Future 2 will stay offline as developer Bungie works to revive gamers’ progress titles.
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As reported earlier in the present day (January 25), the web multiplayer first-person shooter has been down for a number of hours, that means that gamers are unable to play the sport.
Bungie initially shared that it estimated to have the sport up and working by round 11am-12pm GMT in the present day nonetheless, the sport is presently nonetheless not up and working.
Future 2 was initially taken down yesterday (January 24) in order that Bungie may repair a difficulty that was inflicting gamers to lose their progress with their Triumphs, Seals, and Catalysts. It quickly turned out to be a much bigger challenge than initially realised, because the studio later stated Future 2 will “stay offline” whereas its investigation into the bug continues.
Our investigation and testing continues. To set expectations, this challenge won’t be resolved tonight.
We’re estimating a timeline of 3-4 AM PST tomorrow, January 25, for our repair to get deployed. Timeline topic to alter.
Extra information will probably be supplied as soon as accessible.
— Bungie Assist (@BungieHelp) January 25, 2023
On the game’s subreddit, followers have voiced concern over how the downtime will have an effect on their potential to finish limited-time occasions earlier than they expire, and whether or not Bungie will challenge a rollback to revive the sport to a previous cut-off date. At present, Bungie is but to substantiate whether or not gamers will expertise a rollback.
The information follows claims by gamers posting on Reddit final week that Future 2 characters had been being mysteriously deleted from the sport.
As PCGamesN identified, quite a few followers had claimed to have been unable to entry sure characters throughout the multiplayer first-person shooter. It was stated that among the affected avid gamers had spent important time growing the web Guardian personas.
Some followers speculated whether or not the problem may very well be associated to Future 2 being shut down on Stadia on January 18.
In response, Bungie suggested gamers who’ve characters on Stadia accounts to avoid wasting them on different platforms by way of cross-save to forestall any doable issues. However at the least one of many avid gamers claimed that the Stadia cross-save couldn’t be the problem as a result of they don’t have a Stadia account.
In the meantime, Future 2: Lightfall is because of launch on February 28. The seventh enlargement pack for the title will comply with on from final 12 months’s The Witch Queen.