Bungie apologizes for Destiny 2's State of the Game with free Eververse armor and a new PvP "strike team" bringing more maps

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Bungie is apologizing for Destiny 2's poorly received State of the Game update by offering up some free Eververse armor and a new PvP "strike team" with more maps.

For the uninitiated, Destiny 2's sweeping State of the Game blog post arrived earlier this month to an almost universally upset audience, despite some genuinely promising news about several future updates. The update was unequivocally bad news for Gambit which is now all but dead, the PvP mode Crucible which won't be adding any more maps because Bungie can't spare the resources, and even Vanguard and Rituals, but there are some legitimately exciting changes to seasons, the sandbox, and quality of life. Still, the update went down so poorly that Bungie has now issued a formal apology with a few choice peace offerings.

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"A few weeks ago we put out a State of the Game communication that wasn't up to our standards for what y'all have come to expect from those kinds of communications," says Destiny 2 game director Joe Blackburn in a video update. "It didn't provide the high level vision that we normally provide, and really and truly a bunch of us were heads down working on Final Shape and weren't able to give it the sort of care and love that we usually put into these kind of communications, and that's nobody's fault but mine."

Blackburn begins by clarifying that the upcoming August showcase dedicated to Destiny 2: The Final Shape - the finale of the MMO's 10-year Light and Darkness saga - was recorded before and thus won't be impacted by feedback from the State of the Game blog. He also said the showcase is intended for a wide audience, "much wider than probably