{"id":378862,"date":"2026-09-24T03:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=378862"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:42:03","slug":"destiny-2-brings-back-the-red-war-and-forsaken-bungie-confirms-unvaulting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/destiny-2-brings-back-the-red-war-and-forsaken-bungie-confirms-unvaulting\/","title":{"rendered":"Destiny 2 brings back The Red War and Forsaken: Bungie confirms unvaulting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bungie said on <strong>September 21, 2026<\/strong> that <a href=\"https:\/\/destiny-2.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Destiny 2<\/a> is getting an unvaulting update, bringing back content that had been removed. That includes The Red War and <a href=\"https:\/\/forsaken-remastered.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Forsaken<\/a> campaigns, plus their destinations and raids.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forbes reporter Paul Tassi says the restored campaigns, raids, and locations are expected to be <strong>free for everyone<\/strong>, even players who never bought them the first time around. If that holds, it should make Destiny 2\u2019s story a lot easier to follow and address one of the game\u2019s oldest complaints: too much of its history was cut out of the game.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Destiny 2\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/0e3cf7ea-8220-4e0c-91a1-a5b5a3b4f79c\/1712169786\/destiny-2-icon.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Destiny 2<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/destiny-2.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/destiny-2.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, this doesn\u2019t sound like a full <strong>live-service revival<\/strong>. After the Monument of Triumph update in June 2026, Destiny 2 was pretty clearly shifted into maintenance mode, with major bug fixes as the main priority. So this reads less like a relaunch and more like Bungie trying to preserve parts of the game that had been lost.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Destiny 2\u2019s missing history has bothered you, this will probably be worth downloading. Just don\u2019t expect everything to come back. <strong>Seasonal storylines and events<\/strong> aren\u2019t guaranteed, and neither is every Strike, Crucible map, Gambit map, or seasonal activity. Even with these campaign returns, there could still be story gaps rather than a full one-to-one restoration.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Destiny 2 is already available on its current platforms, but Bungie still hasn\u2019t given a <strong>release date<\/strong> for the restored content. Tassi\u2019s guess is sometime next year, while Bungie says the work is technically difficult and will take time, especially after the heavy layoffs in 2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bungie said on September 21, 2026 that Destiny 2 is getting an unvaulting update, bringing back content that had been removed. That includes The Red War and Forsaken campaigns, plus their destinations and raids. Forbes reporter Paul Tassi says the restored campaigns, raids, and locations are expected to be free for everyone, even players who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/destiny-2-brings-back-the-red-war-and-forsaken-bungie-confirms-unvaulting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Destiny 2 brings back The Red War and Forsaken: Bungie confirms unvaulting&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9351,"featured_media":378861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-378862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378862"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378870,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378862\/revisions\/378870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378862"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=378862"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=378862"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=378862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}