Destiny fans are lamenting the future of Bungie's sci-fi shooter franchise, following a threadbare update this week, released while the developer focuses on supporting Marathon.

Destiny 2 Update 9.5.5.5 arrived on Wednesday, and its full patch notes read as follows:

GeneralFixed an issue where some weapons were not benefitting from their Weapon Foundry Sponsorships when active.

And that's it. Now, to be fair, there was no expectation that this week would bring a vast well of new Destiny 2 content to keep players occupied. Destiny players are also well aware of the fact Bungie is currently busy trying to make Marathon a success. But, as one fan put it in response: "I expected nothing and still got disappointed."

Last month, Bungie announced via social media that it was delaying its next major Destiny 2 game update, Shadow and Order, by a full three months — from March until June — something it blamed on the need to make "large revisions" to its content.

At the time it announced that delay, Bungie avoided mentioning its simultaneous launch of Marathon, which would have arrived within the same release window — presumably to avoid the suggestion that one project was sapping resources from the other. But Destiny fans have found it hard to imagine a world where, had Bungie not been also focused on shipping Marathon, its revisions to Shadow and Order would not need to take as long.

Indeed, in its statement on the delay, Bungie seemed to go as far as it could to signal that things would be quieter for Destiny over the coming months, with basic maintenance and balance updates likely the only changes that players would see. The studio then thanked fans for their "continued patience and support," before affirming that it would release more information on the update "closer to launch."

For many players, the news felt like Bungie effectively moving its public focus on Destiny to the back burner until the summer months — something this week's latest update has only cemented in fans' minds, resulting in a mix of frustration and dark humor.

"Almost 3 hours of downtime for... this," noted one fan, in a lengthy thread of complaints on reddit. "A single fix."

"I'm curious - how many patches have only ever been one patch note?" questioned one fan. "Even dating back to Destiny 1, I feel like that has to be a rare sight. Not even dogging on the game/studio - genuine curiosity."

"There's literally no one working on this game anymore," wrote another fan. "Dev team is genuinely one part timer huh," added a second. "So effectively they've dropped Destiny entirely to work on Marathon? Sigh, could of at least released the DLC you announced first," said a third.

"Next [blog] will literally just say 'please play Marathon'," reads another comment. "You can only laugh about it and then cry about what has become of the best live service game ever," reads yet another.

IGN has contacted Bungie owner Sony for more detail on its content plans and resources available to work on Destiny, but did not receive a response. In the meantime, it remains a tough time for the developer and the nine-year-old Destiny 2, while there have also been mixed reports on Marathon's initial launch performance so far.

Last year, Sony said Bungie had failed to meet its sales and user engagement expectations, following a notable drop in Destiny 2 player numbers. The damage was bad enough that Sony said it had been forced to record a 31.5 billion yen (around $204.2 million) impairment charge as a result of Destiny 2’s underperformance. That was significant enough to drag down profits at Sony’s Game & Network Services Segment, which includes Sony Interactive Entertainment.

"For years now, Destiny has been on this steady hardening of the core [audience]," Destiny 2 game director Tyson Green told IGN back in November. "More and more core players are staying and playing the game, but relatively few [new] people come into the game. There's a tightening and contraction, and this presents problems for a game that you're trying to maintain as a live service, especially when you want to keep serving those core players with great, compelling expansions." Exactly when these might arrive, however, remains to be seen.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Pokémon Pokopia will soon get an update that addresses an array of issues and improvements, Nintendo has confirmed.

Launched last week to huge success, Pokopia players are already creating blocky Pokémon paradises full of incredible creations — though a few users have gotten snagged by bugs along the way. Now, Nintendo has said it is aware of several issues — and listed a string of bugs and upcoming additions it has planned for Pokopia in the near future.

Happily, Nintendo expects that its planned update will several progression blockers that are currently occurring in players' worlds, even if players have encountered them already (so no, hopefully you don't now need to start over).

Other than bug fixes, there's no mention here of actual new content also coming to Pokémon Pokopia in future — but it is still early days. And it's worth remembering that the first in-game event "More Spores for Hoppip" is already now live, and set to run until March 25.

Beyond that, it remains to be seen how and when Nintendo will add new Pokémon species and items to Pokopia, though the game's big launch (with more than 2.2 million copies already sold) means it's likely the game will be kept updated for the forseeable future.

Nintendo's current list of upcoming fixes, as confirmed in a new blog post on the official Pokémon Pokopia website, lies below:

Known issuesWhen requesting "Let's build a home!" in "Pasapasa Koya Town," Squirtle moves up a tree and cannot be spoken to, preventing the request from progressing. In the "Gloomy Seaside Town" request "Find a Pokémon Center!", if you destroy the cracked blocks on the bridge before Mojambo crosses it, it will be difficult to progress with the request. When performing the "Find a Pokémon Center!" request in "Dusky Seaside Town," if you follow certain steps, the event to repair the bridge in "Mojumbo" will not occur, and you will not be able to progress with the request. In "Rugged Mountain Town," if you follow certain steps, the event where you encounter "Rotom" will no longer occur. When the request "Let's clean up the roads!" in "Rugged Mountain Town" occurs under certain circumstances, it becomes difficult to progress with the request. The type of "Spinarak" in the Pokédex is incorrect.Planned improvements In the "Pasapasa Koya Town" request "Break the rocks with a Rock Smasher!", if you place another block in the position of the cracked block near the "Crab Growl", it will be difficult to understand how to proceed. In the "Dusty Seaside Town" request "Take the Professor with you!", if you place another block in the position of the cracked block near "Snorlax", it will be difficult to understand how to progress.Future plans

An update to correct the above will be released soon. Even if the problem has already occurred, applying this update will resolve it. We will continue to investigate any other issues not mentioned above.

If you're currently playing the game and not stuck at a progression blocking bug, be sure to check out our list of all the Pokémon in Pokopia, and take a look at our Things to Do First in Pokopia guide to make the most of your first few days. To help you get started, we've also got a list of 17 things that Pokopia doesn't tell you, plus How to Raise the Environment Level and How to Raise Pokémon Comfort Level.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

There’s something endlessly endearing about a good-natured dummy. Just a happy, optimistic doofus that can barely scrape two brain cells together to form a thought. You can take your dark and brooding Kratos, or your wisecracking Spider-Man. Give me Dunk from A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, or Guybrush Threepwood from The Secret of Monkey Island, heck, even the dog from Up, any day of the week. And soon, give me Davy, the undead nobody, from Stupid Never Dies, the upcoming action-RPG and debut release from the Devil May Cry and Resident Evil veterans at GPTRACK50.

IGN recently met with the team behind Stupid Never Dies for a first look at Davy’s wild adventure. With blazing-fast action, a slick approach to changing combat styles, and a naive goofball of a hero that might just be in over his head, this has the makings of a damned good time. And, like many of the best, most foolish adventures, it starts with a bit of romance.

Romance is (un)dead

Davy is dead. Not figuratively, or metaphorically, he’s literally dead, and risen again as a zombie. The world has gone to hell (again, not a metaphor), and monsters now roam the world, in total control. As a lowly zombie, Davy sits firmly at the bottom rung of monster society. Weak and powerless, he wanders an abandoned shopping mall, his un-life devoid of meaning or purpose, until he “meets” Julia.

Julia, like Davy, is dead. Though in her case being dead stuck. Instead of a zombie roaming around the end of the world, she met her end in a freezer inside of the mall, and has stayed a human popsicle for who knows how long. When Davy shambles upon her one day, it’s love at first sight, and he makes it his mission to bring Julia back to life, and ask her out.

His bite allows him to rip through other monsters, and by sinking his teeth into their core, he activates Style Eat, and that’s when the fun really begins. 

It’s not exactly the sort of meet-cute you’d see in a Hallmark movie, but it’s enough to send Davy delving deep into creature-filled dungeons in hopes of taking on the King of Monsters (or KOM), stealing his powers, and saving Julia. Davy isn’t usually a fighter, but with Julia's life on the line, he’s willing to make an exception.

This not-even-remotely-thought-out mission might seem doomed before it starts, but, thanks to some dumb luck, Davy finds a strange egg, and, feeling a bit hungry, decides to make a meal of it. While eating random mystery eggs is not typically a good idea, in Davy’s case it works out beautifully. That snack turns out to be a phoenix egg, and eating it has awakened Davy's dormant zombie power, and granted him an incredible new ability called Style Eat.

Funky Zombie Action

The KOM rules over monsters from deep within his dungeon, and Davy will need to fight through his armies to reach him. The miasma that permeates the dungeon directly affects Davy. Unlike the surface, where he moves with the classic slow undead shuffly, the miasma turbo charges Davy, allowing him to run, jump, and attack freely. His bite allows him to rip through other monsters, and by sinking his teeth into their core, he activates Style Eat, and that’s when the fun really begins.

Style Eat allows Davy to take on the characteristics and abilities of his enemies. Think Mega Man, or even Kameo, but with more gnawing. Snack on a werewolf, for example, and you’ll gain claws, fur, and beastlike agility, allowing you to rapidly tear through monsters and opening up new traversal options. Or chomp on a Lich to gain the ability to raise an army of skeletons from the enemies you kill. There are 11 styles total, and you can switch between them at the touch of a button – though limited slots mean you won’t be able to equip all of them at once. You can, however, combo the ones you do have. One example given was flying above enemies using the Harpy Style, then transforming into a heavy monster made of rock using the Golem Style, and crashing down on top of enemies.

The other trick up Davy’s infected sleeves is Body Hack, which allows you to customize his arms, head, and legs with special gear to add special effects. We only saw a small selection of the arm modifications, but seeing a missile pod strapped to Davy’s arm, and him unleashing ghoulish hell on a group of monsters was a pretty clear tone-setter. These also persist with the Style Eat transformations, so if you want to go into a fight as a Werewolf with a giant sword for an arm, you’re in luck.

While Stupid Never Dies isn’t necessarily a roguelike, it does have some of that DNA in its approach to progression. Each venture into the dungeon has a time limit, and Davy won’t be able to make it all the way to the KOM right away. You keep any loot you collect, but each fresh run resets Davy’s level back down to zero. However, as you progress further you will build an XP multiplier, allowing you to level up faster, and make it deeper on the next attempt.

With enough persistence, Davy may yet be able to slay KOM and Julia, though it remains to be seen if our lovable, undead-doofus of a protagonist will get the girls in the end. Fortunately, we won’t need to wait too long to sink our teeth into some monsters and find out. Stupid Never Dies on PC and PlayStation 5 later this year.