Destiny 2 developer Bungie has acknowledged its unfortunate situation ahead of the launch of the game's final DLC expansion, The Final Shape, tomorrow, on 4th June. In a stunning own-goal, The Final Shape was "accidentally pushed live on PS5's streaming service", and spoilers for this decade-spanning story arc are now being shared online.
On Twitter, Bungie posted its mea culpa, affirming that "a small group of players were able to play the campaign, access Collections, and other rewards info coming in The Final Shape". The developer says it is "always extremely difficult when our team's hard work is leaked early" and asks the community to be considerate of others and report leaks "so players can experience the conclusion of the Light and Darkness saga themselves".
Bungie declined to explain how exactly the expansion became live for players to access in the first place, so we are left to imagine an intern casually leaning against a lever marked "The Final Shape—Do Not Pull". On Reddit, the community is in complete free fall, with moderators attempting to put out fires as they spring up. Misinformation is rife, but it seems clear that legitimate spoilers are now in the wild. There is even growing speculation that this snafu might actually be on Sony, as routing players to the correct servers seems to be something the platform holder should ensure.
Are you surprised to see The Final Shape leak ahead of launch? If so, take shelter in the relative safety of the lovingly moderated comments section below.
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Welp I expect someone to get fired for that fumble
@Drago201 sir, this is video games. We only fire people to meet quarterly budgets.
@LikelySatan that's funny 😁 cuz it's messed up and true 🤣 God gaming is in a sorry state
Bungee has been scoring own goals for 20 years. This is normal.
@LikelySatan oooffff.... True though...
Way overblown. Part of the first mission was leaked plus some of the weapons, which Bungie themself have been spoiling by giving content creators early access and YT thumbnails are full of spoilers as a result.
I feel like there was a fumble like this recently regarding something else getting pushed to PSN early.
I think the reality of the situation is that Sony pre-load content onto the PSN servers a few days ahead of release, keeping the licenses offline until release date and not updating the PSN storefront until release date. It's quite likely that whoever uploaded the Final Shape and Erd Tree DLCs just forgot to keep the licenses suspended on the streaming side of the servers, resulting in early access.
It'd be quite a simple mistake to make. Sony should probably invest in having someone varify all content before it's pushed to make sure release dates aren't broken.
Wow. Just wow......
Solid investment Sony
Obviously a marketing tactic to get headlines before launch happens all the time
I feel sorry for people who cared for the game and stumbled upon important spoilers.
On second thought, I feel even more sorry for them that they still care for this money-sucking machine called Destiny 2.
So basically these people are fooled twice.
But none of this was Bungies fault? It was on Sony.
The exact same thing happened to the Elden Ring DLC the week before. Its easy to throw crap Bungies way, but this wasn't on them.
I mean... it's one day. It was a little early access, no reason to lose your marbles in drama. Accident happen, and this could've been worse.
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