Bungie's first Community Update lays out the full Destiny 2 unvaulting plan (Red War, Forsaken, Curse of Osiris and Warmind campaigns, strikes, raids and Menagerie), a roughly 12-month porting timeline after pre-production, and three new projects: a Destiny 2 "Celebration," Destiny "Legacy" and a redacted one. Here's everything Bungie said and what it means for Xbox and PC Guardians.
Bungie just posted its first Bungie Community Update, and it’s the biggest Destiny news in a long time. Head of Product Josh Deane walked through the full plan to bring vaulted Destiny 2 content back, gave an actual timeline, and teased three projects on the road to what Bungie calls “a new, forever Destiny”: a Destiny 2 “Celebration,” Destiny “Legacy,” and a project that’s literally listed as “Redacted.”
The blog went live on Bungie.net today, with Bungie’s X post at 12:00 PM ET.
Today we introduce the Bungie Community Update, bringing updates about our games and studio.
, Bungie (@Bungie) October 29, 2026
For October, Josh Deane joins us to walk through the Destiny 2 unvaulting plan, provide additional context and answers around the process, and speak to where Destiny and Bungie are… pic.twitter.com/hj9pCsjB8L
What you need to know
- Unvaulting is on track. The first pass, for all players, brings back the Red War, Forsaken, Curse of Osiris and Warmind campaigns, plus their strikes, raids and raid lairs, plus Menagerie with reprised rewards.
- Timeline: Pre-production runs until roughly January/February. After that, Bungie expects full production to take “about 12mos.” to finish porting.
- Destiny 2 “Celebration”: New updates inside Destiny 2, “beyond Monument of Triumph.” Progress bar expected in February.
- Destiny “Legacy”: “Our epic journey started over a decade ago, and the whole experience needs to be served to you all where you play today.” Progress bar expected in February, more info early next year.
- [REDACTED]: Date TBD. Its listed launch message is “We’re back.”
- No big reveal soon: Bungie says not to expect a Destiny announcement at The Game Awards this year.
- Next major Destiny comms: February.
The unvaulting plan, tier by tier
Coming back in the first pass (all players):
- Red War, Forsaken, Curse of Osiris and Warmind campaigns
- Strikes from those releases
- Raids and raid lairs from those releases
- Menagerie activity with reprised rewards
Stretch goals (at unvaulting launch or after):
- Free roam destinations (public events, Lost Sectors, Escalation Protocol and more)
- Seasonal activities from Sundial (Season 9) to The Coil (Season 23)
- Raid and raid lair weapon updates
- PvP maps
No path right now, for technical or strategic reasons:
- Updated New Light experience
- Seasonal story missions
- Gambit map Kell’s Grave
- Seasonal hubs like the Eliksni Quarter
Deane was blunt about why unvaulting comes first: “The vaulting of essential Destiny 2 content, even if based on some real technical challenges, was a moment that fragmented our experience and broke faith with our community.”
Red War is coming back, and Destiny ‘Legacy’ sounds like the original game where you play today.
The progress bar so far
- June: Initial greenlight to scope the work and find a partner to help.
- September: Assumptions validated, then announced to players.
- Now: Pre-production and proof of work, making sure the porting hits Bungie’s quality bar. Expected to last until roughly January/February.
- After that: About 12 months of full production to finish porting. In Deane’s words, “It’s a lot of content.”
Destiny “Legacy” and the “forever Destiny”
Bungie calls this “a phased plan for Destiny’s future that celebrates our legacy and propels us into a new, far green country.” The end goal is “a new, forever Destiny.” Deane also set expectations: “don’t expect us to make a Destiny announcement at the TGA’s this year, or to randomly drop a logo that sets the world on fire right away. We get there when we get there.”
Bungie did not say what “Legacy” is. But the wording about the journey that started “over a decade ago” being “served to you all where you play today” has a lot of people reading it as the original Destiny on current platforms. The Verge’s Tom Warren said it “sure sounds like a remaster of the original game for ‘where you play today.'” That part is our read and theirs, not something Bungie confirmed.
The redacted project’s launch message, “We’re back,” is a callback fans caught right away. Longtime Destiny developer Luke Smith posted back in September: “All we need now is a @ventrilo tweet: ‘We’re back.'”
Marathon side
Bungie also says Marathon: Symbiosis launches in December, with the next Marathon Dev Insight in early December and a March update after that. Deane said “nothing can help bridge us into future more than for Marathon to rapidly evolve and become sustainable.”
OnPoint’s take: Bungie finally talked to Destiny players like adults: a real list, a real “no” list, and a real timeline. Red War, Forsaken and Menagerie coming back is a big deal for Xbox and PC Guardians, because a lot of players who came in later never got to play the stories that made Destiny 2 what it is. What people are missing is the math. Pre-production until February plus about 12 months of porting puts the full unvault around early 2028, not next year. So the real near-term news is February, when “Celebration” and “Legacy” both get progress bars. If “Legacy” really is the original Destiny on current hardware, that’s a must-play on Series X and PC, especially for anyone who skipped it back in 2014. And look at the line tying Destiny’s future to Marathon becoming sustainable. That tells you Destiny fans are counting on Marathon too, whether they like it or not.
Sources
- Bungie.net, Bungie Community Update, October 2026 (Oct 29, 2026)
- Bungie on X, Community Update announcement (Oct 29, 2026, 12:00 PM ET)
- Tom Warren on X (Oct 29, 2026)
- Luke Smith on X (Sept 16, 2026)
- GamesRadar+, Bungie shares hopes for “a new forever Destiny” and “Destiny ‘Legacy'”
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