Bungie has lastly confirmed the long-rumored delay to Future 2: The Ultimate Form, the enlargement that can conclude the long-running Gentle and Darkness saga. The studio stated right this moment that the enlargement “wants extra time to change into precisely what we wish it to be,” and so it’s now set to reach on June 4, 2024.
“The Ultimate Form is the end result of the primary ten years of Future storytelling and, for Guardians all over the place, numerous hours spent collectively,” the Future 2 dev group stated. “We need to honor that journey, so we’re taking the time we have to ship a fair greater and bolder imaginative and prescient, one which we hope shall be remembered and treasured for years to return.”
Season of the Want will begin as scheduled on November 28 (that is tomorrow) and shall be prolonged to run till the launch of The Ultimate Form. Bungie stated nearly all of content material deliberate for the season will run till February as initially deliberate, however new content material is being added to maintain gamers concerned till June.
That may embrace weekly progression-based quests known as Needs and the launch of recent Moments of Triumph, which is able to grant gamers distinctive rewards. The Guardian Video games shall be moved as much as March “with a refreshed deal with class vs. class competitors,” and a two-month replace known as Into the Gentle will kick off in April.
Stories of a Ultimate Form delay first emerged in October following layoffs at Bungie, which noticed numerous staff let go from the studio. The cuts reportedly got here amidst sharp decline in Future 2 participant numbers and missed income targets following the discharge of the Lightfall enlargement, however they landed notably poorly with followers as a result of they noticed plenty of well-known veterans put out of labor, and got here lower than two years after Sony dedicated to not shedding staff after its acquisition of the studio.
“We all know you’re wanting to get your palms on The Ultimate Form. In that sense, delays aren’t enjoyable,” Bungie stated. “For our half, we’re excited to have the additional time wanted to carry our imaginative and prescient for The Ultimate Form to life for all of you. We’re trying ahead to sharing rather more in April, together with all-new gameplay, to showcase the numerous content material additions presently in growth.”
With tracked participant counts presently the bottom they have been for years, The Ultimate Form is clearly one Bungie cannot afford to get fallacious. How the viewers reacts to such an elongated wait earlier than the subsequent main enlargement, notably towards a backdrop of fixed complaints about burnout with the present seasonal mannequin and extreme monetization, additionally stays to be seen.
