It’s never easy seeing a beloved game shut down, and the apparent death of Destiny 2 hits harder than most. Much like in the beloved franchise, however, “death” can have multiple meanings. You can die to the Architects, for instance, but your guardian isn’t really dead.
Of course, sometimes, guardians die forever in what’s called a “final death,” like Cayde-6 in Forsaken. And Destiny 2‘s next update, Monument of Triumph, sure seems to fall under that category.
Here’s why Destiny 2 may not be fully dead, but also why it probably is and how the studio got to that point.