Destiny 2 Down for Background Maintenance on April 16, Game Services Might Be Impacted

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While Bungie usually conducts server maintenance for Destiny 2 on a Tuesday, that changes today, as the studio has taken the Destiny 2 servers down on April 16, and while this is marked as “background maintenance,” the game itself might still get impacted.

The patch associated with the downtime won’t be released until tomorrow, April 17, so set expectations accordingly.

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Destiny 2 Background Maintenance on April 16 Could Affect Game Services

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 — Background Maintenance<

Again, it’s worth mentioning that there will be no patch released today. While the game’s servers might not get impacted at all, if it does, now you know why. If anything changes regarding the patch roll out and the server status, we’ll update the article with the info.

Expect MP1st to cover tomorrow’s downtime as well, and of course, the patch notes.

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