Originally scheduled to release sometime in autumn 2021, the sixth expansion to Destiny 2 titled The Witch Queen is now set for a release in early 2022. The delay was announced in a lengthy post on the official Bungie blog where details on smaller updates coming this year were also revealed.

"Last summer, we outlined our ambition for the next era in Destiny 2 by announcing the full arc, starting with Beyond Light, followed by the Witch Queen and Lightfall," said assistant game director Joe Blackburn. "As we began to scale production on the Witch Queen last year, we made the difficult but important decision to move its release to early 2022; we also realized we needed to add an additional unannounced chapter after Lightfall to fully complete our first saga of Destiny."

Destiny 2 expansions typically release once a year. With The Witch Queen pushed back, 2022 will see two releases in the same year. Seasons are separate from expansions, as they offer smaller updates and quests, typically in a three month time frame. Season 13 launched earlier this month and changes for the upcoming Season 14 in May were detailed in today's announcement.