Petition asking Sony to develop Destiny 3 reaches 122K signatures

After more than a decade, Bungie is winding down the Destiny franchise...but hopeful fans are nonetheless petitioning Sony to greenlight a sequel.

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Fans are calling on Sony to approve Destiny 3 in a rapidly-growing Change.org petition that has reached over 122K signatures at the time of writing. Bungie recently announced that Destiny 2 is going into retirement, and all future expansions have been cancelled. The game will remain online, but new content updates will no longer happen, and Destiny 3 is not in development. Longtime fans are appealing to Sony to allow Bungie to make Destiny 3, as recent reports indicate that Bungie developers are pitching new projects set in the Destiny universe to management, yet none of these projects have yet to be greenlit.

"Our passion and commitment to the Destiny franchise drives us to reach out to Sony and express our collective voice. We believe in the potential of Destiny 3 to inspire new generations of gamers and to keep the fire of the Guardian spirit alive," reads part of the petition, which could very well break over 150K signatures throughout the weekend.

The news comes shortly after Sony recorded a hefty $760 million+ impairment charge against Bungie's assets due to the underperformance of Destiny 2's Edge of Fate expansion in 2025, and Marathon's mainline release in 2026.

Bloomberg reports indicate that Bungie will hold heavy layoffs as a result of Destiny 2's retirement. The studio is now shifting its attention to Marathon, its other wholly-owned, cross-platform live service IP that shows future-driven promise due to its differentiation.

As for Destiny 3, the idea of another mainline release goes against Bungie's vision for the game itself, which saw Destiny 2 essentially becoming a kind of morphing and evolving project over time--instead of releasing new games, Bungie would just release new expansions instead, kind of like an MMORPG.

It's also been reported by Forbes' Paul Tassi that almost all of Bungie's workers did not know about Destiny 2's decision.