Bungie has confirmed that it’s delaying The Remaining Form, the upcoming growth to Future 2, from a February 2024 launch to June 6, 2024.

This follows a interval of turmoil on the firm that included layoffs of over 100 staff. To bridge the brand new hole within the dwell service recreation’s schedule, Bungie is launching a brand new occasion in April known as Into the Gentle which is able to final two months till the launch of The Remaining Form.

In keeping with a launch announcement from Bungie’s workers, it’s planning to delay the title to make room for “an excellent larger and bolder imaginative and prescient” for the growth. The developer can be extending the present occasion, Season of the Want, till the launch of The Remaining Form in June with extra content material to assist gamers keep occupied till the brand new growth launches.

The information comes shortly on the heels of a spherical of layoffs at Bungie, together with a number of members of its group help workers. Many gamers suspected a Remaining Form delay was coming, as Bloomberg reported the growth had already been quietly delayed internally, as was the upcoming new IP Marathon. The reported cause for the layoffs was that the corporate predicted it was working at 45% beneath income projections for the 12 months.

In a weblog submit earlier this month, the Future 2 dev group said that it needed to earn again participant belief by making The Remaining Form “an unforgettable Future expertise.” Different reported elements for the delay embrace dwindling participant numbers for Future 2, and the dev group additionally acknowledged within the weblog submit that gamers had a blended response to earlier expansions. As they mentioned, “Future must shock and delight. We haven’t completed this sufficient and that’s going to vary.”