How Long Will ‘Destiny 2: Frontiers' Be Delayed?
Look, I hope I'm wrong about this, but at this point, with Destiny 2's Heresy Episode ending, and attention turned toward the new Frontiers era of the game, I'm wondering just how much it's going to be delayed past its stated release window.
I was complaining a bit after the finale that Heresy did not seem to paint anything resembling a clear path toward Frontiers, narratively. But past that, it's more about what we haven't seen from Frontiers so far and that is…almost anything at all. We have some concept art, we have a conceptual roadmap with codenamed expansions and a few minor blog posts about coming changes.
I do understand that Bungie does not currently want to step on Marathon stuff, with a big reveal coming this Saturday, but the supposed release date for Frontiers is just three months away, July 15, according to when the current battle pass ends (and weirdly, possibly a clue in the Marathon ARG).
Is that possible, though? I went back and checked and there was just a wildly larger window between reveal/preorders and the release of past expansions (most of which were delayed a number of months). That includes the likes of The Final Shape, which could be pre-ordered in May 2023 before a June 2024 release, and The Witch Queen, which could be pre-ordered August 2021 before a February 2022 release.
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Again, I get the current Marathon buzz, but having this little info, no pre-orders and not even pricing or a name for the first Frontiers expansion allegedly three months before release does not indicate to me this is actually going to be released in three months. If this ages poorly, great, I hope it does.
There are two factors to consider here. The first is that Frontiers is an entirely new era of the game and Bungie may want to keep that under wraps. Though I would argue previously they have not cared about keeping huge expansion plot points secret between Cayde's death in Forsaken and showcasing The Final Shape in a way that made the storylines of the year before it somewhat irrelevant. So it wouldn't be the first time.
The second is what everyone in the industry is stressed about, the GTA 6 release date, allegedly coming this fall (I still have my doubts). So, if Frontiers/Apollo has to be delayed until fall, we wouldn't know when in the fall, probably, until GTA 6 is announced, as no one wants to be anywhere near that atom bomb.
Given where we are now, what we don't know, and Bungie's past history of delaying expansions, I don't think this is making it out in July, or maybe even summer. Also, while the Destiny team is separate, it's still clear that the studio is gearing up for a massive Marathon push at the same time. I just don't seen how this comes together in three months.
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