Destiny 2: The Final Shape

Destiny 2: The Final Shape is a major expansion for Destiny 2, a first-person shooter video game by Bungie. Representing the eighth expansion and the seventh year of extended content for Destiny 2 and 10th year of content for the Destiny franchise, it was released on June 4, 2024, after being delayed from its original February 2024 date. The Final Shape revolves around the player's Guardian seeking out the franchise's major villain, the Witness, who had disappeared through a portal that it created on the surface of the celestial Traveler at the conclusion of Lightfall (2023). The Guardian and the Vanguard must stop the Witness from creating the titular Final Shape—the calcification and destruction of all life in the universe—and end the war between the Light and Darkness, concluding Destiny's first major saga, the "Light and Darkness" saga. The expansion also sees the return of the character Cayde-6, who had been killed during the events of Forsaken (2018).

In addition to new super abilities for the existing Light subclasses, a new subclass, "Prismatic", was added, allowing players to combine and use select Light and Darkness abilities in tandem. The expansion also added new content across the game, including new missions, Player versus Environment (PvE) locations, Player versus Player (PvP) maps, player gear, weaponry, a new raid, and the series' first-ever 12-player PvE activity.

Unlike prior years since Year 2, Year 7 did not follow the seasonal model in which the year was divided into four seasonal content offerings. Instead, there were three larger episodes released throughout the year, which were standalone experiences, with each episode divided into three acts, telling the aftermath of the expansion. The episodes, titled Echoes, Revenant, and Heresy, were originally set to release in March, July, and November, respectively, but these were also pushed back due to The Final Shape's delay; Episode: Echoes began on June 11, a week after the expansion's release, with Episode: Revenant released on October 8 and then Episode: Heresy on February 4, 2025. Two new dungeons were also released over the year during the episodic content. A free event, the Rite of the Nine, began in May 2025, which acted as a prologue to the next expansion, The Edge of Fate, which released on July 15, 2025, and began Year 8 as well as the franchise's next saga, the "Fate" saga. This was the only year to utilize the episodes, and they, along with Rite of the Nine, were removed upon release of The Edge of Fate, although the Contest of Elders activity from Episode: Revenant returned as a fireteam ops activity in September 2025. Year 8 changed the delivery model of content as it instead has two medium-sized expansions lasting five to six months each with both receiving one major update two to three months after their respective releases.