in February, Bungie will launch a brand new weekly story occasion (with some rewards) known as Needs. The studio can also be revitalizing the Guardian Video games vacation occasion and shifting it to March.
In April, Bungie will re-emerge with some Ultimate Form updates, exhibiting off some particulars they’ve been conserving secret from gamers for the reason that growth’s announcement earlier this yr. That announcement teased some new enemies, three new Supers (one for every class) and a vacation spot set inside The Traveler that’s not like something Guardians have ever seen earlier than.
April can even see a brand new replace known as Future 2: Into the Mild, which is a two-month content material drop that may embrace some distinctive rewards for each the lapsed and hardcore Future followers.
Lastly, Bungie will drop its first Future 2 map pack in Could, simply earlier than The Ultimate Form’s new launch date. The pack will embrace three maps, set on Europa, Neomuna, and the Terraformed Pyramid.
Whereas Bungie’s builders are clearly making an effort to shut up the content material hole as a lot as doable, that is nonetheless an enormous shift for the Future 2 neighborhood. D2 gamers have grown accustomed to getting new content material each three months or so since 2019, when the seasonal mannequin launched alongside the Shadowkeep growth.
A content material hole that spans over six months is a tough tablet to swallow for any Guardian, and it will likely be attention-grabbing to see if Needs and Into the Mild are capable of maintain gamers excited for The Ultimate Form throughout Future 2’s lengthy winter.